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This harsh land cannot accommodate two tribes that are at odds with each other. We have driven the Jackals back a season ago, and it might be time to finish the job.
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We must find out where they are, attack in force, and wipe them out, all of them.
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| # ? May 11, 2018 17:55 |
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Summer - Week 4quote:A headstrong community member decides to put one of their ideas in motion. Start a foolish project. I think I should take a contempt token for this? I'm still not clear on how those work. Action - Discover Something New As we finalize our preparations for our raid, a scout named Teucer returns in great haste. Her news is shocking - the Jackals are building a fortified watch tower overlooking the half-bridge. It's an excellent place to monitor our comings and goings, and to interdict much of our activities. Fortunately, it's unfinished. We have a chance to take it out now before it becomes a true danger - and perhaps capture one of the warriors manning it. From them we might learn the location of their lair.  Projects: Repurpose the Spindly Things (2), Establish a mining operation on the derelict (3), Gather supplies for a raid (1), A New Expedition to the Ruins (5) Abundances: Courage Scarcities: Farmland, Ore, Ammunition Contempt: Fathis Munk (0), chin up everything sucks (0), AJ_Impy (0), Comrade Gorbash (0) Comrade Gorbash fucked around with this message at May 13, 2018 around 15:34 |
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Summer - Week 5quote:The eldest among you dies. What caused the death?  Nausicaa fell ill a few nights ago and finally passed away this morning. The illness was quick and brutal and we couldn't do anything to save her. We don't know where it came from, nor do we know if others are infected. Rumors abound that the foreigners brought this plague with them. Action - Start a project Nausicaa has been our elder for longer than most of us can even remember. Her death ushers in a new era in the community and needs to be marked properly. Preparations will take some time, but we feel the need to giver her an appropriate funeral.  Projects:  Gather supplies for a raid (0), Repurpose the Spindly Things (1), Nausicaa's funeral (1), Establish a mining operation on the derelict (2), A New Expedition to the Ruins (4)Abundances: Courage Scarcities: Farmland, Ore, Ammunition Contempt: Fathis Munk (0), chin up everything sucks (0), AJ_Impy (0), Comrade Gorbash (0)
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Gather Supplies For A Raid Piles and piles of dried and smoked fish have been gathered, enough to support a group of fighters for a few weeks as they seek out the Jackals home. Ammunition is still in short supply, but the doubters are assured that the raiders can steal ammunition from the Jackals in their first strike. Summer - Week 6 quote:Someone leaves the community. Who? What are they looking for? Makaeda has discovered that his feet are already itchy, the community feeling too large and unstable for him to settle down. After a few weeks, the old warrior offers to make his way to the ruins and set up a permanent camp there and act as guardian of the ruins. He seems to want a limited form of isolation, close enough to the community to visit and occasionally be visited, but not having to deal with people every day. Action: Start a Project The young would-be warriors gather the supplies and load up a pair of hovercraft, with promises to check the half-bridge for any signs of the enemy on their way to raid the Jackals. They promise to be back in a few weeks with knowledge of where the Jackal home community is.  Projects: Repurpose the Spindly Things (0), Nausicaa's funeral (0), Establish a mining operation on the derelict (2), A New Expedition to the Ruins (4), Raid the Jackals (3) Abundances: Courage Scarcities: Farmland, Ore, Ammunition Contempt: Fathis Munk (0), chin up everything sucks (0), AJ_Impy (0), Comrade Gorbash (0) chin up everything sucks fucked around with this message at May 17, 2018 around 01:53 |
| # ? May 17, 2018 01:48 |
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Repurpose the Spindly Things After lengthy examination, it appears the Spindly Things are not as monstrous as we first thought. They do not act independently: There is a central control unit with an instruction set in their cave, thankfully portable. A good number of the Spindly Things were salvaged, and after a fair bit of trial and error, can be set to perform simple tasks.
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| # ? May 17, 2018 03:18 |
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Nausicaa's funeral After a week of preparations everything is complete, the driftwood coffin, the funeral meal and some of the more artistically inclined among us have prepared stories and songs about our departed eldest. We light the torches and burn the incense, preparing for a night of revel and sorrow, a night of remembrance and a night of hope. At least that is how it usually goes. It seems like the death of our oldest has impacted the community more than usual, especially seeing the circumstances. Rumors abound that her death could have been avoided if the strangers had been turned back, that they brought sickness and disease, a plague strong enough to finally sever Nausicaa's grip on life, after all these years. It is a sad ceremony, a ceremony of whispers and side-eye glances. Projects: Establish a mining operation on the derelict (2), A New Expedition to the Ruins (4), Raid the Jackals (3) Abundances: Courage, Vicious Rumors Scarcities: Farmland, Ore, Ammunition Contempt: Fathis Munk (0), chin up everything sucks (0), AJ_Impy (0), Comrade Gorbash (0)
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Summer - Week 7quote:Summer is fleeting. Discard the top two cards off the top of the deck and take two actions this week. Action - Start a Project There are a lot of vicious rumours going around, and left unchecked they could tear this community apart. But the mangrove sways in the wind without being cast down by it. The refugees and the locals have one strong commonality: A common enemy. So, we twist the rumours to draw us together, focus our ire and hatred outwards towards the other. We take the vicious rumours and scapegoat the Jackals, riling up our people together against the enemy. Who brought the disease? the Jackals! Who attacked our settlements? The Jackals! Who must bear the blame for Nausicaa's death? The Jackals! Action - Start a discussion What else have the Jackals done to harm our peoples and sow discord amongst us?  Projects: Establish a mining operation on the derelict (1), A New Expedition to the Ruins (3), Raid the Jackals (2) Use the Rumours to scapegoat the Jackals (1) Abundances: Courage, Vicious Rumors Scarcities: Farmland, Ore, Ammunition Contempt: Fathis Munk (0), chin up everything sucks (0), AJ_Impy (0), Comrade Gorbash (0)
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| # ? May 18, 2018 08:12 |
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The Jackals have burned our fields and pillaged our ore pits. Our current economic struggles are their fault.
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| # ? May 19, 2018 11:37 |
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They stole our icons, the symbols of our revered ancestors who watch over our community. We recovered some, but not all of them. The tragedies that have befallen us might have been avoided if that protection had remained.
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| # ? May 21, 2018 15:14 |
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They broke our machines and killed many of our trained engineers in the process. Our current engineers know far less than those of a few generations ago. We can repair things, but we cannot replace them when they are beyond repair.
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| # ? May 21, 2018 19:59 |
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All that we have suffered can be traced to the Jackals. It is time we made them suffer in return. We stand united against them.
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| # ? May 23, 2018 15:48 |
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Summer - Week 8 Establish a mining operation on the derelict The work on the Derelict is complete. The stern has been converted into a safe and defensible, if not yet comfortable, fort, and the miners have begun breaking up the rest of the ship for scrap. The first shipments of usable metal have already begun to arrive. quote:Introduce a mystery at the edge of the map. Action - Start a discussion The news of the new Sentinel raises yet another challenge for the community. Should scouts be sent inside, or do we have enough trouble on our plate as it is?  Projects: A New Expedition to the Ruins (2), Raid the Jackals (1) Use the Rumours to scapegoat the Jackals (0) Abundances: Courage, Vicious Rumors Scarcities: Farmland, Ammunition Contempt: Fathis Munk (0), chin up everything sucks (0), AJ_Impy (0), Comrade Gorbash (0)
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Use the rumours to scapegoat the Jackals We are united in a common cause, against our Jackal foe. Stories of their many treacheries have been whispered often enough that all know them by heart, hearts opened to one another and hardened against our enemy. We no longer have an abundance of vicious rumours, for all speak openly of their perfidy. Where there was a risk of internal division, our focus has been turned outwards. It is time to raid them as one people. Discussion In due time. A long term exploration after the Jackals have been dealt with. Do not spread ourselves too thin or pass up an opportunity.
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There is no shortage of enterprising adventurers among us. Send a small party to scout the gutted tower so we may be able to assay its strategic importance.
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The community is averse to making too many commitments at once, but the opportunity - and the danger - represented by the new Sentinel is too great to ignore. It's decided that a small party will go in, and least explore the first level that is opened to us.
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Summer - Week 9quote:A project finishes early, what led to its early completion As news of the looming war reaches Ino's expedition, she finds herself forced to cut it short. She manages to convince the other members to work double-time for the last few days but is unable to convince them to stay far from our homes. Action - Start a project Ino is not interested in war, she has truly become obsessed with the before time and as soon as she hears about the new Sentinel and our plan to send a small expedition to it, she volunteers. With her are a half dozen of her most loyal followers.  Projects: A New Expedition to the Ruins (0), Raid the Jackals (0)Abundances: Courage, Vicious Rumors Scarcities: Farmland, Ammunition Contempt: Fathis Munk (0), chin up everything sucks (0), AJ_Impy (0), Comrade Gorbash (0) Raid the jackals It's a good thing we discovered the Jackal tower before they were able to finish the fortifications. Using the hovercraft our warriors were able to come at the outpost from an unexpected direction. They lay in wait until the Jackals were busy off-loading the latest supply caravan and took them by surprise while they were busy. A few of them remained at the tower which is now ours, the others return to us with stolen supplies and even more importantly, information as to the location of the Jackal hometown, far leeward. 
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A New Expedition to the Ruins In order to reach the object, Ino's expedition spent weeks constructing a cofferdam and pumping out water. Only then could they truly begin excavating their way down. With the war looming, she pushed her followers to work round-the-clock shifts to complete the digging. Even this furious pace only bore fruit in the final days. What they found was a ship, buried deep in the sands. But not a ship like any had seen. It was immense, shaped like an arrowhead and smooth as a river stone. The outside of the vessel was made of a strange material, not metal, more like ceramic, which accounted for the weak signal. It took several hours to find a way through the hatch they had found, which led to a small room and another matching hatchway. Only once they had opened this did they enter the ship itself. With little time remaining, Ino and her closest followers were able to explore no more than a tenth of the ship. But from within they brought incredible things. Strange armor, somehow both formfitting and bulky, unfaded white and orange. Tools, familiar but cunningly made and far superior to anything we can make ourselves. A collection of optics, binoculars and scopes of shocking clarity. And a crate of hand-held lights, the likes of which only the oldest among us have seen functional. All useful things she sends back to the community. They also found climbing and exploring gear, some of which they kept for themselves, to aid in their planned exploration of the new Sentinel. But one of those who returned tells us Ino brought other things out of the ship, things in large, smooth black cases, that she kept hidden from the others. And one man-sized case covered in bright symbols that looked like our own wards against danger. Ino took these with her as well.
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Summer, Week 10quote:You discover a cache of supplies or resources. Add a new abundance. Jackpot! The Jackal's pots, to be precise. Somewhat crude but effective bombs were poorly hidden in their forward tower, and after a meticulous search, they are now ours, more explosives than we know what to do with, be it warfare, mining or any other usage of blowing things up. We weren't going to run out of Explosives any time soon. Action - Start a Project Ida's buried ship warrants further investigation: It sounded like it was in good shape, so let's see if we could get it afloat again, fully excavated and recovered for use.  Projects: Excavate and Renovate Ina's Ship (6) Abundances: Courage, Vicious Rumors, Explosives Scarcities: Farmland, Ammunition Contempt: Fathis Munk (0), chin up everything sucks (0), AJ_Impy (0), Comrade Gorbash (0)
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Summer, Week 11quote:Something goes wrong and supplies are ruined. Add a new scarcity. Action - Discover Something New The refugees tell us of a spring they passed on their way here. Scouts are sent and confirm its location, lee-by-riseward of our community, and that the water is clean and fresh. But it's too far to carry a useful amount back.  Projects: Excavate and Renovate Ino's Ship (5) Abundances: Courage, Vicious Rumors, Explosives Scarcities: Farmland, Ammunition, Fresh Water Contempt: Fathis Munk (0), chin up everything sucks (0), AJ_Impy (0), Comrade Gorbash (0) Comrade Gorbash fucked around with this message at Jun 13, 2018 around 18:37 |
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Summer, Week 12quote:A fight breaks out between two people. What is it about?  Some of us feel that spending resources on exploring the new sentinel or excavating the ship is an unnecessary folly in these uncertain times. One of us called the people working on these projects traitors, loudly and in front of their families. While the resulting fight did not lead to permanent injuries, it highlights the tensions amid our community. Action - Start a discussion Now that our source is spoiled, we are short on both water and food supplies. Can we really afford to go into a new war?  Projects: Ino's Sentinel exploration (1), Excavate and Renovate Ina's Ship (4) Abundances: Courage, Vicious Rumors, Explosives Scarcities: Farmland, Ammunition, Fresh Water Contempt: Fathis Munk (0), chin up everything sucks (0), AJ_Impy (0), Comrade Gorbash (0) Oops, completely forgot to add the project I had started to the project tracker...
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Discussion We should find the means to secure more water as a priority. We know the Jackals have fresh water, if we have no other options.
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Discussion Securing water has to take priority, but at this point backing away from the conflict would be more dangerous than continuing it.
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Times will be hard, but we have lived through worse and we will do so again. We need to keep a close eye on our resources and might have to resort to rationing.
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| # ? Jun 13, 2018 18:48 |
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Autumn, Week 1quote:Cold Autumn winds drive out your enemies. Remove a threatening force from the map and the area. The reports were scarcely believable. Gone? How could they be gone? How could the perennial thorns in our side, our arch-enemy, our nemesis, just up sticks and leave? How could the Jackals just go away? What in the world will we blame everything on now? Action - Start a discussion The Jackals are gone. Should we try and go after them? Loot their encampment? Leave well enough alone?  Projects: Ino's Sentinel exploration (0) , Excavate and Renovate Ina's Ship (3)Abundances: Courage, Vicious Rumors, Explosives Scarcities: Farmland, Ammunition, Fresh Water Contempt: Fathis Munk (0), chin up everything sucks (0), AJ_Impy (0), Comrade Gorbash (0)
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We should investigate their camp. What has occurred there? Ino's Sentinel exploration Ino and her team have returned, they report that the Sentinel does not only offer an unparalleled view of the region, but also contains a wealth of rather well preserved components and machine pieces from the time before. They have been unable to ascertain the real function of the structure but have taken a few pieces to bring back. Ino also tells us that her team have set rope ladders and iron rungs all across the building, rendering further expeditions and hopefully exploitation of the Sentinel easier.
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| # ? Jun 17, 2018 16:48 |
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Exploring their camp is the only way to find answers - and they might have left something useful behind.
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It is decided: We must investigate.
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