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I really like the concept and idea behind this, and the build itself does not disappoint. I might be biased because I actually love horse meat and everthing done with it (apart from living horses - meh), but I can not stop grinning watching this. Well done! [IC] Now get those horse sausages to Mesabi Landing, there is a serious horse meat crisis going on! [/IC] P.S.: If you find the time, a wideshot of the whole build would be appreciated.

Another nice build. I do enjoy this story, and to be honest I do not get the "Corrington leadership" having an issue with how you do this, I feel a bit lost here for different reasons. That is mainly due to a somewhat erratic progression of the story, and it only moving forward in very small steps. To me it feels like getting about five seconds of screentime on a scene, then being interrupted by another block of advertisement - yes, I do want to know how it goes on, but I also feel kind of frustrated to be left hanging in the air at the same time. If you could do bigger chunks of your story at a time - even if it means bigger breaks between scenes - I guess it would be much easier and also much more interesting to follow.

The WTC will take care of this, just wait and see.

I have made some progress on "The Big One". Following the suggestion from @Bregir, I redid the lower hull, and I do like the result ver much - thanks! I also redid my connon design, and have 28 of the 30 cannons done for the lowest gun deck: I do not think I will change anything about my 36-pounder build. It comes with two 1x1 round plates at the underside, so can be attached to studded surfaces. I guess I will do 24-pounders with the barrell being one round brick shorter, and come up with a similar design for 12-pounders using 3-stud long wedges (instead of 4 long). Sorry for the distorted colours:

Not too far away from Fort Argavia, Mordo stood and watched it through the window of what was soon to be the WTCs own fort. Suddenly he was interrupted by a hooded man. "Listen, young Mr. Mordo. This fort needs to be operational as soon as possible. We will have the Crowns minions swarming Mesabi Landing shortly, and I want them confronted with facts." Mordo replied: "Sir, is this in any way related to the trial in Mooreton Bay? What about that anyway, do we not take action to get at least the crew out of there?" The response came in a voice cold as ice: "That is none of your business anymore. You will take care of our possessions in Mesabi Landing and get this fort done. You will also get any and all goods out of our warehouses that might be even the slightest bit suspicious to an overzealous Corrington inspector. Finally you will take care of our men and women and get them sobered up. When the Crown arrives, I want the WTC to be a shining example of professionalism and loyalty! If only for a few days..." "But sir, have you not read the response we got from Hume? It was nothing but a list of arrogant accusation and insults! Am I supposed to let that stand?!" "As I said, it is none of your business - and I will not repeat that again. Swallow your hurt pride for the time being. Nobody is asking you to forgive or forget. A blithering idiot like Hume can be dealt with later, when this affair is dead and buried. For now we will play along. This letter, written in your name, has to reach Colonel Allcock quickly. Then follow your orders - make it so." And without another word, he left Mordo, who remained confused and frustrated. The letter to Colonel Allcock (@Ayrlego) reads as follows: Mesabi Landing, 21st of December, 617AE To the honourable Colonel Sir Dirk Allcock, Colonial Governor of the Paradise Isles, Knight of the Order of the Compass Rose, Secretary of the Royal Society of Natural Philosophy, Dear Sir, I am Kadeus Mordo, current representative of the Wayfarer Trading Company in Mesabi Landing, and I wish to inform you about highly unpleasant developments in our beloved settlement, as well as ask for help to restore peace and order. The biggest issue is, and I am sorry for having to be so blunt about it, the dire state of the local garrison. The morals of the stationed troops has been lacking from the very start, but the main problem seems to be their commander, Major Mason. From what we have to experience, Major Mason is burdened with a massive amount of incompetence and an unwillingness to care for the Crowns possessions on Argentia. The fort itself is in poor conditions – there is not even a functioning front gate! We also have it on good authority that the Major has more than once threatened to destroy the settlement of Mesabi Landing. I hope you see my point that the WTC is no longer willing to live with this situation. The WTC has begun to set up of fort of our own to protect this settlement and the nearby trade routes. As you sure are aware, the sightings of ships under the colours of known pirates have risen to an alarming rate over the last weeks, and if the local garrison is seemingly unable to be up to its tasks, we have to react accordingly. It would be greatly appreciated if the Crown could send one or more advisors to support the final building stages and to ensure that Corlander standards are met. Another point I have to bring up is the issue of taxes. As already mentioned, the Crowns interests have been poorly cared for under the Majors regime, and I am sorry to say that this includes the collection of harbour taxes – a valuable source of income for our beloved Queen, as you are aware for sure. The local tax office has been allowed to fall into ruins I am afraid. The WTC has taken matters into its hands – we are quite proud of our harbour facilities, business is running smoothly – but we would appreciate if the Crown could do its part again. Last, but by no means least, we have increasing problems with some of the local citizens. While we appreciate any respectable new settler in Mesabi Landing, some of the arrivals as of late have been more than a bit dubious. I wish to illustrate this with two examples: Samuel Morris, owner of the „Twin Palms“ inn. Mr. Morris has been found to serve adulterated wine and other beverages not meeting proper standards in his establishment – we had multiple cases of severe sickness among WTC personell as a result. Mr. Morris has also, on multiple occasions, cheated our honourable employees out of money. As a result, the „Twin Palms“ has been out of customers for some time, and seems to only attract outsiders of questionable character by now. For about a month now Mr. Morris „employs“ a woman from abroad; it can not be for work in the inn, for there is no work to be done due to a lack of customers. We wonder what Mr. Morris is paying this woman for. Please note that the WTC can not allow prostitution in Mesabi Landing! With Major Mason either unwilling or unable to act, we can not resolve this problem. A Miss Winterbottom is another cause for severe civil unrest. She seems to hold dangerously unscientific world views – the likes of which we are usually only familiar with from Oleander fanatics of The Faith – and aggressively propagates them, disturbing the public peace almost daily. She seems to be unwilling to be reasoned with, and continues her nefarious shenanigans. Again, the local garrison has been of no help. Under normal circumstances, these people would be dealt with in close cooperation with the local Corlander authorities. With somebody like Major Mason in charge this is all but impossible though. Dear Sir, I kindly ask for help from the Crown to restore peace and order in Mesabi Landing and to ensure the safety of Corringtons citizens and possessions in these dangerous times. We propose the following options, in the hope that you find one or more of them to be appropriate: To relieve Major Mason and his troops, and replace them with competent members of Her military. To send a corps of engineers to rebuild the fort and the harbour tax office to proper Corlander standards, as well as logistic support for the fortification mentioned further above. To temporarily or permanently station civil personell to deal with the above mentioned cases of civil misconduct. On top of any of these possible approaches to our problems the WTC would like to know under what circumstances a limited amount of judicial and executive power might be given to our officials. For then we could deal with minor issues on our own, without bothering the Crown in each and every one case. We hope to solve these affairs in a joint effort and in close cooperation with the Crowns representatives, and are looking forward to your reply. Yours truly, Kadeus Mordo Long live the Queen! =================================================================================================== Just a little progression of some story elements from the Tyrell trial. The WTC fort is both IC and OOC still in construction, here are some shots of the current WIP state: C&C as well as ideas for the rest of the build are appreciated. There are also two pictures of my microbuild of Fort Argavia: The "huge mortar" is not actually attached, I could not find a better solution in this scale. I think it is reasonably close to @Mesabis original build.

This is a challenge for all BotBS players, not just Corrington ones. I can not comment on the LDD question though.

The harbour of Mesabi Landing, licensed as a large commerce property.

Happening today (more or lss right now here as I type this) is the winter solstice - summer solstice for you weird folks living upside down. Lots of different celebrations and traditions exist all over the world.

Cool.

Is that official Corlander policy? I did not know we had ships who could fly and spit fire.

Thanks! Now only one questions remains... are there dragons in BotBS?

Great MOC, and a beautiful solution for getting some trains into a city build made of mostly Creator Expert buildings. Well done!

I love it.

Please make those distinctions clear in IC and OOC responses. While I and @Mesabi try to play the WTC as coordinated as possible, my responses are mine and his responses are his. The WTC - just like any other entity in this game or real life - is not a homogenouus organisation, and does not speak with only one voice. Just like the same is true for the Crown of Corrington and its represantatives. I do not mix up Humes responses and Fletchers, and would kindly ask you and @Bregir to keep the same in mind.

I never made such a claim, you and Bregir did. Honest mistake from my side, I am sorry about this. Thanks for clearing this up.

Ah, I see. Thank you!

The term "Southern Isles" is undefined as of now, and given the recent overreactions I fear our "royal overlords" would make up something to kick the WTC in the proverbial behind over this. It also does not solve the issue of government officials effectively prohibiting trade for a trade company without any reasonable justification. Without compensation, I might add.

Nothing wrong with fat troops - that way you need less food to feed them in an actual campaign.

I will get back to you in the Corrington PM, but two points out here in the open: 1. There are not and there have not been "threats gainst Corlander citizens", especially not against officials, shipping or settlements. You keep making that up. That is an interesting IC take on it, but OOC nonsense. 2. Again, you can not proceed what you have not started, so "proceeding to land troops" is another made up claim. A nice IC overreaction, nothing more. One important question though: how is the WTC supposed to operate and do business if their personnel - of course a significant portion of WTC personell falls under the "armed troops" category, same as for any other trade ship - is forbidden to set foot "anywhere on the Southern Isles"? Please tell me how a TRADE operation is going to do that. The conclusion would be to effectively cease any WTC operations outside of Mesabi Landing. (a misunderstanding on my part cleared up in the following posts) trade on the islands mentioned, namely Cocovia and Alicentia. A more detailed response at another time and in another place,

Nicely done. Having that awesome hunting scene in the OP is great. If I am not mistaken, Elizabethville as become a Large Town (level 4) already though.

Interesting development for sure.

I was merely gathering some information, nothing more, nothing less. If I asked about dragons in BotBS that would not imply that I want to go all out Khaleesi on anybody either. Are there dragons in BotBS?

Thanks for the quick response, I really appreciate it. I have to say though: if you want to read an upcoming "Corrie civil war" into this, it is due to your colourful imagination, and not what I have said at all.

Aaaand another series of questions: Is it possible to fight troops of your own faction in an AMCRA, given that you have licensed troops with you? Who is GMing the "smaller" nations like Mardier, Mokolei, Garvey, Tellvok etc.? Are there mechanisms to expell a player from a faction, and if so: how does this work? Who is GMing the gamemasters, i.e.: who ensures that everybody is treated fairly and on equal grounds? Who is making sure that there are no double standards applied to anybody? As usual: thanks in advance.

Now the OP is done - I had to make a break. @Mesabi: Glad you like it, there is more above - and interiors!