EVENT #07: ASPHODEL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

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EVENT #07: ASPHODEL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT PLANNING

The Corsairs have been mobilized and preparations are underway. As negotiators are dispatched to Vindess to prepare for the evacuation under Imperial noses, the crafters and suppliers set to work, preparing the new settlement and whatever airships can be spared for the evacuation. Some Corsairs have even taken it upon themselves to build or “liberate” more airships for the effort.

As always, when the goal is certain the Corsairs move as one. Together, they will see Asphodel completed. All hands are needed, the question is, where do you lend yours?

MISSIONS

Prepare Asphodel: Get the new settlement of Asphodel up and running to receive the refugees from Vindess.
Priority: Critical
Challenges: Corsairs will need to keep the settlement hidden while also making suitable housing and preparing farms and other amenities to sustain life. It will require a large amount of excavation to get in order, as well as construction of homes, furniture, and other facilities. The work will be backbreaking and the timetable is extremely aggressive.

Prepare Citizens for Evacuation: As the citizens of Vindess toil under Imperial lockdown, the Corsairs must prepare the entire population for evacuation.
Priority: Critical
Recommended Roles: Negotiators and Infiltrators
Challenges: Corsairs will need to convince the entire population to evacuate. There are a number of methods that can be employed, while many are going to be reluctant the Imperial crackdown has shaken the settlement and unease is high. There is evidence within the Imperial offices that Infiltrators can recover that show mass executions with lists of “dissidents” have been scheduled for April which the Corsairs might make use of if they choose to investigate. Other options include capturing potential dissidents and taking the entire willing population while executing or taking prisoner loyalists, or other methods the Corsairs determine for themselves to make this happen.


Acquire Airships: The Corsairs always need more airships, and moving an entire population will require heavy effort and can use as many ships as can be mustered.
Priority: Optional
Recommended Roles: All
Challenges: The Corsairs don’t have the major Ether Stones that serve as the airship engines and will need to either capture or salvage resources to increase the size of their fleet. While the Corsairs have been investigating airships that don’t require Ether stones, that research is still a distant dream, but some Corsairs may want to spend some time pushing that investigation along to see if they can make it a reality sooner rather than later.

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[straykitty]

"It was certainly fascinating. To think, such stories could exist from other cultures and worlds. It makes me long for what we have lost."

Renne grins a bit. "That said I am inclined to question. This Divine Farmer, would there be any who claim her favor or heritage?"

[singlemilletgrain]

Shu smiles enigmatically.

“No, not at all. Shennong died without a family or heir. We cannot say how her legend lived on. Of course, the tales have likely been exaggerated over time, but it is a wonder that we have any records at all of her life. Her real name has been forgotten as well, for this was all over one thousand years in the past.

“Nowadays, we have shrines to her. I maintain a statue of Shennong in my home of Dahuang. But though she seems to be gifted with divine forethought, what the people are forgetting is that she was simply a normal human being who believed that she could make a difference.”

[straykitty]

Renne considers for a moment.

"Interesting. I would have imagined such a figure would be used to deify a ruling class, although it seems she has instead become an object of worship in her own right. Still a fairly predictable reaction, I suppose."

[singlemilletgrain]

"The rulers of Yan never had any interest in Shennong. She was very much a saint of the common people. By the time her teachings spread across Yan, her fame was such that she was almost considered a Xian in her own right. At that point, they saw that her wisdom would produce prosperity, and they were more than happy to allow her figure to be worshipped, if it would boost crop production."

She shakes her head a bit.

"And the rulers of Yan are... generally considerate of their people. You who labor under the Empire perhaps have never had that experience."

[straykitty]

Renne ponders the words for a few moments before she responds.

"I believe there are people like that amongst the serfs, those who might bring great innovation and truly care for their neighbors, without any hope of gain. Even the Empire cannot grind such beliefs away, especially in those held as so much lesser that they are beneath notice."

sorry for the enormous delay!

[singlemilletgrain]

"That is the power of a collective." Shu nods in agreement. "Where a people sow the beliefs of a community based society, there is little that they cannot withstand. Together, the peasantry of Yan persisted for over a thousand years. Now, that region, Dahuang, is the breadbasket of all of Terra."

"...But perhaps that is enough of old tales for tonight. Come another night and I shall tell you another story. For now, you should rest."