Beneath

(03/25 14:06:08) Chat.log started...
(03/25 14:16:03) Fly_Fish: Hello. Thank you
(03/25 14:17:50) Fly_Fish: I have never attended a town hall. What are they about?
(03/25 14:18:55) ural: Some updates...
(03/25 14:19:00) Calum Traveler: when major stuff is happening, they're recap events
(03/25 14:19:12) ural: Some bit of a story..
(03/25 14:19:16) Calum Traveler: otherwise, they're teasers for upcoming projects or announcements.
(03/25 14:19:25) ural: Yes
(03/25 14:19:35) Calum Traveler: things have been in a bit of a slow period lately so its mostly the latter.
(03/25 14:20:03) Calum Traveler: the last few years have not been kind on the Restoration's ability to keep things timely ^^;
(03/25 14:20:12) Fly_Fish: Ok Thanks
(03/25 14:20:13) Calum Traveler: we're up in the community room, btw
(03/25 14:20:14) ural: True
(03/25 14:20:33) Calum Traveler: if you wish to join us, just head up the stairs on either side of the plaza fountain and head inside through the doors
(03/25 14:21:08) Calum Traveler waves hello
(03/25 14:21:15) Calum Traveler: town hall starts in 10ish min
(03/25 14:21:16) Fly_Fish waves hello
(03/25 14:24:59) Calum Traveler: shorah NoMore
(03/25 14:25:04) Calum Traveler: 5 min
(03/25 14:25:07) NoMore: shorah
(03/25 14:25:31) Calum Traveler: shorah ALotOf, Sarahjane,
(03/25 14:25:35) Calum Traveler: town hall in 5
(03/25 14:25:54) [PRIVATE] From Sarahjane: Thank you!
(03/25 14:26:16) NoMore: teledahn tubbies, gamer buddies!
(03/25 14:26:17) ALotOf: teledahn tubbies, gamer buddies!
(03/25 14:26:26) ALotOf says stop!
(03/25 14:26:26) NoMore says stop!
(03/25 14:26:31) NoMore starts to laugh
(03/25 14:26:33) ALotOf starts to laugh
(03/25 14:26:41) Calum Traveler: shorah, isa
(03/25 14:26:50) Isa Goose says hey
(03/25 14:27:12) ALotOf: shorah fellow nerds
(03/25 14:27:25) Calum Traveler: 3 min til start
(03/25 14:28:01) Calum Traveler: otherwise, welcome to what i believe is the first Town Hall of 2026.
(03/25 14:28:21) Calum Traveler: where did the first two months go? -_-;
(03/25 14:28:31) NoMore: power's stable?
(03/25 14:28:34) Calum Traveler: i apologize for missing last month, i had a power outage at home.
(03/25 14:28:39) Calum Traveler: there's no wind today so yes
(03/25 14:28:41) BIG thumbs up from NoMore
(03/25 14:28:45) Calum Traveler: it was... quite blustery.
(03/25 14:28:49) Calum Traveler: i lost power up to 3 times that day!
(03/25 14:29:25) Calum Traveler: alright, just gonna officially start now, its close enough, i think.
(03/25 14:29:26) ALotOf: I already thought the AI scrapers had broken it down by trining AI models at maximum speed ...
(03/25 14:29:43) Calum Traveler: ahhem, welcome to the March 2026 town hall!
(03/25 14:29:47) Calum Traveler: first town hall of 2026. whoops.
(03/25 14:30:11) uru348: At last, a Town Hall!
(03/25 14:30:16) uru348 cheers
(03/25 14:30:17) Calum Traveler: anyways, i do have a minor correction from the AGM announcement i made
(03/25 14:30:21) Calum Traveler: ill be repeating it at the next AGM
(03/25 14:30:28) Calum Traveler: but to reiterate
(03/25 14:30:32) Calum Traveler: new projects:
(03/25 14:30:39) Calum Traveler: a new restoration project has entered the queue,
(03/25 14:30:45) Calum Traveler: primary lead is Dulcamara,
(03/25 14:30:56) ALotOf cheers
(03/25 14:30:56) Calum Traveler: it is a very large area
(03/25 14:31:04) Calum Traveler: i mistakenly said last AGM that it was not a cavern area
(03/25 14:31:08) Calum Traveler: it IS infact a Cavern Area.
(03/25 14:31:37) ALotOf: Having a mild guess what it might be ...
(03/25 14:31:39) Calum Traveler: so, not a new age, but rather, new location on one of the islands to the north east of Ae'gura.
(03/25 14:32:05) Calum Traveler: the name is "MahrnGestoy" im told,
(03/25 14:32:26) Calum Traveler: it apparently *was* tied to an age with heavy iron deposits, hence my confusion
(03/25 14:32:34) Calum Traveler: i misread that it *was* an age with heavy iron deposits.
(03/25 14:32:36) Calum Traveler: ^^;
(03/25 14:32:43) Calum Traveler: or, metal?
(03/25 14:32:47) Calum Traveler: whatever kind of ore deposits
(03/25 14:32:49) Calum Traveler: idk if its iron
(03/25 14:32:54) Calum Traveler: my memory is kinda scrambled r/n
(03/25 14:33:02) Calum Traveler: uhhhh anyways
(03/25 14:33:12) Calum Traveler: beyond that, a project of Semjay's is also making its way through
(03/25 14:33:19) NoMore: heavy metal - heavy iron deposits ...
(03/25 14:33:20) Calum Traveler: it is an area called "Jalargura"
(03/25 14:33:42) Calum Traveler: and, for those of you who are familiar with last year's Rapid Age Development "Pod" Contest,
(03/25 14:33:54) Calum Traveler: youll probably recognize it under its old project name "Pod56"
(03/25 14:34:29) Calum Traveler: continuing projects:
(03/25 14:34:36) ural: Lots of sand there
(03/25 14:34:46) Calum Traveler: Chiso Preniv, as I mentioned at the AGM, now has several specific section signs being planned to deploy,
(03/25 14:35:05) Calum Traveler: the previous historical reference log corner is being updated, with dictionaries, to now just be, well
(03/25 14:35:09) Calum Traveler: "The Reference Corner"
(03/25 14:35:44) Calum Traveler: Additionally, I've custom ordered a rug to place in the basement under the link in point to catch muddy footprints
(03/25 14:37:09) Calum Traveler: with regards to Chiso Preniv, i believe most of you are already aware that its now under new management, but after receiving some comments, I'm considering placing a "Under New Management" sign in both Chiso, and the New Messengers Pub,
(03/25 14:37:18) Calum Traveler: does anyone have any objections to that?
(03/25 14:37:25) ural: Good to collect as many documents from way back
(03/25 14:37:48) uru348: I approve of the sign.
(03/25 14:37:52) ural: Fine with me
(03/25 14:38:08) ALotOf: It's okay
(03/25 14:38:19) Theo: No objections here.
(03/25 14:38:47) uru348: Plan for sign placement?
(03/25 14:39:01) Calum Traveler: just a standing sign post, somewhere obvious but out of the way,
(03/25 14:39:20) Calum Traveler: i dont want people tripping over it
(03/25 14:40:05) Calum Traveler: right then, moving on,
(03/25 14:40:06) Calum Traveler: Descent.
(03/25 14:40:32) Calum Traveler: im pleased to announce that Keith Lord, aka "Tweek," has begun his long-awaited pass over of the Phase1 area of Descent
(03/25 14:41:24) Calum Traveler: its my hope that we should have things finalized and sorted out in short order. the hope is, again, for a release sometime this year. fingers crossed no major delays happen.
(03/25 14:41:38) Calum Traveler: once we're certain of release dates, we'll post more info here and at the AGM
(03/25 14:42:20) ural: Phase 2 starting soon?
(03/25 14:42:38) Calum Traveler: im hoping to swing around to finish off Pod12 or the Overflow Station once Phase 1 is done
(03/25 14:42:53) ural: Nice!!
(03/25 14:43:02) Calum Traveler: phase 2 requires some significant work.
(03/25 14:43:16) ural: Yes
(03/25 14:43:20) Calum Traveler: additionally, "Phase 3" - AKA: The Bug Cave - is being worked on by Semjay.
(03/25 14:43:29) ural: Good!
(03/25 14:43:40) Calum Traveler: it may end up being released before phase 2, depending on how much work Semjay has to do with that area
(03/25 14:44:15) ural: Saw some srtange thing in tunnel after the bridge
(03/25 14:44:30) Calum Traveler: yes, well, that area is giving my crew a lot of problems
(03/25 14:44:39) Calum Traveler: its very dark, and not easy to navigate, or map.
(03/25 14:44:49) ural: Yes
(03/25 14:45:06) Calum Traveler: we believe it will eventually connect to a proper mining area, and should, theoretically, connect back to the bug cave or the official d'ni route,
(03/25 14:45:19) ural: Know a lt bout dark areas
(03/25 14:45:20) Calum Traveler: we're not able to confirm at this time due to a rogue driller blocking the path between the Bug Cave and the earlier areas.
(03/25 14:46:18) Calum Traveler: as for other projects...
(03/25 14:46:32) NoMore: being thrilled to see the driller when it comes to it
(03/25 14:46:41) Calum Traveler: Hazado is looking into the Nexus to try to replace the Linking Books with hazy gateway images,
(03/25 14:47:01) ural: Like the one in upper part??
(03/25 14:47:05) Calum Traveler: unfortunately the nexus is a bit of a complicated beast that requires some serious time dedication to work,
(03/25 14:47:36) Calum Traveler: we're hoping once he's finished with that work, we'll be able to properly activate the two nexus terminals we've found in the Descent route so far,
(03/25 14:47:38) ALotOf: I may think so. Much user interface things scripted in, I guess.
(03/25 14:48:03) Calum Traveler: so, theoretically, youll eventually be able to 'save' your progress along the route with nexus terminals
(03/25 14:48:41) Calum Traveler: let's see, other than that...
(03/25 14:49:50) Calum Traveler: uh.
(03/25 14:49:50) Calum Traveler: hm
(03/25 14:50:14) Calum Traveler: im also hoping to get Ami's crew back on the Overflow Station, as a break from Descent.
(03/25 14:50:49) Calum Traveler: other than that, ive had no word from Reischu for a while. things seem to be busy over there.
(03/25 14:51:17) Calum Traveler: Runa'mei's been teaching her successor to the "Chezwyrd Chen" role,
(03/25 14:51:32) Calum Traveler: apparently things weren't going well with the previous teachers working with the kid?
(03/25 14:51:34) Calum Traveler shrugs
(03/25 14:51:41) NoMore: Overflow station is huge and fascinating - looking forward to Amis crew making progress with the repairs.
(03/25 14:51:49) Calum Traveler: im sure there's a story there to be had when Runa gets a chance to come back.
(03/25 14:52:17) Calum Traveler: yes, im looking forwards to the Overflow Station being in working order too.
(03/25 14:52:45) Calum Traveler: okay, that's the last of what ive got
(03/25 14:52:47) Calum Traveler: questions?
(03/25 14:53:27) [PRIVATE] From Sarahjane: What is Overflow Station?
(03/25 14:53:36) Calum Traveler: Sarahjane asks: What is the Overflow Station
(03/25 14:53:38) Calum Traveler: okay, so,
(03/25 14:54:00) Calum Traveler: a few years back, one of our workers, a guy named Wayne Todd, went out on the lake after telling people he was camping... we assumed he was on the surface,
(03/25 14:54:12) Calum Traveler: then his relto book showed up at ae'gura's shore, all crumpled by machinery,
(03/25 14:54:29) Calum Traveler: turns out, he found an old water treatment facility
(03/25 14:54:45) Calum Traveler: his relto book fell from his hip during that exploration, got chewed up in the machinery when he tried to start it.
(03/25 14:54:55) Calum Traveler: he eventually came back to join us and was quite embarassed by the whole thing.
(03/25 14:54:56) Calum Traveler: anyways
(03/25 14:55:01) Calum Traveler: the place he discovered was that- the Overflow Station
(03/25 14:55:15) Calum Traveler: it's part of what seems to be the D'ni's 'lake feeding system'
(03/25 14:55:24) Calum Traveler: you know how you drop Pellets into the lake from the Er'cana silo?
(03/25 14:55:37) Calum Traveler: well, you can see a bunch of those silos in the cave wall above the facility,
(03/25 14:56:03) Calum Traveler: seems to be that pellets get fed into a reservoir, and then that water is slowly released out to the lake to prevent overfeeding and algae blooms
(03/25 14:56:22) [PRIVATE] From Sarahjane: Ah, OK
(03/25 14:56:25) Thumbs up from NoMore
(03/25 14:56:34) Calum Traveler: we suspect there's multiple stations like this along the cavern walls, but, so far, we've only found the one.
(03/25 14:57:27) NoMore: I guessed there's be more silos ... from the upper part of some silos you may see the cityline of Ae'gura ...
(03/25 14:57:43) Calum Traveler: yeah, probably,
(03/25 14:57:46) Calum Traveler: any more questions?
(03/25 14:59:06) Calum Traveler hears crickets...
(03/25 14:59:10) Calum Traveler: going once.... going twice....
(03/25 14:59:15) NoMore: lol
(03/25 14:59:24) Calum Traveler: okay, that ends questions for today,
(03/25 14:59:31) Calum Traveler: thank you all for coming,
(03/25 14:59:37) uru348 claps his hands
(03/25 14:59:45) NoMore thanks you
(03/25 14:59:45) Calum Traveler: ill hopefully have more for yall at the next AGM or Town hall,
(03/25 14:59:50) Calum Traveler waves goodbye
(03/25 14:59:56) uru348 waves goodbye
(03/25 14:59:56) ALotOf waves goodbye

Some exciting stuff! Pod56 nearing completion, Keith looking at Descent, work on another cavern island.