Weird situation involving exiled army of zero

[FinnegansFather]

After a war with Normandy, I gave orders for my transports to move troops back across the channel and forgot about it. Now, I am getting a message about an exiled army, and it takes me to Calais, where nothing is visible. However, in the outliner I see there is an army of zero men and no regiments. I cannot disband it because it is in foreign territory. I cannot move it because all my transport is busy, even though a cog sits right there in the channel. I also have a message that it has morale too low to move.

Any solutions? And does it matter? Will an enemy pick up an easy victory over this "army" next war?

 

[bbqftw]

Matters because you cannot declare war on the nation who's troops are stuck there. This is a really nasty bug for sure.

You can fix by navigating exiled unit there, activating auto transport on it then merging the ghost army into exiled unit

 

[FinnegansFather]

Matters because you cannot declare war on the nation who's troops are stuck there. This is a really nasty bug for sure.

You can fix by navigating exiled unit there, activating auto transport on it then merging the ghost army into exiled unit

I don't think I am understanding.

I cannot navigate/move this exiled unit in any way, and the ghost army is the exiled unit.
In case you meant trying to bring another unit onto a transport, land it with the exiled ghost army and then move them both together, I tried it, but of course my rival will not allow the normal unit to land and join the ghost exile.

Question: Let's say this exile attacks my ally. Will this ghost unit prevent me from honoring my alliance? I have no intention attacking the rival, so the lack of ability to do so is not quite a game stopper. But I am sure he will soon attack my ally, and not being able to support my ally would be intolerable.

 

[bbqftw]

You need to get a unit exiled (probably via war and peacing out with units left inside their borders) because you cannot merge the ghost army into a non exiled stack, only an exiled one.

An exiled unit can move anywhere via land even without military access

 

[FinnegansFather]

Hmmm, I understand then, but it is not going to work for me because I do not want war in that direction. And certainly not with anyone other than the rival where this ghost unit is parked.