Progress

Taking another short break from working on the office and Gatehrahn. Felt I should put some progress stats up here. First, some context.

I'm working on a five phase age-creation system.

Phase One: Age concept. Similar to initial mapping, I make some general sketches of what I want to do with the age (how will I get power, that sort of thing) and what things to specify in the writing. Like, if I want an office encased in rock, I need to specify that the rock in that area is, say, granite, and not, say, talc. Basic environment, etc...

Phase Two: Age writing. Obviously an intensive step. All the usual things included in the step. Climate restrictions, orbit of any celestial bodies, foliage growth, etc.

Phase Three: Initial link and detailed mapping. I link in to test the age and make sure it's secure. Once I've gathered nothing horrible is going to happen, I do some very basic surveying (approximate land size, rock consistency, climate, elevation and grade) and make detailed (if illegible :P) maps of the surrounding area.

Phase Four: Construction: Another large phase. Any structures or modifications to the age are put in place. Buildings, power generators, additions or creation of caves.

Phase Five: Approval: The Age is sent to the Maintainers to be approved.

So, with all that, the Office is just passed phase three and phase four is under way. Gatehrahn is in phase one, waiting for me to get done with the Office.

The strange Er'cana

I wrote back in July about a strange Er'cana book I found growing off of one of my trees. This afternoon I found the book empty. Literally. The pages were missing. Nothing left but the cover, which has lost all its burned/scratched-on symbols. The cover's now a soft green with metallic designs overlayed on it.

Updating

Doing some updates to clean up this blog. Get some things organized while I take a break from the Office. The Topics are cleaned up a bit and I'll be working on getting the polls working better. I should also probably update the links. A Lot of those blogs aren't updated anymore.

Whilyam

Alive

Wow... been a while hasn't it?

I've been busy getting things set up on the Office. Mainly working on carving out the caves I'll be putting my stuff into. Finally taking something that resembles a break. :P

Lots has gone on since I last wrote. Phil is back, Engberg is back, and Watson's back. Things seem to be getting worse in terms of the Bahro war. Sharper's left. He apparently said the good Bahro are losing the war and with rumors of something big going down in October, I'm wary of going to the cavern. I've been trying to help some of the Guilds get up and running as well as dropping off pellets when I can.

The Office

The Age looks amazing! A large, snow-covered island in a stormy gray world. I catch little glimpses of other islands in the distance. I'd like to get a boat out there and explore more of the age, but the cold might prevent that. Warm inside, though. I got the first room hollowed out with the handy little extruder I found. Windows installed and framed right. Got some lights in as well.