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Alice Grove MCDLT - June 2016
sitnspin:
Even a passing acquaintance with human history?
lawoot:
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--- Quote from: Zebediah on 27 Jun 2016, 11:06 ---Wait - the town is inside an open-pit mine? Granted, it's just a little tiny open-pit mine, but still, that's a bit like living inside a little tiny toxic waste dump. They aren't renowned for being especially conducive to healthy living.
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If it were a mine then yes, but this appears to be where the archaeolphiles Sedna mentioned lived. As such they're there to dig out ancient technology not minerals and more than likely it frequently moves to a different location once they dig down as far as they can.
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That is not how you archeology.
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Maybe they are trying to keep the dig hidden from prying eyes, although...
--- Quote from: jheartney on 28 Jun 2016, 20:21 ---Nitpick: Shouldn't Gavia be able to see the big honking water tower? She claims not to see anything.
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...would seem like a huge "Here we are! Come raid us!" sign.
jheartney:
--- Quote from: lawoot on 29 Jun 2016, 21:55 ---Maybe they are trying to keep the dig hidden from prying eyes, although...
--- Quote from: jheartney on 28 Jun 2016, 20:21 ---Nitpick: Shouldn't Gavia be able to see the big honking water tower? She claims not to see anything.
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...would seem like a huge "Here we are! Come raid us!" sign.
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If they've had much success unearthing working weapons (a la Sedna), they might be in a good position to defend themselves regardless.
freeman:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 29 Jun 2016, 21:03 ---Sure, it's a different town than the one we've seen, but what gives any indication that slavery exists in this world?
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This reminds me of: I've been wondering for a while what sort of government exists in this world. They seem to be living in relatively complex society so it would be hard to believe it would be just town-to-town basis.
Also, assuming the society has been on lower state previously and 5000 years have passed, the English language in north America should have split into a whole language family with language differences as big as between modern English and Russian today. Jeph really should give this a nudge by giving the hole people really thick accents.
That said, in pre 1800s society national borders really didn't exists in the modern sense. On major trade routes there might have been a toll to enter, but elsewhere people lived their lives with little regard on the matter.
--- Quote from: jheartney on 29 Jun 2016, 22:58 ---
If they've had much success unearthing working weapons (a la Sedna), they might be in a good position to defend themselves regardless.
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There should be some trench formations around the hole for that though.
DSL:
I rather like how Left Horse-bird is side-eyeing the apparently asleep Right Horse-bird.
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