12th Decembruary
A gazelle wandered into one of our empty pens today. It's no good for wool or mlk and we haven't got a mate for it, so before long I imagine it'll end up in the pot, but for now it's not hurting anyone to let graze in peace.
We had another raid from civilized folks, a pair of them. First one was a middle-aged woman carrying a revolver and the other was a portly young man carrying an auto-pistol. Both of them were wearing flak-vests, not that they did them much good. To spare the gory details, neither of them made it past the traps. All in all it's starting to get a bit routine, having strangers try to murder, rob, and do heaven knows what else to us, only to die horribly to some primitive deadfall traps. The only concerning thing now is that between these two and that pack of raccoons from the other day, pretty much all of our traps have to be rebuilt now, so if someone else decides they want a piece of us before that, they might just get it.
13th Decembrary
I've finally got together what I think should be a half-decent blueprint for a makeshift forge. We're pretty quickly running out of spare room inside the fence and I don't want to put something like this way on the south side where it could cause a fire without us noticing, so me and Smarty are digging out a new room for it in the side of the hill. When I'd gotten about halfway through where I wanted to mine out, I struck a deposit of ancient compacted machinery and managed to salvage a few working compnents from it.
14th Decembrary
We've finished mining out the forge room and put the forge together. Engie says the first thing she'll do with it is make me a proper weapon. Won't that me nice!
15th Decembrary
Spotted an old man running away from a big group of pirates, reckoned we'd help him out. Looks like they've got a mor-
Curator's Note: That is where the Diary of Dr. Yuna "Bones" Edson, nee Avila, cuts off, on the fifteenth of Decembrary 5500, two days before the first anniversary of her crash landing, most likely dying with the rest of her fellow colonists, at the hands of the Raven Men or some other such group. This book was found in the ruined remains of Fort Traveller circa 5582. Most of the timber structure had by that point collapsed or rotten away, but by chance the diary was found in miraculously good condition under a bed in one of the cabins, where it had likely been hurriedly stashed mere minutes before its author's untimely death. Interestingly, a number of stone traps were found still in lethally working order where the diary says they ought to be, which would indicate that either the militia of Fort Traveller went out to fight off their attackers in the open and the fort's defences didn't see any use in the engagement, or that the Fort remained occupied for some time after the attack. In any event, no human remains have ever been found near the site; it's possible that Dr. Edson and the others survived the attack and were merely taken prisoner, but then again corpses left out in the open would have long been carried off by scavengers by now, so it's impossible to say with any certainty.
What is certain is that this diary provides invaluable insight into the early days of "The Old Rim" as it is now called, how people lived, struggled, and died in that savage time, two centuries and two dozen lightyears from civilization.
The new docuseries Fort Traveller: Mysteries Revealed will air on NMO starting 5th Jugust at 8PM Tallchest Sea Time.
Really, Cassandra? That's what you call a three-star difficulty quest?
That aside, I had fun! If anyone's been reading along, I hope you've enjoyed doing so!
A gazelle wandered into one of our empty pens today. It's no good for wool or mlk and we haven't got a mate for it, so before long I imagine it'll end up in the pot, but for now it's not hurting anyone to let graze in peace.
We had another raid from civilized folks, a pair of them. First one was a middle-aged woman carrying a revolver and the other was a portly young man carrying an auto-pistol. Both of them were wearing flak-vests, not that they did them much good. To spare the gory details, neither of them made it past the traps. All in all it's starting to get a bit routine, having strangers try to murder, rob, and do heaven knows what else to us, only to die horribly to some primitive deadfall traps. The only concerning thing now is that between these two and that pack of raccoons from the other day, pretty much all of our traps have to be rebuilt now, so if someone else decides they want a piece of us before that, they might just get it.
13th Decembrary
I've finally got together what I think should be a half-decent blueprint for a makeshift forge. We're pretty quickly running out of spare room inside the fence and I don't want to put something like this way on the south side where it could cause a fire without us noticing, so me and Smarty are digging out a new room for it in the side of the hill. When I'd gotten about halfway through where I wanted to mine out, I struck a deposit of ancient compacted machinery and managed to salvage a few working compnents from it.
14th Decembrary
We've finished mining out the forge room and put the forge together. Engie says the first thing she'll do with it is make me a proper weapon. Won't that me nice!
15th Decembrary
Spotted an old man running away from a big group of pirates, reckoned we'd help him out. Looks like they've got a mor-
Curator's Note: That is where the Diary of Dr. Yuna "Bones" Edson, nee Avila, cuts off, on the fifteenth of Decembrary 5500, two days before the first anniversary of her crash landing, most likely dying with the rest of her fellow colonists, at the hands of the Raven Men or some other such group. This book was found in the ruined remains of Fort Traveller circa 5582. Most of the timber structure had by that point collapsed or rotten away, but by chance the diary was found in miraculously good condition under a bed in one of the cabins, where it had likely been hurriedly stashed mere minutes before its author's untimely death. Interestingly, a number of stone traps were found still in lethally working order where the diary says they ought to be, which would indicate that either the militia of Fort Traveller went out to fight off their attackers in the open and the fort's defences didn't see any use in the engagement, or that the Fort remained occupied for some time after the attack. In any event, no human remains have ever been found near the site; it's possible that Dr. Edson and the others survived the attack and were merely taken prisoner, but then again corpses left out in the open would have long been carried off by scavengers by now, so it's impossible to say with any certainty.
What is certain is that this diary provides invaluable insight into the early days of "The Old Rim" as it is now called, how people lived, struggled, and died in that savage time, two centuries and two dozen lightyears from civilization.
The new docuseries Fort Traveller: Mysteries Revealed will air on NMO starting 5th Jugust at 8PM Tallchest Sea Time.
Really, Cassandra? That's what you call a three-star difficulty quest?
That aside, I had fun! If anyone's been reading along, I hope you've enjoyed doing so!