SETTLEMENT: ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE (GAME)

General Sir Alastair Barret Carlisle:

We should reinforce our wall as soon as possible. A farm, school and factory are also of utmost importance. For most of those things we will need more stone, so I believe building a mine is in order.

For now, I think we should:
- Build a Mine
- Find out where to get seeds
- Find out how to make more books
- Add a forestry to the list (Unless someone has an ability woodcut that makes it unnecessary. Regardless, having wood production separate from abilities could be beneficial if we want to build a lot of housing later.)
- Add barracks to the list

(I'm assuming some of you have abilities that involve getting seeds or books, but maybe we'll need to add other buildings to the list for that.)

(Can we build as many things as we want in one turn as long as we have enough resources?)

Jonathan McArmite:
Thank you for welcoming us, Mr. Gonzalez (I shake his hand and smile). I am glad to be here as a servant of the people, as we erect this new foundation of society.

Expanded knowledge of the local conditions will be indispensable for any future regional development planning. Therefore, I propose Mrs. Konstantinov choose a number of citizens that seem capable to her and examine the near territory. Any potential sources of resources, such as usable flora and fauna, mineral resources and unusual areas, as well as any possible dangers should be reported to the council immediately. Do you agree?

Establishing a secure route to the river to ensure a constant supply of drinkable water is of high importance as well. I am in agreement with General Sir Carlisle's suggestion of building a forestry and a mine, especially since in case of an emergency such a structure could serve as an underground bunker as well.

It also seems essential to me to ensure the guards are not to be placed under the command of one person, but rather the complete council. Our people's safety, both in the economical as well as the defensive sense, is currently of high importance and should be left to a team of qualified people.


(SuNa, I admit I don't completely understand the concept of "actions". Does it mean we have to use abilities or items and such, or can we literally do anything (for example, oversee the construction of a building or talk to a specific person), which also actually influences the world around us? Also, how do we know when the time has come to PM you our actions?)

(P.S.: Thanks for the map, you both.)

Doubles posts... my god...

Then I shall claim it!

Xavier Maliens Naechum the foreman, reporting it then!

I'll edit this post with my thoughts!

Just to say so, I'd have chosen south as well. I agree with the general's suggestions, but I'd like to warn you guys that mining can be dangerous. Between cave-ins, lung problems, and the fact there's only one exit & entrance... well, I hope you understand what that means. If zombies block it off, whoever is inside would be trapped. Instead, since we just need stone, how about a quarry? It removes the first two problems completely.

I'll also second Jonathan's notion to explore the surrounding area to learn more about it. Just try not to bring back parasitic flowers that only affect adults. That would suck.

author=Jonathan
It also seems essential to me to ensure the guards are not to be placed under the command of one person, but rather the complete council. Our people's safety, both in the economical as well as the defensive sense, is currently of high importance and should be left to a team of qualified people.

I don't know, delegations really helps in moments of emergency. Instead of having to send a report, wait for the council's deliberation, then get the orders back while a horde of zombies is heading towards us, we should put emergency situations into the hands of someone who isn't preoccupied with every other thing our colony needs to survive.

General Sir Alastair Barret Carlisle:

It is a pleasure to meet you, Mr Naechum. I too believe that our situation calls for strong leadership. While bureaucracy will certainly aid us in terms of building and resources, experience tells me the military suffers from bureaucracy.

We should certainly consider building a quarry. However, since we need metal beside stone, and a supply of coal would be invaluable to us, I do believe building a mine is in order as well. However, as a quarry is arguably safer, it would be a valuable means of gathering stone as well, if we have the resources to build it.

Jonathan McArmite:
Good day, Mr. Naechum. I'm glad to make your acquaintance. You have taken excellent initiative by constructing this first wall. Here's to a prosperous future of cooperation, everyone.

Your expertise comes at the right moment. Separating our sources of stone and other mineral resources seems like a promising plan. Of course, further examination of ground samples and planning of area management is in order before we will be able to safely begin such an initiative. Additionally, we do not have a large supply of necessary tools at our disposal yet.
For this reason, I advocate that gathering wood for constructions should currently have a higher priority, since it is plentiful and directly available, whilst we are still in the dark about the geological circumstances.

I apologize for not being clear in my proposal about the chain of command for the guards. Naturally, in case of an attack or other emergency, the leadership will fall to the military authority. I was speaking about who would be determining the guards' tasks in non-urgent situations, which I hope will be the more prevalent cases. Deciding on a strategy during an urgent operation would fall to the General, of course. But the council should have a say in matters like which buildings and persons need to be guarded especially, and what equipment fall to the guards to enable them to effectively fulfill their task.


(P.S.: SuNa, you seem to have missed my question about "actions". I'm still a bit confused, so please help. (I've never played Mafia either, so...))

Jonathan McArmite:

No, of course not, Mr. Golden. That would be very undemocratic, and I distinctly distance myself from any such assumptions. I merely meant to suggest that in specific situations, guards may be required to protect people or places more than usually. For instance, an unfinished outpost would need constant guarding, even if the guards would normally not be on duty there. And if a person were in quarantine or receiving threats, they would require supervision or bodyguards as long as the need presents itself.

Obadiah

Okay then, well, I doubt anything in the settlement will need to be specifically guarded unless someone starts acting up. As for buildings, I'm sure we're going to have to have a few outside of the settlement. It's going to be unavoidable. The quarry--not strictly a building--is just one example.

Not meaning to change the subject, but I would suggest adding a water mill to the list of buildings and extending the wall to protect that portion of the river so that we have a reusable power source.

Water mills are surprisingly simple constructions. The real work goes into the manual labor. It's a wheel connected to an arbor held in place by a gimbal and race (literally a ring filled with ball bearings that helps the arbor turn smoothly). We can use the turning action to crank a generator and if you're feeling particularly efficient, you can also attach a grinding wheel to it so we can mill flour.