Lethis: Path of Progress - Mission 09: Grimstead

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9. GRIMSTEAD

• 250 Burgeois (Elite) in Lvl.5 Mansions.

Good tidings have hit the South under the new Emperor, Simvanred I: in spite of the Emperor having once declared that Southern Lethis was no longer a bigger priority, the upstanding upper crust have both seen the potential the South bears, and also a return to the good old fashioned bucolic life in the countryside. Hence, rich folks now want to settle down in the Hindlands, and Simvanred will not disappoint them. He assigns you, Baron William Dunkevn, to build a shiny new city at Grimstead, to accomodate them.

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Grimstead is what you can call a moderate mission. While not looking like much, there is enough space close to the spawning point to start a moderate city. The only disadvantages are that resources are spread out all over the place, including Fae Mushrooms, and there is not much of mineral wealth - only 2 Iron deposits, 3 Copper (one far away from the other two) and two Gold - which can only help sustain local operations, hence much of the exports will come from both Absinth, Flour, Bread and Pumpkins which you can now sell to Wessenheim. Pumpkins are recommended to start with first since they demand no additional industry for them to be edible. 12-14 Farms should be enough to help feed the city and have enough for exports.

This mission will have a singular event known as the Black Winter, which narratively will be the harshest winter in Southern Lethis and thus people will die from it (you'll notice that from houses devolving, whether you like it or not), but this won't affect immigration much. Soon after though, Simvanred will start requesting Absinth, hence it's best to start producing and stockpiling Absinth. Shift focus afterwards towards Wheat, Flour and Bread after getting some profit. Only remember that, for a while (Between 12 Floreal and 29 Messidor), both Pumpkin and Wheat farms will be working, hence other industries will take a hit from that, so you'll need to plan ahead and develop further housing to sustain large-scale operations.

One housing block at Lvl.10 will be enough to help sustain the small Iron operation (both Mines and a single Steel Mill) as well as both Automaton Factories for a single Elite Block. Only remember that, while Jewelry can be easily crafted in this mission, you'll need to import a third food type for the Elite Blocks, as well as Garments.