Pony Colony (Closed, RP is full for now. Read OP post first)

[stormchaser1991]

Name: Starwind

Job:Alchemists (Scientists)

Age: Mare (Unicorn)

CM talent: keen eye

Backstory: Starwind was traveling trying to learn more stuff

Starwind took the alchemist's set, and setted it up and order 3 pony to go with the group of explorers to collot some locate plants so we can study them and she send 2 more to look into the the natural caves, to collet some stuff

[Travelaway]

Path's exploration teams had found plenty of new areas and new maps were being made quickly and efficiently, but now it was time to start looking for fertile ground to grow food, and to search for indigenous plant and fruit species that could be consumed safely by ponies.

[Harv0kz]

Month Three

Food and Water[colour=#282828]: One Month's worth of Food and Water. Though that field looks mighty good to harvest for me.[/colour]

Population[colour=#282828]: 50 still[/colour]

Equipment: [colour=#282828]Farmer tools, a makeshift oven, a temporary granary, some rudimentary weaponry.[/colour]

[colour=#282828]Status: Field is ready for harvest, and thanks to the good care it received (and irrigation is properly in place), nothing was lost. Alchemists have set up. Maps have been made and backup copies exist. Granary has been constructed and stocked up. The bakery made can only process one week worth of food per day. Discovered territory see below. Plants also see below. No hostile attacks yet. Houses are still makeshift tents, but there has been progress in using the covered wagons as house material, the tarps being used to create a covered, central area of gathering.[/colour]

[colour=#282828]And so as two more weeks pass, the ever-careful Farmers tended their crop and the craftsponies began to build the granary and irrigation system, the former taking shorter time. Now that the food was safely stored, the Farmer-Gathers could begin on baking bread. Meanwhile, all was quiet on the frontier, as no beast had begun to assault the little settlement. The ponies came and went about their work, be it to tend the fields or explore the area. But most activity was still based around their homes, as the area outside was still teeming with unknown dangers.[/colour]

[colour=#282828]Speaking of exploring the unknown, the scouts sent out on a long-duration general survey turned up some interesting results. The Eastern caves contained what appeared to be metals, however since an on-spot appraisal was difficult, a sample was taken back to camp to be checked. Meanwhile, the those trees are quite sturdy and seem to be at their prime, ready to be chopped down. Adventuring down the Western forest revealed more fruits and at one point, one swore he could see a shoreline, but from their viewpoint it was unclear. Given their schedule, they neglected to divert to explore it fully, instead recording the location, before continuing on their way. North of the fields lay another section of the same river they came across, however, the land across was still flat and fertile. Although there were no wheat to be had, the ground was still assumed to be quite fertile, given the it's state.[/colour]

[colour=#282828]As for the Alchemists, they finally began to set up to begin their experiments, some were sent out, though some went to the caves and helped assess the metals, their aid did not help with an onspot assessment. But they were able to assume that the caves contained more than they look, and possible deeper inside too. Those that went to the forests saw many herbs, flowers, and other helpful plants that would be applicable for medicinal purposes and possibly for miscellaneous purposes. Some samples were only taken though. Again, it was hard to do an onspot analysis of the plants properties without an immediate risk (playing it safe. I will always assume this, unless you say so. Mauled, sick, injured, poisoned and dysentery ponies can happen). They hope to use the lab in order to help identify what could done with these resources, which they considered a treasure.[/colour]

[JotaroKujo]

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Harvest the wheat, send 7 ponies to do the job. The remaining 3, will bake bread and assess the new fields for plowing and irrigation. When the harvest is done, 6 ponies will plough the field, and then set up another irrigation system after it has been ploughed. After this, planting of summer crops will begin, which will take 4 horses, and the other ponies will bake, and go to the forest to search for fruit in the trees, and chop down as many as possible to make wood. the fallen trees will be replaced with fruit trees, that will be mature and harvested by future generations.

[AirForceBrony]

Cycle out the guards once more. Bring the 5 back into continued training, and send the 5 out to work. 2 will patrol the colony, one will aid in gathering wood, one will aid in gathering food, and the third will aid in gathering miscellaneous resources. (i.e. stones, minerals, so on.)

[stormchaser1991]

all the ones come back that gather stuff and start to study them to learn more about them like for the minerals how strong they how and stuff like that and the herbs and stuff if they are poisonous and safe to eat

so basicly they spead all they time studying the stuff they got to learn more about them

[Travelaway]

Scout the newly discovered shoreline, then seek to expand our current map barriers, if any newly discovered minerals, food sources, or any other useful materials that could be used for the expansion of the country.

[Harv0kz]

((Assuming direct control of Craftspony . I am also now changing time movement to one month.))

Month Four

Food and Water: Two Month two weeks worth of food. The bakery produces 1 weeks worth a week per pony assigned.

Population: 50 still

Equipment: Farmer tools, a makeshift oven, a temporary granary, some rudimentary weaponry, and a alchemy set. Nothing damaged.

Status: Metals and herbs brought back are non-poisonous. Metals include common ones, such as Copper, Iron,and even Coal, and even get to work on developing refinement methods out of their boredom (They were done in two weeks). Herbs of medicinal property were played around with, and are shown to be able to form potions, balms, etc. That could be used to heal pony injuries. Trees chopped down could build enough house for everypony, or half the houses and a two infrastructure buildings , while the fruit tree seeds planted in replacement would take... quite a long time (just not within the year). Summer Crops ready on Month 6.

Finally having some work to work with, Brawny Boulder sent five craftsponies to work on building proper wooden houses. At a pace that assured that the wooden houses wouldn't collapse in, it would take a month to build the houses. Three ponies were assigned to assist in irrigation efforts by the Farmer-Gatherers, helping the refinement of their design for that specific region. The remaining three began to build a forge, spending some time in the outer area of the caves to gather stone. This will take two weeks. Brawny remained as a director rather than helping, as well as studying the schematics for simple tools and weapons.

And so passes another month. The explorers returned back to the shoreline they spotted. The shoreline had pretty fine sand, and was facing the ocean. Scraps of seaweed were seen across the beach. Samples of sand and seaweed were taken back for analysis. As their incredible speed increased, the explorers expanded the boundaries of the map. South and Northward, were forests everywhere, and some small caves dotted towards the southern area. Far North, the landscape changed from fertile flatland to less than fertile flatland, Although it was considerably harder to farm here, many hardy herbs and plants grew here. Samples taken.

The irrigation process took a week with the combined efforts of the ponies working on it, and ploughing and planting was done relatively quickly within that time, Summer crops will be ready for harvest in two months they estimate, provided nothing goes wrong. They then set out to chop down fruit trees, to which they later planted their seeds elsewhere. Bread was baked for all to enjoy, finally freeing up space in the granary. The Guardsponies once again shifted their retinue, and some even wen along to help speed up the gathering process. But alas, there wasn't anything to fight. However, one guard did notice a shadowy figure as he came back from his shift.

The craftsponies used the wood to quickly build houses for the ponies. However, they set aside a fixed amount of wood to build a proper forge in order to exploit the metal that was found. There was still enough wood to finish a quarter more of the houses, but that was set aside in storage. They didn't do much, except for continue to toil on the houses, and some went out to gather materials such as stone, in order to improve their basic structures.

[AirForceBrony]

EDIT: raise FPCON TO CHARLIE!!! All ponies have to prove ID to get into the colony, all guards will be on shift, there will be strict enforcement and eyes will be on that and any other shadowy ponies!!!

[stormchaser1991]

send 3 to the cave 2 to the shoreline area and 5 to the forest to make sure didn't miss anything the first time and the leader Starwind goes to the craftponies to request a laboratory/house/shop for them if you can be all in one or two in one or three different buildings

[Travelaway]

Path had a good mind to give the head of those alchemists a good scolding, if they needed things collected they should've come to him, inexperienced ponies alone in the wild could lead to somepony getting hurt. He was sending out his workers to scout the largest of the forests surrounding the area, he'd given specific orders to inspect the trees to see if they were good building material, and to come find him if they found anything unusual.

[Travelaway]

(Guess this is dead huh?)

[stormchaser1991]

yea maybe it is