Desertion

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Anyone know exactly how this works? Say you suffer some catastrophic hit to income (Perpetual Storm, Utterdark, nasty ritual spam, etc.). Who's going to leave, and how soon? Are commanders immune to desertion?

Any ways to mitigate this income loss (other than the obvious one of clobbering the person who inflicted it upon you)? For example, does Second Sun cancel out Utterdark? What would happen with Perpetual Storm or Utterdark combined with Gift of Nature's Bounty?

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience.