Tyranomaster

[Vol.5] Ch.21 Expansion

After the next six day stint, the mine had to switch to horizontal shafts, because the vein had deviated too far from the vertical shaft that was being dug.  I agreed to stop directly helping with extraction for the sake of morale as well.  Though I can still help with peripheral matters if I think it will improve the miners overall sp...

[Vol.5] Ch12 Recycling

I accompanied the goblins for two days on test salvages, which went off without any problems.  We only recovered cannonballs, and it was a relatively slow process, but I was pleased to see the process working.  The hobgoblin divers had a close call with a relatively large fish approaching, and they had to hide for a minute in the downe...

[Vol.5] Ch.20 Teamwork

I talked with Zeb about the idea of building larger buildings in the city in order to increase population density.  He seemed amenable to the idea, but also wasn't too sure about the stability of taller structures like that.  We talked through best practices for structures of that height made of stone, including discussion of adding ce...

[Vol.5] Ch.11 Maiden Voyage

After having spent six days mining copper on the mountain, I spent an additional six days transporting it back to the city.  When I returned I talked with Zeb about the idea of building a harbor on the far side of the island.  As I suspected, they're busy right now with what we both agree is a more pressing matter of expanding the popu...

[Vol.5] Ch.19 Crystal Clear

I realized after I looked at the quartz, that I hadn't asked him about the particulars of the quartz.  On Earth, quartz crystal goes by many names depending on the color of the crystal.  I had assumed, incorrectly, that it'd be the same here.  That doesn't seem to be the case, as I'm looking at varying degrees of colored quartz, r...

[Vol.5] Ch.10 Salvage

Work proceeded steadily on making the barge and its components.  A basic steam engine is actually fairly easy to make, though we had to use more of our dwindling iron to make a large portion of it.  While I worked with Karsh on that during the days, I spent the evenings making copper wires to make into cable.  After thirteen days ...

[Vol.5] Ch.18 Electricity Part 3

I spent four days making my two test dynamos, then one day testing them.  Both use a hand crank to operate their rotor, but one uses magnets to generate power, while the other is a bit more complicated, using cumulative wiring for the field windings, meaning it's a self-powering generator that doesn't need magnets.  The downside to tha...

[Vol.5] Ch.9 Gypsum

After another six days on the mountain, we found something, that in some ways was a disappointment, but in other ways was a good find.  We struck a vein of material, though I wouldn't call it ore.  It seems to be gypsum, at least from what I can tell from Konkur's description.  We have little use for gypsum here on the island than...

[Vol.5] Ch.17 Electricity Part 2

I got things set up again to test for electricity, and initially checked for a spark every minute or so.  After ten minutes, I started checking every five minutes, then every fifteen, and after a few hours, it seems like it had probably reduced in output by some amount, but the exact amount I couldn't tell.  After half a day, it became...

[Vol.5] Ch.8 Fishy Research

The next day, I decided to stop in and talk with Konkur to see if he had any information on the rock samples I delivered to him.  I had initially planned for it to be a short stop, as I didn't expect that much information before I went to the lab to see what sort of tests Tiberius was planning on conducting.  Instead, I ended up having...

[Vol.5] Ch.16 Electricity Part 1

After a few days, Tiberius had me come help him in the lab with his project.  He'd gathered two of the electric fish, and had a new design that he wanted to try using them.  I brought along some decently thick copper wire to use as well, given copper's conductivity.  With stone shaping, it was very easy to make the shapes and desi...

[Vol.5] Ch.7 Procurement

For the first half of the month, I spent time growing a larger crystal to test how crystal size affects the effectiveness of the mana draining liquid.  I ran a few tests with smaller crystals, and had interesting results, which warranted growing a larger crystal for further extrapolation.  With smaller crystals, the length of time it t...

[Vol.5] Ch.15 The Fate of Rathland

The first ten days or so, I had to fetch Tiberius to make sure he arrived at the tide pools in time to properly work.  After that though, I was surprised to see that he began going to the tide pools of his own accord, and seemed to be getting along well with the fishergoblins while he worked.  In the meantime, I was hauling stone to bu...

[Vol.5] Ch.6 Mana Drain

After eight more days of work, I finished building the prototype windmill for the well, and had Karsh help shape a straight steel rod of the necessary size for the pump.  The snow started melting on the mountain half-way through my work, which then resulted in nagging from Tiberius that I should go brave the remaining snow to get him crysta...

[Vol.5] Ch.14 Troublemaker(s)

"I need you to come up with a fitting punishment for what Tiberius has done."  I plainly state to Zaka.  I had to position myself between Tiberius as the door, as he kept trying to sneak out.

Zaka watches the situation and chuckles, "Well, he's certainly acting like he's guilty of something.  What did he do?"

"He lied ...

[Vol.5] Ch.5 Well Water

I continued working on the lab space for another twenty-six days until I finally completed the shell of the space.  The facility is built into the hills bordering the side of the valley with no roads currently.  While I worked, I spent some time cutting trees down along a trail that led here, so we have the beginnings of a road at leas...

[Vol.5] Ch.13 Troublemaker

After returning to the city, I set up a handful of jobs to start moving both the gypsum and paper we have made for trade to the new warehouse on the other side of the island.  I spent three days producing sealed shipping crates for both the paper and gypsum.  This is required before either is able to actually be moved to the other side...

[Vol.5] Ch.4 Lab Space

Negotiating with Elora to get our debt reduced was only partially successful, and it was very stressful.  She made it clear that what I was doing was treading a very fine line between negotiating and threatening.  I responded that what they had done was treading a fine line between helping and extortion.  The back and forth contin...

[Vol.5] Ch12 Recycling

I accompanied the goblins for two days on test salvages, which went off without any problems.  We only recovered cannonballs, and it was a relatively slow process, but I was pleased to see the process working.  The hobgoblin divers had a close call with a relatively large fish approaching, and they had to hide for a minute in the downe...

[Vol.5] Ch.3 Rathland’s Refugees

After fifteen days, Shasta returned with the refugees and the two goblins who had been taught the dwarven language.  I spent three days interviewing all the refugees with the help of Shasta as a translator.  Of the thirty-two refugees, six have decent reasons for being here as refugees under Elloetta's guidance, and the remainder are d...

[Vol.5] Ch.11 Maiden Voyage

After having spent six days mining copper on the mountain, I spent an additional six days transporting it back to the city.  When I returned I talked with Zeb about the idea of building a harbor on the far side of the island.  As I suspected, they're busy right now with what we both agree is a more pressing matter of expanding the popu...

[Vol.5] Ch.2 Safety in Numbers

We all waited with baited breath for the first two weeks of winter until the first news from the outside world finally made it's way to us.  Initially, we became very apprehensive when we saw fifteen ships approaching the island, but after we recognized the ships as being part of Kao's fleet, we became relieved.

Kao, Shasta, and a han...

[Vol.5] Ch.10 Salvage

Work proceeded steadily on making the barge and its components.  A basic steam engine is actually fairly easy to make, though we had to use more of our dwindling iron to make a large portion of it.  While I worked with Karsh on that during the days, I spent the evenings making copper wires to make into cable.  After thirteen days ...

[Vol.5] Ch.1 Reconstruction

The reconstruction process has been going well, though we aren't rebuilding everything to be exactly the same as it used to be.  We started the repairs by rebuilding our artificial tide pools, and moving on from that to other necessary functions.  After almost a year, we've gotten a lot of things back to the way they used to be, but we...

[Vol.5] Ch.9 Gypsum

After another six days on the mountain, we found something, that in some ways was a disappointment, but in other ways was a good find.  We struck a vein of material, though I wouldn't call it ore.  It seems to be gypsum, at least from what I can tell from Konkur's description.  We have little use for gypsum here on the island than...

[Vol.4] Ch.59 Demands

Heeding the warning, I sent a handful of messengers to return to the rest of our army.  If all goes well, then we'll return in one piece and the original messengers will have been pointless, but if things go south I want to make sure the rest of the army has adequate time to hide.  After the messengers had their message and had left ou...

[Vol.5] Ch.8 Fishy Research

The next day, I decided to stop in and talk with Konkur to see if he had any information on the rock samples I delivered to him.  I had initially planned for it to be a short stop, as I didn't expect that much information before I went to the lab to see what sort of tests Tiberius was planning on conducting.  Instead, I ended up having...

[Vol.4] Ch.58 Power Struggle

Although we didn't have much time to execute on the plan, I managed to make it work out.  I informed Zeb and Zaka of the full details, including the Baron's secret.  Then, in the early morning hours, we moved the commanders down to scouting base for the handoff.  Honestly, if the Baron had planned to use this as an opportunity for...

[Vol.5] Ch.7 Procurement

For the first half of the month, I spent time growing a larger crystal to test how crystal size affects the effectiveness of the mana draining liquid.  I ran a few tests with smaller crystals, and had interesting results, which warranted growing a larger crystal for further extrapolation.  With smaller crystals, the length of time it t...

[Vol.4] Ch.57 Castelet Marionnettes

By the morning a few information reports came in related to the troops that we had sent out as a distraction.  While they successfully drew away enemy troops also resulted in pretty bad losses due the sheer size of the enemy armies and due to lacking a significant amount of already prepared traps.  A little over one hundred troops were...