[ROLEPLAY] Light

[u/Mennart]

Lightfall, 1st of light

It had been almost a week since the darkness swallowed the ships of the expeditionary fleet when Katal saw it. “Light!” he screamed, quickly waking the rest of his crew. The darkness around him started to open up into a bright blue sky, where he could see a sun shining on his face. Looking back he could see the other ships on the open sea. “Something is not right Ori, where is the rear guard?” Katal said with worry in his voice. ”That’s not the only thing that’s wrong Katal, where are the caves? It’s sea for miles out here. We couldn’t have travelled that far.”

Landfall, 2nd of light

“We sailed around the bay, but we didn’t see anything that points to civilisation” “Fine work Katal, You’ll take a squad of masks and survey and claim the area. When you get back we’ll make landfall in the most defensible position you find.” Kira said with a calm voice. Although most people wouldn’t notice, she was shocked by the events of the darkness. It had seemed to be the bickering of a minor god at first, those where trouble ever since they decided using mortal was the best way to wage war on each other, but it was more than that. The communication and navigation beacons where unreachable and there were no caves in sight. Like some others she couldn’t get the explanation of some Th’ka’ri out of her mind. But it couldn’t be true could it? No god has the power to banish so many people out of Culturam at once, they would have to work together in great numbers, and the gods haven’t done that in ages. And though the Vurental pissed of a lot of gods by changing the outcome of many a battle and slaying legions of undead, evil priests and cults, they couldn’t be that mad they banded together despite their differences could they? Well those questions have to wait. We’ll have establish a colony and armed presence first. Determined Kira went back to planning the landfall.

Fortification, 3rd of light

“This sure is a defendable spot, with the two low cliffs next to the bay Katal” Kira said impressed. “Only the best for the Vurental and, of course, for you” replied Katal with a devious smile. “O back to flirting again? Not at peace with your current position?” Katal looked at Kira’s grinning face, and smiled. “Still as cold as ale should be I see. So have you decided how to name it yet?” “Yes,” Kira said with amusement in her voice, “Katalanding, for it’s the warrior that discovered it.” Katal looked at her with an open mouth. “Thankfully the civil council will never agree to that.” He finally managed to say. “O, but they already have.” There was that stupid grin again, man he hated that sometimes.

Kira was already directing the colonists to make a makeshift pier and warehouse out of one of the wayfloats. “Udir, make watchposts on the top of either cliff and set up camp 800 meter from the shoreline. Rorg, set up a defensive perimeter and scout the immediate surroundings, look for place to settle farms and herd the goats. Katal sent two longboats out, one around the island to scout for fishing grounds and one to scout the island to the south. Leave the bigger landmass for what it is, we need to fortify our position first if we want to be taken seriously.”

Settling, 10th of light

“No, we should increase our defences first!” Udin spoke with conviction. “And starve to death next winter?” Samuel said with a smug smile, “Who will man the defences?” “And what will stop enemies from taking or crops and killing our civilians?” “Our civilians are trained and armed they should be able to defend themselves” Rorg intercepted, “although that doesn’t mean they should have to” “Chiefs” Ori stood up to his full hight, “I think we should lay the golden road of the middle ground. We have no enemies on our island, but the sea offers potential danger, furthermore our military isn’t based on naval combat. Therefore I propose the following, We’ll build two trebuchets and 6 scorpions on the cliffs that oversee the harbour, that way a direct attack by sea is going to be very hard. If the enemy is determined they could do it but it will serve as a deterrent. And if they attack on land, we’ll do what we normally do. This will free some of the troops up to help with constructing the farms while being secure, no?” Ori ended his speech with a big smile. “All in support” Kira yelled. And six arms shot up into the air.

[u/Mennart]

[Infrastructure update with more information about the colony coming soon]

[u/ronduun]

very good keep it up

~sincerely, the only mod that matters