>>5596530>>5596538>Action 1: Increasing Development>Farm and PortFood is always an essential, so when the commodity is scarce the prices will rise - an right now there seems only just enough to go around. To alleviate this issue (and to provide an increase of dietary variety) the plains of the grassy headland east of Klinkested are given over of crop-fields and sheep-fields. Whilst on the isle of Stanbyld, a new port is constructed in a bay sheltered by the island from the open sea to help the islanders export their Alabaster and import the foods they need.
>Action 2: Pitch PerfectThe Bitumen we collect from the great natural font is an interesting substance, and now that it is spilling into our storage-tubs and pots rather then the sea the Waddens experiment to find uses for this gift from Tamath and Diuth. The substance is soon found out to be resistant to water - why else would it seep up to the surface, rather then dissipate into the sea-foam? - and so gets used by the Waddanians as a binding adhesive and a waterproofer. Useful for protecting timber that will be standing out in the elements and for a protective coating to apply to the roofs of buildings to prevent drips and rain-seepage - and especially useful for treating the timbers of our ships, vastly increasing their resilience to the waters of the sea and also providing protection from barnacles, boring-worms, woodworms and other various wood-munching pests and growths that find the treated wood unpalatable. With maintenance needs being greatly reduced and performance quality being kept more consistent, we expect the knock-on effects to result in a great improvement of quality standards across the fleet.
>Naval ActionBack in port, the Navy will undergo maintenance and receive repairs and the protective new pitch coating to their timbers. If everything is completed, they will then be charged for they tyrn with the charting of the sea-routes around the island - particularly, between Glinsterjested and the new port upon the isle of Stanbyld.
