Retirement for the faithful

[Lupus]

How many of you guys retire old generals, spies, assassins and diplomats?

To add some flavour of realism and some govt expenses, I retire them to a villa (fort) by the sea or on a sunny hill somewhere. This does, at times, lead to some loss in income for the town or city. Other times you gain. Much more real.

In the same tone as the old legionnaires, I sometimes put two old friends together to live out their days. They also get a unit of velites as "staff". One faithful general retired with a cavalry unit.

Spies still have connections and occasionally go into restless cities to gather information and old assassins have been known to "take a walk on a moonless night".

On occasion they have run a town or city on an interim basis until a new governor was appointed. On another, they have served as a halfway house for passing servants of Rome.

Two old warhorses have even petitioned the senate to lead a legion on a last mission. Their wish to die in the saddle were granted. The only condition was that they accommodate a young apprentice general.

It gives the impression that (my) Rome is mighty in war and in service to her people. She duly rewards the faithful. The message is clear, serve Rome and if you survive, Rome will serve you.

[Alkimachos]

How many of you guys retire old generals, spies, assassins and diplomats?

To add some flavour of realism and some govt expenses, I retire them to a villa (fort) by the sea or on a sunny hill somewhere. This does, at times, lead to some loss in income for the town or city. Other times you gain. Much more real.

In the same tone as the old legionnaires, I sometimes put two old friends together to live out their days. They also get a unit of velites as "staff". One faithful general retired with a cavalry unit.

Spies still have connections and occasionally go into restless cities to gather information and old assassins have been known to "take a walk on a moonless night".

On occasion they have run a town or city on an interim basis until a new governor was appointed. On another, they have served as a halfway house for passing servants of Rome.

Two old warhorses have even petitioned the senate to lead a legion on a last mission. Their wish to die in the saddle were granted. The only condition was that they accommodate a young apprentice general.

It gives the impression that (my) Rome is mighty in war and in service to her people. She duly rewards the faithful. The message is clear, serve Rome and if you survive, Rome will serve you.

Nice thoughts Lupus, sometimes express my feelings and my romance in game like yours.

I love it!!!!!!!!!!!

[D.B. Cooper]

Sounds fun, I'll try it

[Lupus]

Speaking of romance, at times I will let a young, inexperienced general with hardly any values or traits marry into the family. Young love and all that. But no pedophiles. No 40+ marrying 16ish. Huh-uh. Then again, sometimes they never come back..... Too many of those may spoil your day or your Empire... And if an old fella wants to make a spinster happy, why not? She may bear our next Caesar.

The young general will then justify, if you will, my trust by learning to either fight or manage. A senior member of the family, about to retire, may assign his "executive" staff (grain merchant, etc.) to the young buck if he deserves it.

[Visarion]

I do the same thing! I retire them somewhere nice and sunny to find rest!

[DarthLazy]

I only retire generals; not bcoz theyre old, but because their movement points get reduced

[NightEye]

I go through a lot of effort just to get my old good generals to the capital or any of the good cities I start out with. Heck one general had to survive 8 land battles and 5 ship attacks on his way back home! I can almost imagine him swearing like "By the gods! I just want from this already!" In his final years he did pretty well the manager for Antioch, despite having very few management skills.

[Gerald The Herald]

I do indeed retire generals, albeit for an entirely different purpose than the O.P.
You see, veteran, former military-has been warlords arn't particularly looked on with much favour in the germanic barbarian system of things. So I just send them off over the blue, baltic yonder on a cramped 2m by 2m sheet of maggot-infested recycled timber on a grand retirement tour of uncharted scandinavian isles. Alternatively, I send them and their retinues, extended families, friends, friends of friends and servants on a daring military expedition somewhere far, far away; likely Arabia or perhaps Parthia.
Beats euthanizing them anyhow; why should we spend the time and energy cracking skulls when a random brigand warlord'll be more than enthusiastic to do so for us?