((IMPORATANT: About the roads I built on the map: some of them seem cut and not well drawn, that is because they pass through the tile diagonnally, and their is no symbol for diagonal roads))
Finally, the road project was done, and all Al'Qwat settlements connected. Ferrum could go back to mining, now that Orion was on his way. But first, he had one more important responsibility. The communications with the unknown entity were not going as well as planned. Not because of what the entity sent, but because of Abro almost going nuts and firing everyone. It had taken a week to convince everyone to work together again, and now he had to check on the progress of the messages.
On top of the tower, he was releived to see that no-one was trying to kill the other. Greeting Abro, he got right to the point, "So how are the communications?"
"Oh, great, if you want, you can check their last message, I wrote it all down," replied Abro, pointing to the corner of the roof.
Ferrum turned, and saw a towering stack of metal sheets, atleast 3 meters high. "What, did they send you their whole collection of encyclopedias?"
"More or less. I think they are expecting something similar from us."
"Ok, great... I'll leave you to it, then."
Ferrum hurriedly went back down the stairs. He certainly had had enough paperwork in his last year of work, and certainly didn't need to help them wright a whole dictinary. Atleast, not if he wanted to remain sane.
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The message to the !!elves!!:
"We too wish peace for both are civilization. We are the Golems of Al'Qwat...
((Basically, they right down something similar to all the information I have already posted about golems...))
"We hope to be able to meet you face to face someday, and we also hope that our civilizations may grow and prosper together in peace and harmony."
((The message is sent with great care, so that the beauty of it rivals that of the !!elves!! message and maybe surpasses it (after all, golems DID invent it and thus know better than anyone else about the code) but in the usual golem way, it is sent a bit slowly, about one third speed of that of the !!elves!!))
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((No population growth this turn too, because roads are just finished. Orion moves towards Alchemia))
Settlements:
Alchemia: 69
(the one in middle of desert, btw its on a low hill tile not desert tile)
- 1 Large Steel Golem master miner (Ferrum Animus, Chief of Diggers)
- 1 Glass Golem reinforced with bands of Steel, master glassmaker (Abro Vas, Prince of Prisms)
- 11 Iron Golem miners
- 23 Clay Golems
- 18 Copper Golem engineers
- 15 Glass Golems reinforced with bands of bronze, glassmakers
Terra: 79
(the one west of desert)
- 20 Iron Golem miners
- 29 Clay Golems
- 15 Copper Golem engineers
- 15 Bauxite Golem smiths
Altus Tumulosus: 40
(settlement NE of Terra)
- 10 Iron Golem miners
- 20 Clay Golems
- 10 Copper Golem engineers
Eterna: 24
(east of desert)
- 3 Iron Golem miners
- 10 Clay Golems
- 11 Copper Golem engineers
Nova: 15
(SE of desert)
- 7 Iron Golem miners
- 3 Clay Golems
- 4 Copper Golem engineers
Travelling:
- 1 Platinum Golem decorated with bands of Gold and implanted with a Star Ruby in hist chest and inscribed with many glowing runes throughout his body (Orion Primus, Guardian of the Seals of the Ancients, Hero)