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(04/29 14:06:35) Chat.log started...
(04/29 14:07:43) Calum Traveler: shorah uru348
(04/29 14:07:47) uru348 waves hello
(04/29 14:07:54) uru348 looks around for a bit
(04/29 14:07:59) Calum Traveler: bit early
(04/29 14:08:07) Calum Traveler: 20ish min
(04/29 14:08:20) uru348: Well, you never know
(04/29 14:08:51) Calum Traveler: shorah, Dreamer3
(04/29 14:09:24) Dreamer3: Shorah Calum and Uru348 : - )
(04/29 14:10:00) uru348 waves hello
(04/29 14:15:00) Calum Traveler: shorah, Ural,
(04/29 14:15:04) Calum Traveler: town hall starts in 15
(04/29 14:15:10) ural: Hello:)
(04/29 14:19:59) Calum Traveler: ten minutes until town hall
(04/29 14:20:05) [BUDDIES] To Buddies: 10 min until town hall
(04/29 14:25:22) Calum Traveler: 5 til.
(04/29 14:26:09) [BUDDIES] To Buddies: town hall starts in 5 minutes
(04/29 14:26:16) Calum Traveler gets a quick drink of water...
(04/29 14:27:34) Calum Traveler smiles
(04/29 14:27:41) Calum Traveler: Tenny!! Long time no see!
(04/29 14:28:26) Tiernan Quinlan waves hello
(04/29 14:28:59) Calum Traveler leans right
(04/29 14:29:09) Tiernan Quinlan leans left
(04/29 14:29:26) Calum Traveler: glad you could make it
(04/29 14:29:46) Tiernan Quinlan: Thank y! So am I, actually!
(04/29 14:30:16) Calum Traveler: it's been a strange couple of years, let me tell you...
(04/29 14:30:40) Calum Traveler: ah, anyways
(04/29 14:30:43) Calum Traveler: we can catch up later
(04/29 14:30:49) [BUDDIES] To Buddies: town hall starts now
(04/29 14:30:55) Calum Traveler: town hall starts now!
(04/29 14:31:06) Calum Traveler: welcome to the April 2026 Town Hall!
(04/29 14:31:13) uru348 cheers
(04/29 14:31:15) Tiernan Quinlan nods his head
(04/29 14:31:19) Calum Traveler: bit of a smaller turnout than usual, but eh, it happens.
(04/29 14:31:29) Calum Traveler: right, let's see....
(04/29 14:31:39) Calum Traveler: i suppose the 'big news' is an update on Descent
(04/29 14:31:51) ural: Yes, most was 14 and made iskye uneasy..
(04/29 14:31:59) ural: Yes
(04/29 14:32:14) Calum Traveler: two weeks ago on the 13th, there was an earthquake in Descent.
(04/29 14:32:35) Calum Traveler: some significant damage was done to the elevator rails, as the quake seemed constrained to that area as far as we can tell.
(04/29 14:33:29) Calum Traveler: i see we have some stragglers
(04/29 14:33:34) Calum Traveler: so ill pause and repeat myself a bit
(04/29 14:33:59) Calum Traveler: two weeks ago on the 13th, there was an earthquake in Descent, which caused some significant damage to the Shaft area, where the quake was constrained.
(04/29 14:34:22) Calum Traveler: the damage affected the elevator rails the most, and both Ami's team and Keith Lord's team have been working to assess the situation.
(04/29 14:35:04) Calum Traveler: fortunately, spare parts are readily available in a secured store-room at the top of the shaft.
(04/29 14:35:19) ural: Wow!!!
(04/29 14:35:24) Calum Traveler: it seems the D'ni who finished the shaft foresaw the need for future repairs to be done,
(04/29 14:35:40) Calum Traveler: we found many things in there before, such as button podiums to replace broken door operators,
(04/29 14:35:57) Calum Traveler: but extra elevator rails, supports, and even a whole spare elevator car were an added bonus.
(04/29 14:36:11) ural: Nice!
(04/29 14:36:22) Calum Traveler: interestingly, apparently the main airlock doors in that top node are able to fully open to allow larger constructs through to reach the shaft,
(04/29 14:36:53) Calum Traveler: i don't know if we'll be allowing those doors to fully open to outside visitors or not,
(04/29 14:36:59) Calum Traveler: but it is handy for maintenance reasons.
(04/29 14:37:07) ural: Oh?
(04/29 14:37:28) ural: In those 2 closed doors?
(04/29 14:37:47) Calum Traveler: if you mean that double airlock off of the main T-Junction, ural? Then yes.
(04/29 14:38:04) Calum Traveler: the store room is just beyond them.
(04/29 14:38:40) Calum Traveler: now then, onto the matter of repairs...
(04/29 14:38:58) Calum Traveler: obviously, maintaining the elevator setup is going to be one of those 'long term chasing stability' things
(04/29 14:39:26) Calum Traveler: we're likely going to be continually repairing and maintaining those elevator rail braces up until the day of release.
(04/29 14:40:12) Calum Traveler: this does bring up the curious matter of Instancing and why changes, be they progress or damages, in the main Descent area havn't seemed to propagate over to hood instances,
(04/29 14:40:31) Calum Traveler: honestly, your guess is as good as mine when it comes to Instancing. Even back in the day when things like...
(04/29 14:40:32) Calum Traveler: Well,
(04/29 14:40:51) Calum Traveler: the Kahlo Pub fissure and the Bahro swarming the arch provide two distinct alternate experiences
(04/29 14:41:12) Calum Traveler: the Kahlo Pub Fissure only affected the Pub in the Nexus- primary instance of the city, but did not affect hood instances.
(04/29 14:41:30) Calum Traveler: meanwhile, the Bahro swarmed the arch in basically every available instance of Ae'gura we had at the time.
(04/29 14:41:49) Calum Traveler: heck, it took the better part of a couple of years before the Kahlo Pub memorial imager cropped up in hood instances,
(04/29 14:42:05) Calum Traveler: meanwhile, linking books seemed to appear nigh instantly!
(04/29 14:42:10) Calum Traveler shakes his head tiredly
(04/29 14:42:24) Calum Traveler: frankly, I can't tell you when the instances will catch up, or if they ever will,
(04/29 14:43:05) Calum Traveler: but what i can tell you is that, for the time being, we've tarped over the entrance from the Eder Tomahn to the shaft, and put up a blockade. IF the instances ever catch up, you'll likely see that as the first sign of it.
(04/29 14:43:25) Calum Traveler: so, don't be surprised if, out of nowhere one day, you suddenly find that doorway blocked off.
(04/29 14:44:06) Calum Traveler: while release day is still undecided and likely a significant ways off still,
(04/29 14:44:23) Calum Traveler: i am happy to report that I have a rough plan of what we'll do when it does open.
(04/29 14:44:42) Calum Traveler: we will likely unlock the Caldera link in the Chiso Basement for explorers to access before the 'official opening'
(04/29 14:44:59) Calum Traveler: that way explorers can gather in Descent at the top of the shaft where we'll have more blockades,
(04/29 14:45:11) Calum Traveler: there'll be the official ceremony, and blah blah, remove barriers, etc etc.
(04/29 14:45:27) Calum Traveler: then it'll be officially open for "Phase 1"
(04/29 14:45:37) Calum Traveler: so, sort of a "Phase 0.5 right before release"?
(04/29 14:46:04) uru348: Are we going to have a Watcher's Pub situation then...?
(04/29 14:46:08) Calum Traveler: we'll be properly announcing things once we have a firm release date.
(04/29 14:46:23) Calum Traveler: it IS the Great Shaft, after all,
(04/29 14:46:23) ural: After phase 1 open, work begins on pphase 2?
(04/29 14:46:30) Calum Traveler: yes, work will begin on Phase 2,
(04/29 14:46:55) Calum Traveler: Ami did ask me to pass along a message for you all,
(04/29 14:47:31) Calum Traveler: "Thank you all for your continued support and patience over this project. The Great Shaft is one of those areas we wish to ensure is done correctly and with the appropriate amount of reverence.
(04/29 14:48:10) Calum Traveler: "Please, mind the construction, and wear a hard hat when visiting. Earthquakes are unfortunately more common than we'd like."
(04/29 14:48:30) ural: Been doing that...
(04/29 14:48:54) Calum Traveler: at the moment, Ami's team and Keith Lord's team are working over the area. Hopefully we'll have things ready sooner than later.
(04/29 14:49:27) Calum Traveler: Any Descent Questions before I move on?
(04/29 14:49:30) ural: And that second resting area?
(04/29 14:49:43) Calum Traveler: what second rest area?
(04/29 14:50:09) Calum Traveler: if there is one, I haven't been notified about it.
(04/29 14:50:18) Calum Traveler: so i have no information.
(04/29 14:50:19) ural: Told you couple days ago, you repled with pics..
(04/29 14:50:28) ural: Oh ok
(04/29 14:50:29) Calum Traveler: ? You must have me mistaken with someone else, ural.
(04/29 14:50:39) ural: Nah...
(04/29 14:50:58) uru348: Is it the one under the stairs?
(04/29 14:51:10) Calum Traveler: again, i have no information, uru348,
(04/29 14:51:15) ural: Just had to show up in ajournal..
(04/29 14:51:18) Calum Traveler: this is the first im hearing of anything about a second rest area.
(04/29 14:51:24) Calum Traveler: atleast, outside of old journals.
(04/29 14:51:43) Calum Traveler: i know some old books from older explorers mentioned one somewhere, but if it exists, I haven't personally seen it.
(04/29 14:51:58) ural: Yes
(04/29 14:51:59) Calum Traveler: mind you, while im the project overseer, i'm not directly in charge of restoring things.
(04/29 14:52:19) Calum Traveler: that task has been handled by Ami's team, Ametist, TikiBear, Ehren, and Keith Lord.
(04/29 14:52:26) ural: Dot had a copy on hand..
(04/29 14:52:45) Calum Traveler: i dont think i've done a thorough walk through of the site in months.
(04/29 14:53:01) Calum Traveler: maybe not since the last earthquake before this one?
(04/29 14:53:02) Calum Traveler shrugs
(04/29 14:53:08) Dreamer3: Do we have to worry about trapped pockets of Veovis gas?
(04/29 14:53:08) ural: Otherwise diging through ages in deep islannd ..srgh
(04/29 14:53:24) Calum Traveler: the ventilation systems have been run and cleaned several times,
(04/29 14:53:34) ural: Good!!!
(04/29 14:53:46) Calum Traveler: beyond that, i believe any gas from Veovis' blast of a "party" has long dissipated.
(04/29 14:54:00) ural: Just dont neet that and no cure for it..
(04/29 14:54:26) Calum Traveler: i think we can agree on that having no need of it.
(04/29 14:54:37) Calum Traveler: any last descent questions?
(04/29 14:55:04) uru348 shrugs
(04/29 14:55:04) Calum Traveler: no? okay.
(04/29 14:55:17) Calum Traveler: on the matter of the cavern location "MahrnGestoy"
(04/29 14:55:31) Calum Traveler: as expected, such a large area is indeed going to take a lot of time to thoroughly review, and address issues.
(04/29 14:55:42) Calum Traveler: i wouldn't expect it to be done this year, 2026.
(04/29 14:55:44) ural: Yes!
(04/29 14:56:01) Calum Traveler: like descent, we don't want to rush the teams working,
(04/29 14:56:12) ural: True
(04/29 14:56:52) ural: Going to have the book in chiso?
(04/29 14:56:54) Calum Traveler: on Jalargura, Pod 56, I have had no updates for it, so I expect it will make it through the final stages of testing without problem.
(04/29 14:57:02) Calum Traveler: eventually, ural, yes,
(04/29 14:57:18) Calum Traveler: for those with testing access, we've set up a stand in Chiso's basement for MahrnGestoy,
(04/29 14:57:51) Calum Traveler: it will get added to the ring when it is properly time to be released however.
(04/29 14:58:46) Calum Traveler: alright, that's it for my announcements.
(04/29 14:58:48) Calum Traveler: questions>?
(04/29 14:58:50) Calum Traveler: any questions?

[Calum's KI Crashes.]

(04/29 15:05:06) Chat.log started...
(04/29 15:05:40) Calum Traveler: sorry all
(04/29 15:05:44) Theo: Maybe this has already been covered, but what about the area that we already know here as "Descent"? Will that connect up?
(04/29 15:05:57) uru348 waves hello
(04/29 15:06:03) Calum Traveler: sorry about that, my KI utterly blue screened on me ^^;
(04/29 15:06:04) Dreamer3: wb
(04/29 15:06:24) Calum Traveler: the Tomahn we know of- that "Descent" theo?
(04/29 15:06:47) Calum Traveler: it should still be there, baring instancing shenanigans i have no control over.
(04/29 15:06:53) Theo: Yes, with the Sparklie, the Journal, the KI Glow machine....
(04/29 15:07:12) Calum Traveler: i dont imagine that bahro stone link will go anywhere else
(04/29 15:07:37) Theo: But will the spiral path become more walkable than it is now?
(04/29 15:07:47) Calum Traveler: it should be fully walkable, ill hope
(04/29 15:08:00) Calum Traveler: baring any earth quake damage
(04/29 15:08:07) Calum Traveler: cant predict if anything like that shows up
(04/29 15:08:10) Theo: Connected! Very good!
(04/29 15:08:42) Dreamer3: I'm guessing the elevator is irreparable?
(04/29 15:08:58) Calum Traveler: the elevator setup is being worked on
(04/29 15:09:09) Calum Traveler: we're hoping to have them running again by the time of release day.
(04/29 15:09:42) Calum Traveler: any other questions?
(04/29 15:09:58) Calum Traveler: i think i need to wrap this up if my KI is shorting out on me like it did. so one last question
(04/29 15:10:08) uru348: What can we expect to hear at AGM?
(04/29 15:10:15) Calum Traveler shrugs
(04/29 15:10:21) Calum Traveler: mysterium and similar news to this
(04/29 15:10:30) Calum Traveler: alright, thanks for coming all
(04/29 15:10:32) uru348 shrugs
(04/29 15:10:36) uru348 thanks you very much!
(04/29 15:10:47) uru348 claps his hands
(04/29 15:10:48) Calum Traveler: tenny, I need to badger you for current contact info,
(04/29 15:11:00) Calum Traveler: ami was a bit insistant when i talked with her last night
(04/29 15:11:05) Dreamer3: Thanks, Calum!
(04/29 15:11:11) Calum Traveler: take care, all
(04/29 15:11:21) Dreamer3 kneels down...
(04/29 15:11:34) Calum Traveler: just send me a KI mail with a current number, ill forward it to Ami.
(04/29 15:11:50) Tiernan Quinlan: Sure, not a problem!
(04/29 15:12:13) Calum Traveler leans left
(04/29 15:12:19) Tiernan Quinlan leans right
(04/29 15:12:21) Calum Traveler: good to see you again.
(04/29 15:12:35) Calum Traveler: alright, i gotta get going.
(04/29 15:12:39) Calum Traveler: take care
(04/29 15:12:41) Calum Traveler waves goodbye
(04/29 15:12:46) Tiernan Quinlan: Thanks! Take care y'self!
(04/29 15:12:49) Tiernan Quinlan waves goodbye
(04/29 15:12:58) Calum Traveler: will do
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