We don't have enough information to know the geology to take a truly accurate guess. The reason it would be a good place to look for metal is because it would be immensely easier without all the trees in the way.
Yeah, veekie keeps on confusing the two. It's driving me mad!
Not sure what you're asking here, but I'll try and clear the misunderstanding I'm seeing.
There are two settlement possibilities. The one for the Eastern Hills, which creates a new province, and the one for the Badlands, which is closer to the cataract and meant to basically be a fort for logistics in dealing with the Lowlands.
But we already have metal stones in the Blue Stone Quarry? Azurite is a copper ore. So is Malacite. Should we Study Rocks and then Survey Lands after we get through the next turn?
I'd secure the Eastern Hills before bothering to survey them. It's also more of a question of quantity than having it at all. I'm not confident in one settlement supporting the copper needs of our entire kingdom.
Groundcover makes the discovery process much harder, see as in our main territory, how do you survey for particular kinds of rock when all the rocks are buried under 3-4 meters of rich topsoil, anchored by ancient tree roots?
Oh no, it's cleared up. I've been referencing poorly filed memories.
Is the Blue Stone in the Eastern Hills? I thought the area we found the Blue stone was deep in our territory. For the risk of exaggeration, I thought it was literally right next to Valleyhome? I is confused.I'd secure the Eastern Hills before bothering to survey them. It's also more of a question of quantity than having it at all. I'm not confident in one settlement supporting the copper needs of our entire kingdom.
Yes.
We have hills in our main territory, too, which presumably have some amount of exposed sides, e.g. the Blue Quarry. But yes, that is understandable. I'd suggest that the Badlands is likely to be even easier because the river will have been washing dirt and some stone away so that rocks and veins are even more visible than in dirt-but-less-groundcover-y rolling hills.
The Blue Stone Quarry is in the Sacred Forest Province.
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Ah edited as you posted.look up
That's kind of the problem. The Blue Quarry was only exposed when a hillside collapsed, because the top layer of the highly noticable Azurite had oxidized to the rather unremarkable Malachite. Our Sacred Forest and Black Soil use actively gets in the way here, since we maintain a healthy layer of topsoil and undergrowth, minimizing collapses and overall means a ground survey must undo our work to even get to the clay layer, much less the rock layer. Ironically, if we left the Blight alone, we'd have ended up with more ores, because of all the collapsing slopes from dying trees exposing buried rocks.
New method of digging. Create a pick using your current stone pick out of the stone you're digging. Use to replace after your current pick breaks. It's genius!
This action path covers our problems pretty nicely. The reason we want a Badlands settlement is that this gigantic clusterfrak is a great opening to stretch a little.
I think Valleyhome since it becomes our southernmost settlement, though I wouldn't rule out a Badlands Province.
I think it will be Valleyhome. Eastern Hills is definitely a new Province. We need to ask our dear overlord.
Asked before. Low probability of finding anything unless we have a settlement in the area to base a survey off. It's like with every other project type. No base nearby means you get shit all done for the same expense.
I think that's probably what's being done already. It just takes so much work to shape the rock to break other rocks.
Well, the DPs are probably going to be licking their wounds for a bit, though they MIGHT lick their wounds by intensifying raids on everyone else(because while they're likely to be hit hard, they have the Centralization to tank the damage better than their neighbors)
I think you did it again Veekie. It's the Badlands settlement that makes a forward base against the DP.
Uh, both are geographically much more accessible to the DPs. Eastern Hills is directly to their north with limited geographical barriers, along the trade route to the Thunder Horse. The objective here is to secure a stable trade route that cannot be disrupted easily as we expand across the eastern hills, while flipping the DPs off and forestize the hills with more settlements for growth.I think you did it again Veekie. It's the Badlands settlement that makes a forward base against the DP.
