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[Sensei]

About farming...

Your agriculture expert clears his throat, silencing the hubbub in the Kotzar's igloo. "Actually, even if we did know where soil was, and we're sitting on gravel right now with no sign of soil, we haven't got anything to plant." The hubbub immediately starts up again, as shocked colonists demand to know what he means. "Silence! Listen, we ate everything. Ovechkin meant for us to plant some of our rations. Wheat, potatoes, carrots, turnips, beets... we've eaten all of them. We had some set aside for last, but when we ran completely out of food, we ate the last of it." He sighs, "So unless we can plant krill, or we find more vegetables somewhere, we can't grow anything."

[TricMagic]

Down with Kot!(1) TricMagic.

[NAV]

We can try harvesting and farming seaweed. Does antarctica even have seaweed?

[King Zultan]

[1d6:1] Making morale even worse, it seems that some belated effect of bacterial decay has caused the bodies dumped in the bay to float back up to the surface. Half-eaten by sea life, dozens of rotten corpses greet the colonists one morning. One of the colonists who had begun calling himself a pastor says that the bodies have not been properly laid to rest, and the souls of the dead are damned- and furthermore, it's all the fault of the colonists who decided that other labor needed to come before digging proper graves (that's you.) Some of the colonists have begun holding a sabbath, and organized themselves into what they call "The Church of the Lost Colonists".

I'm gonna say right now that this seems like the thing that's going to screw us over in the future and I say we shoot the pastor now to avoid a whole Jonestown like cult happening.

[Cnidaros]

We can try harvesting and farming seaweed. Does antarctica even have seaweed?

I don't think so?

Anyway we're kind of on a razor's edge food-wise, since we got screwed by the seal colony moving. I say we send off two hunting expeditions in opposite directions. We could also try making crab traps to go crabbing with.

We may be in luck with digging into the ground though. Shale is a coal-bearing layer, at least if Dwarf Fortress has taught me anything. I suggest we dedicate a few colonists to expanding our underground igloo to see if we hit coal. If we do, we might not need to set up a satellite colony for coal mining after all. We may also want to smooth out the pit-igloo a bit to prevent puddle formation (okay, they'll still form, but it'll be off to one side/in a drain).

And for morale, yeah we need to get ahead of the issue before it blows up. Shooting the pastor seems like it may just trigger a revolt though. I suggest we form a Church of Kot as the state religion, with Kot as religious head who will lead all Vlanladosians from the suffering in this life to prosperity in the next. There is absolutely no way this can backfire.

Food:
(1) Continue half rations for all except the sick: Cnidaros
(1) Continue all boats/raft dedicated to fishing: Cnidaros

Expeditions:
(1) Send two hunting expeditions with half of the expeditionary supplies each, in opposite directions: Cnidaros

Shelter:
(1) Smooth out the floor of the pit-igloo to prevent puddles forming: Cnidaros
(1) 50 people to continue mining out and expanding the pit-igloo: Cnidaros
(1) Line the insides of igloos with wooden planks (with an air layer between) for insulation: Cnidaros

Industry:
(1) Make crab traps using five cot frames and screws/nuts/bolts: Cnidaros

Morale:
(1) Found the Church of Kot as state religion, with Kot as its leader: Cnidaros
(1) Put the Church's headquarters in the pit-igloo, name it Kot's Chapel: Cnidaros

[blueturtle1134]

...Church of Acter. Who's with me?

[Doubloon-Seven]

How about Christianity, which the Vlanladosi presumably are?

[Powder Miner]

Vlanladosians are ethnically Arstotzkan, but with extra tumors, so they’re likely Orthodox.

[Madman198237]

Ignore blueturtle, he's infatuated with every game and every character Glass has ever played.

Not that there's THAT much variety in characters/character names.

[evictedSaint]

Food:
(2)  Continue half rations for all except the sick: Cnidaros, eS
(2)  Continue all boats/raft dedicated to fishing: Cnidaros, eS

Expeditions:
(2) Send two hunting expeditions with half of the expeditionary supplies each, in opposite directions: Cnidaros, eS

Shelter:
(1) Smooth out the floor of the pit-igloo to prevent puddles forming: Cnidaros
(1) 50 people to continue mining out and expanding the pit-igloo: Cnidaros
(1) Line the insides of igloos with wooden planks (with an air layer between) for insulation: Cnidaros
(1) Line Igloos with sheet metal: eS
Industry:
(2) Make crab traps using five cot frames and screws/nuts/bolts: Cnidaros, eS

Morale:
(2) Found the Church of Kot as state religion, with Kot as its leader: Cnidaros, eS
(2) Put the Church's headquarters in the pit-igloo, name it Kot's Chapel: Cnidaros, eS

[King Zultan]

Food:
(3)  Continue half rations for all except the sick: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan
(3)  Continue all boats/raft dedicated to fishing: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan

Expeditions:
(3) Send two hunting expeditions with half of the expeditionary supplies each, in opposite directions: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan

Shelter:
(2) Smooth out the floor of the pit-igloo to prevent puddles forming: Cnidaros, King Zultan
(2) 50 people to continue mining out and expanding the pit-igloo: Cnidaros, King Zultan
(2) Line the insides of igloos with wooden planks (with an air layer between) for insulation: Cnidaros, King Zultan
(1) Line Igloos with sheet metal: eS
Industry:
(3) Make crab traps using five cot frames and screws/nuts/bolts: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan

Morale:
(3) Found the Church of Kot as state religion, with Kot as its leader: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan
(3) Put the Church's headquarters in the pit-igloo, name it Kot's Chapel: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan

[piratejoe]

Making kot a religion?....

Deus does not Vult, nor does Liikanen.

Food:
(4)  Continue half rations for all except the sick: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan, Piratejoe
(4)  Continue all boats/raft dedicated to fishing: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan, Piratejoe

Expeditions:
(4) Send two hunting expeditions with half of the expeditionary supplies each, in opposite directions: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan, Piratejoe

Shelter:
(3) Smooth out the floor of the pit-igloo to prevent puddles forming: Cnidaros, King Zultan, Piratejoe
(3) 50 people to continue mining out and expanding the pit-igloo: Cnidaros, King Zultan, Piratejoe
(3) Line the insides of igloos with wooden planks (with an air layer between) for insulation: Cnidaros, King Zultan, Piratejoe
(1) Line Igloos with sheet metal: eS
Industry:
(4) Make crab traps using five cot frames and screws/nuts/bolts: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan, Piratejoe

Morale:
(3) Found the Church of Kot as state religion, with Kot as its leader: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan
(3) Put the Church's headquarters in the pit-igloo, name it Kot's Chapel: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan
(1) Don't alienate all the Orthidox and Liikanenists and form no new religion: Piratejoe

[blueturtle1134]

Can he still vote?

Food:
(5)  Continue half rations for all except the sick: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan, Piratejoe, blueturtle1134
(5)  Continue all boats/raft dedicated to fishing: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan, Piratejoe, blueturtle1134

Expeditions:
(5) Send two hunting expeditions with half of the expeditionary supplies each, in opposite directions: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan, Piratejoe, blueturtle1134

Shelter:
(4) Smooth out the floor of the pit-igloo to prevent puddles forming: Cnidaros, King Zultan, Piratejoe, blueturtle1134
(4) 50 people to continue mining out and expanding the pit-igloo: Cnidaros, King Zultan, Piratejoe, blueturtle1134
(4) Line the insides of igloos with wooden planks (with an air layer between) for insulation: Cnidaros, King Zultan, Piratejoe, blueturtle1134
(1) Line Igloos with sheet metal: eS
Industry:
(5) Make crab traps using five cot frames and screws/nuts/bolts: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan, Piratejoe, blueturtle1134

Morale:
(3) Found the Church of Kot as state religion, with Kot as its leader: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan
(3) Put the Church's headquarters in the pit-igloo, name it Kot's Chapel: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan
(2) Don't alienate all the Orthidox and Liikanenists and form no new religion: Piratejoe, blueturtle1134

[NAV]

The pit igloo is actually a terrible design. Because cold air sinks, so if you're sleeping in a pit you're sleeping in the coldest part. That's why igloos always have a raised section for sleeping on and a lowered section and entrance tunnel to trap the cold air. The sleeping section's always gotta be above the highest point of the entrance. So we need to build a raised platform in the pit-igloo.

There is no point leaving an air gap between the wooden planks and the snow walls of the igloos. It will just make the inside smaller. Snow is already an amazing insulator so lets just line the inside with wood and no gap. It's probably better to build wooden huts and completely cover them in snow to act as insulation, rather than attempting to line the inside of a curved surface with wood.

Food:
(6)  Continue half rations for all except the sick: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan, Piratejoe, blueturtle, NAV
(6)  Continue all boats/raft dedicated to fishing: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan, Piratejoe, blueturtle, NAV

Expeditions:
(6) Send two hunting expeditions with half of the expeditionary supplies each, in opposite directions: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan, Piratejoe, blueturtle, NAV

Shelter:
(4) Smooth out the floor of the pit-igloo to prevent puddles forming: Cnidaros, King Zultan, Piratejoe, blueturtle
(1) Build a raised sleeping platform out wooden planks in the pit-igloo: NAV
(4) 50 people to continue mining out and expanding the pit-igloo: Cnidaros, King Zultan, Piratejoe, blueturtle

(4) Line the insides of igloos with wooden planks (with an air layer between) for insulation: Cnidaros, King Zultan, Piratejoe, blueturtle
(1) Line Igloos with sheet metal: eS
(1) Build wooden huts, then cover them with snow as insulation: NAV

Industry:
(6) Make crab traps using five cot frames and screws/nuts/bolts: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan, Piratejoe, NAV, blueturtle

Morale:
(3) Found the Church of Kot as state religion, with Kot as its leader: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan
(1) Found the Church of Kot, if he can repeat his previous miracle and recover something useful from the shipwreck: NAV
(3) Put the Church's headquarters in the pit-igloo, name it Kot's Chapel: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan
(2) Don't alienate all the Orthidox and Liikanenists and form no new religion: Piratejoe, blueturtle

[TheFantasticMsFox]

Food:
(6)  Continue half rations for all except the sick: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan, Piratejoe, blueturtle, NAV
(6)  Continue all boats/raft dedicated to fishing: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan, Piratejoe, blueturtle, NAV

Expeditions:
(6) Send two hunting expeditions with half of the expeditionary supplies each, in opposite directions: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan, Piratejoe, blueturtle, NAV

Shelter:
(4) Smooth out the floor of the pit-igloo to prevent puddles forming: Cnidaros, King Zultan, Piratejoe, blueturtle
(1) Build a raised sleeping platform out wooden planks in the pit-igloo: NAV
(4) 50 people to continue mining out and expanding the pit-igloo: Cnidaros, King Zultan, Piratejoe, blueturtle

(4) Line the insides of igloos with wooden planks (with an air layer between) for insulation: Cnidaros, King Zultan, Piratejoe, blueturtle
(1) Line Igloos with sheet metal: eS
(1) Build wooden huts, then cover them with snow as insulation: NAV

Industry:
(6) Make crab traps using five cot frames and screws/nuts/bolts: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan, Piratejoe, NAV, blueturtle

Morale:
(4) Found the Church of Kot as state religion, with Kot as its leader: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan, TFF
(1) Found the Church of Kot, if he can repeat his previous miracle and recover something useful from the shipwreck: NAV
(4) Put the Church's headquarters in the pit-igloo, name it Kot's Chapel: Cnidaros, eS, King Zultan, TFF
(2) Don't alienate all the Orthidox and Liikanenists and form no new religion: Piratejoe, blueturtle
(1) Establish "Divine Encouragement and Altruism for Team Health" squads to help keep up morale: TFF
(1) Confiscate all weapons and ammo not in use for expeditions to prevent Suicide. They will be guarded by DEATH squads: TFF