The operation is being finalised by the council and war senate before the end of the year 1461, with various commanders from different branches of the now vast army coming back to Thessaloniki in turns to describe their points of view on the capabilities of their unit, then decide on their field of deployment based on that. Almost all the units from the multinational forces and the troops of Antonius shall be partaking in this operation, with the commander of the Varangians Fjodor and Balkan state troopers led by a temporary commanding officer called Sigismund Tomaševi, a Bosnian prince. This three units accounts to around two thousand plus men, and is chosen as the pioneer of the army due to their superiority as fighters in hard and steep terrains.