Sorry about that Q-man, I guess my reading skills are getting worse with age
The problems I had with taking over cities for myself was the lack of Mayors controlling militia, and sometimes the town even refused to turn blue. then there was the whole issue with roaming patrols invading the town and not taking it from me. There was several weird situations like these that made me stop trying. But with the ARM project I'll remove the factions, patrols and other things that might screw things up and make a new simple system with better oversight.
I think the HLA team has added a militia control system and fixed some of the most obvious issues, but like you I can't take the constant translation issues one has to deal with when playing the mod. I heard a rumor that they planned to release the source code so that the community could work on it independently, but that was for the 0.5 version and I guess they changed their mind. But time will tell...
That's an impressive CV you got there Kyle and I like what you have to say about it, I need some time to digest it and see if my skills/engine limitations will make it happen. I guess a new thread about it might be the way to go, just to avoid the ribbing from The Q