01-13-2017, 03:39 AM
(01-13-2017, 02:53 AM)Weiss Schnee Wrote: Given Darkshire's "self-sufficient", while if people are really against Darkshire having these things I won't force the issue, They should need to be getting their food, wood, metal, water supply, and etc. from somewhere nearby - It's been noted a bunch that the other verses aren't really closely connected with Darkshire, and given it's actually beefed up it's military recently, to my knowledge, it would need a lot of resources to maintain it.
This is also me thinking that the whole of Darkshire's only a few kilometers large town though - if it's some sprawling thing like minas tirith, much of this could be in the gates - and given that the idea of it being less than 10,000 people instead of 30,000 like was thought before, I had a much different picture of how much land would need to be relegated to crops. that brings it closer to 40 kilometers of farmland instead of around a hundred and fifty.
Regardless, if people are really certain Darkshire has no outlying territories, I guess I won't fight the status quo, though this requires significant retcons to my posts at this point. I would find it odd if the large walled city with a fairly buffed-up garrison wasn't getting resources from somewhere though, to trade if not to actually keep their own quality of life and etc. going. Especially with the necessity for supplies to outlast a siege needed.
Regardless, it was mostly a way for people to look for specific 1v1's they might want OoC, and a way to add a bit more to the siege. If people are uninterested we can say Kerrigan, Illidan and Skeletor rolled through some cocky secondaries, cut off any outlying support, and there's now refugees causing some panic and confusion in darkshire.
You raise some excellent points, and as a history/logistics geek I'd love to work this the rest of the way out. But I feel like if we get too far into the specifics of Darkshire's economy we'll be in danger of hijacking the thread.
My confidence in the lack of military outposts specifically comes from reading through the various Darkshire-related threads that brought the town to where it is today. Re-establishing a military presence outside the walls has only recently gotten back onto the ruling Junta's to-do list.
Also, in retrospect, I probably shouldn't be so quick to predict what other people's characters are going to do.
Frankly, I'd love to go one-on-one with either Skeletor or Kerrigan, but I can't justify Kelly being drawn off that way IC. Strategy is part of his core concept as a character.
Sorry if this is a little disjointed. I'm tired.