Thanks, Samhain. I think you're quite right about just setting the clock to 72 hours (I'll make the change now). And lets just let the game host on schedule unless someone actually asks for a delay.
And I *will* make sure to get my turns in on time.
As far as Lanka goes, should we set them AI or just force hosting when Lanka's is the only outstanding turn? Undoubtedly Lanka has a pile of gold, but we may be better off leaving shard's commands and formations in place rather than letting the AI kill itself off with poor decisions.