Reminder:
The Garden - The canal has greatly expanded the People's knowledge of controlling and directing water. A smaller but more personal project has been proposed to improve Valleyhome [Stewards] [King] (3-6? action commitment, -1 Econ per action)
Garden costs 3-6 Econ to complete.
Megaproject Focus allows for Main(state) + Main(Law) + Main(Province), so we can complete it in 1-2 turns provided with have Econ 7
Saltern - Building in the sea and experience with wall construction and fish traps suggests the possibility of trapping large amounts of water to extract tremendous quantities of salt [Stewards] (4-7? action commitment, -1 Econ per action)
Saltern costs 4-7 Econ to complete.
Megaproject Focus allows for Main(state) + Main(Law) + Main(Province), so we can complete it in 2-3 turns provided we have Econ 8
As such:
How many refugees?
[] No more than usual (Tiny chance of Stability loss)
[] A significant number (-1 Stability, +2 Econ)
[] There is a war going on too you know (-2 Stability, +4-5 Econ)
[] The whole lowlands are kind of a mess, you know? (-3 Stability, +6-8 Econ, other effects)
Largest influx will cause us to hit overcrowding immediately btw. We only have 7 slots left.
The best option here is A significant number + Gardens, allowing us to finish the megaproject in one turn AND do a Restore Order in the same turn.
This will do the following:
Stability 0
Refugees -1
Next turn:
Main Restore Order +1/+2
Megaproject start +1
Megaproject end(Stewards) +1
Which takes us from 0 Stability to 3.
You have discovered powerful new magic
[] Keep it secret (Chance of Stability loss)
Eh, not worth it. Few people can USE it, considering it takes Honey and Salt...of which we're kind of the regional supplier.
[] Share with friendly groups (Chance of other effects)
Neutralish. It's hard to screw up, but only groups trading with us can even implement it.
[] Share with everyone who will listen (+1 Stability, other effects)
This will spread things to the Thunder Horse and Highland Kingdom, which will help stabilize them and makes the Eastern Hills harder to grab.
However, taking this will block us from using Restore Order next turn.
[] Share with even those who don't want to listen (-1 Diplomacy, +1 immediate Stability, chance for additional stability, other effects)
Well...tempting, but only if we eat a very large refugee influx.
As such, my vote will be:
[X] A significant number (-1 Stability, +2 Econ)
[X] Share with friendly groups (Chance of other effects)
[X] Megaproject Support
With the goal of next turn:
[][Main] The Garden
[][Secondary] Restore Order
[][Secondary] Restore Order x2
For Stability 3 in 2 turns.
