Late Winter, Y2TURNTURNTURNACTACTACT: Sell 3 sand for 1.32 guineas.
ACTACTACT:Sell 2 wool for 1.64,
Buy a ship named S.W.U.N and send it to Nearsouthlands
Use 2 wool for Lace Pattern Clothing to wear in the ceremony of the first sailing of the ship
ACTACTACT: Take and sell 18 wool for 14.6gn.
ActActAct: Sell 1U of Sand and 4U of Wool for 3.72 Guineas and donate 1 Guinea to the crown and use 2U of Wool to commission Lace Pattern Clothing.
ACTACTACT: Provide Moira with 3 sand to make a SCOPE, slap that SCOPE on the Fair Feldspar
ACTACTACT: And another bathtub frilled with coins equaling 11! Guineas is delivered to the office as payment, as is right for commissioning a ship. Pirate's Question sets off to ask for wool. Destination is Norderland.
(Note Nuke ACTACTACT , my earlier action has been changed to sell 18, since I'm selling Andrea two.)
Thanks for the heads up. I would've missed the change otherwise.
ACTACTACT
Craft magnificent wool clothes. wear them at the ceremony for the lordship.
ACTACTACT: Sell 1 sand for 0.44 Guineas
LOT3BID: 2 Royal Favour and 1.84 Guineas
The Fair Feldspar and SWUN sail south, whilst the Warrick, Magierin, Motherland's Bounty, and Pirate's Question sail for Norderland.
The departure of the SWUN is especially extravagant, as the owner attends the ceremony in stylish clothing that makes many an onlooker jealous. Truly, they say, Rock's Firm must be the wealthiest merchant company if its owner can dress in such sumptuous apparel.
Only a smattering of sand is sold this month, keeping the price high.
[5 Sand Sold]
A generous dump of Wool is greeted with relief by wool brokers. They'd still prefer to have larger stockpiles, though, so the price remains high.
[24 Wool Sold]
After some intense competition between them and Sharky's Financial Services, the title "Lord of Norderland" goes to Lazy Jack's Investco. The CEO is invited to the Royal Court, where they are presented with a grey sash. It's grey because that's the colour of Norderland, not because it's cheaper, shut up. They are also tapped on the shoulder with a sword and proclaimed Lord, which is the important part.
The CEO of Sharky's Financial Services, in a show of good sportsmanship, attends the ceremony. In a show of less good sportsmanship, they come dressed in luxurious clothing that makes the new Lord look poor and shabby.
The newly minted Lord is presented with a dossier on Norderland, and promised regular reports from the royal agents stationed there.
[Lazy Jack's Investco receives the title "Lord of Norderland". Intel is sent via PM]
With the auction concluded, the Crown recognises the services of Wilco Ventures and the Bathtub Corsairs in donating to the Wool industry. On top of this, Wilco Ventures' generous donation to the Crown's coffers yields another invitation to the royal palace. A brief audience with the Queen takes place, wherein she complements the CEO on being appropriately dressed this time.
[Wilco Ventures and the Bathtub Corsairs receive 1 Royal Favour each, as promised. Wilco Ventures also receives 3 Royal Favour]
After a year of good behaviour, the Crown sends a letter in which Happy Crab LLC is forgiven for their earlier slights.
[Happy Crab LLC receives 1 Royal Favour]
Shh. Do you hear that? It sounds sort of like a rambling madman, but it's coming from the sea... oh no.
Luther Van Pillar is back. His ship is a little bedraggled, but the man himself appears to be entirely unchanged by his voyage. If anything, he seems more enthusiastic about his theory. However, he is true to his word, and hands over charts (and a SCOPE) to the
Bathtub Corsairs. Aforementioned charts show the way to a previously unknown landmass, lying across the great ocean to the west. As for the name of this newly discovered region... well, you see...
After a long journey across featureless ocean, Luther encountered a bounteous land of woods and grass. The natives seem to spend most of their time sitting on sacks full of dried beans and listening to weird music, not actually doing any work. When asked what the land was called, they responded "Hey, land is land, man, it doesn't need a name. Chill out". When asked who owned the land, one of them inhaled some sort of strange smoke from a wooden pipe before replying "You can't own land, that's like owning the sky. Woah, what if I owned the sky?".
Giving up on trying to get information from the natives, Luther decided to stick a Motherlands flag in the ground and claimed the entire region for the Crown. Now dubbed "New Motherlands", the region would make a great place for a colony- if anyone actually wanted to move away from the Motherlands, but nobody does. So we'll just stick to trading trinkets to the natives for, uh, "hemp". It's... useful for making rope. Yeah. Sure.
The primary danger in crossing the ocean is apparently boredom. So long as one sticks to the route Luther charted, you'll be fine. Probably. Well, fine-ish. It's a long voyage, so things can still go wrong.
[I... swear there are destinations whose names
don't start with N. Really, I promise]
[The Bathtub Corsairs receive Exclusive Charts to New Motherlands. Also they get a SCOPE back]
Aywanez' Own, Hardtack, Giddy Chicken, and Coppermold return on schedule and without issue. The Great Granular Galleon arrives, somewhat delayed and with a slightly depleted crew, but otherwise unharmed. The Yet Another Pirate also returns, significantly delayed but in perfect condition.
The captain of the GGG explains that they were boarded by pirates when leaving the Nearsouthlands, but managed to fend them off. Subsequently, they took refuge in a Nearsouthlands port, to recuperate and avoid other pirates in the area. There are a few dead sailors as well as a few crippled ones, who will need to be replaced, but the costs are manageable.
The captain of the YAP sheepishly admits that after leaving Norderland, he had his charts the wrong way up, and spent a month sailing in the wrong direction before realising his mistake.
[The
Great Granular Galleon is damaged. It will cost 1 Guinea to fully repair. She can sail without repairs]
Two ships are missing this month: the Bloody Shark and Jolly Crustacean. Of the Bloody Shark, the captain of the Hardtack confirms the story told by the Warrick's captain last month- they witnessed the Bloody Shark plowing headfirst into a storm (whilst the Hardtack took a minor detour). However, he does not think the storm alone would be enough to delay the Bloody Shark.
Neither the captain of the Giddy Chicken nor the Coppermold have any leads on the Jolly Crustacean's whereabouts.
PRICES
Sand - 0.44 Guineas per unit (+0)
Wool - 0.82 Guineas per unit (+0)
Copper - 1.75 Guineas per unit (+0)
"Hemp" - 1.2 Guineas per unit (new!)
Ship - 11 Guineas each (+0)
Caravel - 9 Guineas each (+0)DESTINATIONS
Nearsouthlands - 2 Month round trip, yields Sand | Public charts
Norderland - 3 Month round trip, yields Wool | Exclusive charts
Nordestlant - 5 Month round trip, yields Copper | Public charts
New Motherlands - 4 Month round trip, yields "Hemp" | Exclusive chartsSHIPS
<Great Granular Galleon - Returned Late Winter Y2 with 10 units of Sand. Intending to depart for Nearsouthlands Early Spring Y3 [SCOPE] Damaged 0-1gn
<Aywanez' Own - Returned Late Winter Y2 with 10 units of Sand. Intending to depart for Nearsouthlands Early Spring Y3 [SCOPE][Sanded]
>Fair Feldspar - Departed Late Winter Y2 for Nearsouthlands. Expected return Early Spring Y3 [SCOPE]
>SWUN - Departed Late Winter Y2 for Nearsouthlands. Expected return Early Spring Y3
>Warrick - Departed Late Winter Y2 for Norderland. Expected return Mid Spring Y3 [SCOPE]
!Bloody Shark - Departed Early Winter Y2 for Norderland. Expected return Late Winter Y2 Missing
<Hardtack - Returned Late Winter Y2 with 10 units of Wool. Intending to depart for Norderland Early Spring Y3 [SCOPE][Sanded]
<Yet Another Pirate - Returned Late Winter Y2 with 10 units of Wool. Intending to depart for Norderland Early Spring Y3
>Magierin - Departed Late Winter Y2 for Norderland. Expected return Mid Spring Y3
>Motherland's Bounty - Departed Late Winter Y2 for Norderland. Expected return Mid Spring Y3
>Pirate's Question - Departed Late Winter Y2 for Norderland. Expected return Mid Spring Y3
<Giddy Chicken - Returned Late Winter Y2 with 10 units of Copper. Intending to depart for Nordestlant Early Spring Y3 [SCOPE]
!Jolly Crustacean - Departed Mid Autumn Y2 for Nordestlant. Expected return Late Winter Y2 [SCOPE] Missing
<Coppermold - Returned Late Winter Y2 with 10 units of Copper. Intending to depart for Nordestlant Early Spring Y3 [SCOPE]
<Lying Bastard - Explorer. Returned Late Winter with charts to New Motherlands. INVENTIONS:
SCOPE - 3 Sand - Private
Lace Pattern Clothing - 2 Wool - Public
Spinning Jack - 1 Wool, 1 Guinea - Public (6/12 donated)
Sandpaper - 2 Sand - Public
OTHER OFFERINGS
Moira Libum is always taking donations of any amount/combination of resources, and will provide blueprints in return.
MECHANIC CHANGE: Moira's Whims. If multiple players donate the exact same combination of resources in the same turn, Moira will pick one at random to accept (I had previously said it was first come first served).
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