Darius spends the next three hours gathering what supplies he can, mostly rations, but also some tools for construction. He then heads out of the city, looking around for the people Rinar said he would get. Darius is surprised when he finds a group of 20 people, including Rinar waiting a bit away from the city. He walks up to Rinar as he says “Well, this is more than I was expecting, including you.” “Well, I felt like a change of pace would be good for me, and the families of the people I told of course want to come along.” “Right, well I hope a few of these people can work as hunters, I don’t have enough food for everyone.”

“Don’t worry about that, everyone brought what food and possessions they have, and a few of the men are hunters.” “That’s good, I should probably address them then.” Darius says as he walks up to the group, before he speaks up. “Right, hello everyone, I’m Darius, I’m the leader of this little gathering. I know I’m asking quite a bit to have you all pack up and come out to somewhere you don’t know, to build something. But if we all work together we can build up a new town, where people can be safe, and free to do what they want. It’s going to take a lot of work, but I know we can do it. So let’s get going, we have a somewhat long walk ahead of us.”

Darius then starts to walk, as the people start to follow behind him. They walk back to Darius’ camp in a day and a half, finding that it is basically how he had left it. “Alright, this is where I am planning on setting up the settlement, so we will need to start clearing the trees to build houses, as well as have some people out hunting. The main animal I’ve seen around is hares, but there are probably others as well.”

The group splits up into a few smaller groups, one of which is going out to hunt, another going to gather herbs and plants. Sending any children to gather firewood, while the rest are starting to cut down trees. Darius checks his quest screen to see if the quest has been completed.

Quest: Gain a Following (Completed)

Objective 1: Get 10 people to follow you. (20/10, Completed)

Objective 2: Set up a base in neutral ground. (Completed)

Description: You’ve been asked by Teqraura to start your own following.

Reward: Access to settlement control system.

‘Right, I have access to the settlement control system, how do I use it?’ “Let’s try Settlement Control”

Settlement Control Screen

Name:

Type: Homestead

Population: 21

Settlement Points: 100

Resources:

Buildings: Makeshift Lean-to, Firepit(Small)

Defenses: Makeshift Barricade x3

Settlement Upgrades:

‘Huh, well that’s interesting, it keeps track of population, the buildings, so let’s see’ “Upgrades”

Settlement Upgrades

Building Upgrades:

Upgrade Firepit(Small) to Cooking pit. Cost 5 Settlement Points.

Upgrade Makeshift Lean-to to Lean-to. Cost 5 Settlement Points.

Upgrade Makeshift Lean-to to Medium Shed. Cost 10 Settlement Points.

Upgrade Makeshift Lean-to to Small Log Cabin. Cost 15 Settlement Points.

Defense Upgrades

Upgrade Makeshift Barricade to Small Log Wall. Cost 10 Settlement Points.

Darius nods slightly as he reads over the information. “Well, that’s certainly good to know, I should probably upgrade the Lean-to to a cabin, that way at least the kids have some good shelter for tonight.”

Darius Selects the Small log Cabin upgrade, he is surprised as he sees a faint outline in front of him of a log cabin. He walks around, seeing how far away he can place it. He finds that he can’t place it farther than 5 metres from where the Lean-to is, so he places it further away from the rocks.

The lean-to starts to glow before it vanishes, and a log cabin appears where Darius had been looking with a flash. He winces and blinks, having been slightly blinded by it. When he opens his eyes again he looks around, seeing some people have gathered and are looking at the cabin with surprise. “Based on those looks this isn’t something that happens often, is it?” Darius asks as he looks at the people. “N-no sir, I’ve never seen anything like it.”

“I wonder how many people have access to the settlement system then” Darius mutters to himself. “Anyway, who here is most knowledgeable about building?” One of the men speaks up “That’d probably be me sir, Bernard sir, I’ve been building things for most of my life.” “Well in that case I’d like you to check over the cabin, make sure it’s entirely safe, if it is, then the children are staying there tonight. The rest of you, keep working, maybe we’ll get enough wood for me to put up a few more cabins so the rest of us can sleep in good shelter.”

The people get back to work as Darius starts to examine the rest of the Settlement system, finding that right now he can only build Makeshift Barriers, Makeshift Lean-tos, Normal lean-tos, Small and Medium Sheds, Fire pits, and Small cabins.