User blog:Kincaid1/The Shipyard (Story 4)

I was living at Magma, and after about half an hour and non-stop Skill grinding, got a Bluesteel Sword, Spear, Javelin, and Ignitor, got Reinforced Mithril Armor, and Yewbeam Bow with 30 Steel Bolts, and a Quiver. Along with a Gold Jug and all that. I got the Bluesteel Ignitor because it's just better at burning stuff. I was going to go out and rule the Server in about 15 minutes, after some final preparations. I got some things together and went off to Bento to destroy the large Tribe living there, but I noticed a glimpse of somethingin the corner of the map, off the coast of the Desert and Mainland, the large area of open water. I stalled my plans and went over to check it out.

When I arrived, no one was there. This structure was tucked right into the corner off of the Desert and Mainland, so the top and right sides of it were against the invisible barrier. The bottom and left sides were comprised entirely of Harbors, each with the middle bar burned off, so each Harbor could fit a Merchant Frigate. Most of the Harbors had Frigates or War Sloops in them. The top and right sides were entirely made up of Smelteries, each with an organzied stack of random Ores in them, some of them housing Chromium, Stainless Steel, or even Bluesteel. I didn't take anything, as I was happy with what I had. This Shipyard had an industrial feel to it, and everything was semi-crowded, with Stone Halls being used as storage spaces, lined up in rows, about every 50 Studs if I'd have to give an estimate. And this thing was MASSIVE. I'm talking at least the size of 4 Plateaus, all man-made, all fireproofed.

I went back to Magma to make some Corn Bread and get some Water for my Gold Jug. I went back out to survey the Shipyard again. On the way there, I saw that the Tribe on Bento was gone. When I got to the Shipyard, I saw that there were now some Mills and Lumbermills there, along with 8 people. I approched one of the people there and asked why this Shipyard was here, and he replied "Honestly, I don't know. Someone said I could live here." I went around and the people there were making Bread, refining Ores, or making Planks.

There seemed to be no definite owner of the Shipyard, and the place felt kind of weird, as everyone was doing their tasks in a robotic fashion.

If you can't get a good idea of what this Shipyard looked like, listen to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PByIP2MLWP0