The Floatune trade with the Peretics once more, offering their skill at armour making in return for some glass scavenged from the great metal beast they live in.
Applications for the Perk's exoskeleton are researched. They are too intelligent to be used in any sort of live way.
Construction is continued, using remaining shell pieces as support.
Parts of the spears are attempted to be cut off. If unable to, then abandon it and scavenge whatever meat is left on the corpse, and kill any scavengers.
The spears are undentable, but the scavengers are quite the opposite.
Meanwhile, one of the Perkbreakers headbutts a Perk squarely on the topside out of annoyance. Surprisingly, it stops immediately. The argument is finished immeadiately after this is reported, though not without them all trying to get the last word.
Trade is done.
Mass expose disposable bio-architecture to the contagion, a small percentage should acquire an immunity instead of being destroyed. Then incorporate the contagion AND the the resistant architecture into the structure of all existing facilities. Give anything that takes a bite a nasty surprise.
The mixed architecture changes the feel of the colony to the cleaner fish, which confuses them immensely, and they now swim in circles in place. its successfully integrates into the full colony, however.
Clockwork and practical uses for it are to be researched, while a new adhesive is to be either found or synthesized.
A slightly sticky goop is found inside a shellfish who wandered by. Clockwork is suggested as a use for Ore besides tools.
First lair shall clear the land around the fort for the coming of the Chief and the planting.
Second lair will resume hunting operations, in addition to this they will use their 'money' to purchase factories in third lair and staff them with thirders.
Third lair will send a exploration team down in the bell, looking for better materials.
The explorers come back with a tiny amount of the strange material seen before, while Second does its thing.
But the Chief has returned, with plant seeds and a grand idea! He is welcomed just as grandly as was before the Smith grew in power, which comforts him that his try to remain useful was well noticed but still appreciated. They get right to it as he explains the process.
A fence is built. The Peretics begin trying to mine into the car's dashboard to reach better quality metal. They also mess with the wiring again. They build a small colony nearby the crystals, full of warriors with the intention of the inhabitants becoming the guardians of that area.
going into the dashboard, the metal is not very improved. the wiring does not produce any new happening this time, while some warroirs march off.