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Hello My Fellow QR-ites :)

Queen's Retreat Waterworks is a regional guild dedicated solely to the construction, maintenance and expansion of a public Aqueduct for the Test of Life.

We have set up a Guild Hall at 54 -6191 by sBody. All are welcome to join for free, though bricks and boards (for expansion of guild) are appreciated.

all donate to Aqueduct System is welcome o you dont need the test to join you can join to just help out this is a Region guild consider joining this huge project.

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Queen's Retreat Waterworks

Guild elders are dedicated to the coordination and oversight of the guild and it's project. Please contact any elder to discuss. Elders:

Members

Anyone who is interested in participating in the guild or the project is welcome to join.

  • Ptahiah If you aren't sure how to edit your details on this page, please message me and I'll do it for you. Also see public pottery deck and vault, below.

Guild Projects

These are OTHER guild projects that are not the pump itself. Most are things we want in our cp to help members

  • 2 Vault Kilns (need firebricks)
  • 12 carpentry shops

Members agreement & promissory items lists

flax 0
limestone 0 sana 2k muiz 1k
lime 0
ash 0
leeks 0
papy 0
Dried Flax 0
Dried Papyrus 0
Potash 0
Firebricks 0
silt 0
wood 0
cc 0
papy 0
tow 0
rotte flax 0
clay 0
rope 0 muiz 500
slates 0
lead chisel 0
Heavy Mallet 0
iron 0 muiz 300
copper 0 muiz 300
Zinc 0
Bronze 0
Beeswax 0
Thermometer 0
sheet glass 0


There is another public Pottery Deck and Vault Kiln a bit nearer the CS at Ptahiah's house 483, -6068. Thanks to everyone who helped make these, especially Haraelendil for the bearings and everyone who made firebricks!

Tower Support

The guild will try to help provide tiles for your personal tower. This will require donations of raeli tiles by members who have ovens. Once the pump requirements are met, we will look to this need.

Aqueduct System Benefits

In addition to being a test pass, there were Four major benefits to having an Aqueduct System in T3.

  • The Vegetable Bonus - Near various towers there is a triple yield vegetable harvests bonus area. Veggies are grown here just like any other place, you just get 3 times as many when you harvest them.
  • Growing Herbs - Herb seeds can only be planted near some aqueduct towers.
  • The Attribute Bonus - You can drink from a tower and will get a 24 teppyhour (~27 RL hrs) +1 boost to a single attribute. The attribute boosted is in addition to permanent stats and in addition to food. This is especially useful when your Strength and Dexterity are not the same and you can drink to boost the lower stat to have 500 more carry.
  • Moss Growth - A different varieties of moss grow at each tower. Moss is used for other tests and for monuments.
  • Several chat channels have reported, since their aqueducts went up, that the bonus is now +3, and that moss type can be changed every 5 teppy mins. (Ptahiah)

What has to be done

Step one is to build an Aqueduct Pump. This is a major group project that requires a large amount of materials. Once the pump as been constructed, individuals can build their own tower, creating a large chain of towers stemming from the main pump.
The plan is to build the Aqueduct Pump near the guild hall at sBody. Then, the chain of towers will head west across (through the sand/dirt/grass area) to the desert's edge. Then the chain will turn north and head along the edge of grass/sand towards the QR Cabbage/Leek growing spot. This path will hopefully get us a good cabbage/leek tower while also cutting through a good mix of terrain that could benefit all veggies types.

Test of Life and Points

To pass the Test of Life (or the principle), you need to get "points" for veggies grown. You will get 1 point for every harvest (not veggie) completed at your tower, or at a tower further down the line than yours. Accumulating points, then, is a group effort - we will grow veggies at the LAST tower in the chain to maximize points for everyone.

Requirements for Tower Builders

Everyone will want to build a tower. The more people who build a tower, the better for everyone. Here is what YOU must do if you build a tower:

  • Collect all materials required for a tower (guild to provide raeli tiles to all through donation from members)
  • Build your tower along the designated path
  • Do a veggie test at your tower (to see if it's a bonus tower or not)
  • Complete 1000 harvests at the LAST tower in the chain. (By taking responsibility for our own principle requirements, QR tower members will be well set to pass the test)

Construction Costs

Builds a 500 foot tall tower and a one twentieth share of a 500 foot tall pump with an upgraded cistern. If we have more than 20 people that are willing to do the "full-monty" we can adjust the fixed cost items and still collect the full amount on the variable cost items. This will allow for a higher Pump with a larger storage cistern.

This basically is the cost of a high tower near the pump and a share of the pump costs.


Cost to build the pumping station:

Tower Construction Costs

Towers are built in a similar way as pumps. The construction tool will note how far away from a suitable location you are. You must be within 8 feet of a suitable location in order to place a construction site. Once placed, the construction site still may not work if it's not placed close enough to a pump or a connecting tower (it will say this and not let you add materials).


With the high cost of individual towers, it's important to our planning that we know how everyone is doing towards the mats required for their own towers. Please note that the guild will be working together to supply all of the required tiles, so you do not need to stress if you cannot get them yourself. Tar is also supplied.


Name Indiv. Tower Progress
Traak In Progress
Ryyssa In Progress
haraelendil In Progress
Wampak Complete
bcoastaldawn Complete
misty In Progress
Ptahiah In Progress
ruby In Progress
dreamau In Progress
Tripneustes In Progress
Delfin (?) In Progress
Atheus In Progress

Material Contributions and Tower Order

Other than collecting materials, the hardest part of this project is determining the order in which towers are build. Passes will work in order, where the person who builds the 4th tower will pass the test before the person who builds the 5th (though, there are 7 passes per week).

Some tower projects in the past have ended up with a lot of politics. We will not have that. This is a fun and challenging regional project. This "point" system is in place to make things a bit more fair and hopefully avoid any politics. This is a drama free guild :)

Everyone will get a tower and we will all pass the test, fear not.

To keep it simple, the initial build order of towers will be based on material contributions. A point system will be devised for contributions. Guild elders reserve the right to adjust points to account for "non-material" contributions that may come up.

Updates to total material storage goes here. You should also list any "commitments" you're making on certain materials, so that we can track work in progress and avoid duplication.

Material Progress Commitment Points Per Unit
Steel Wire for Tension Mechanism
600/600
DONE
DONE 0.50
Copper Wire for Winding Mechanism
600/600
DONE
DONE 0.25
Moon Steel Sheeting for Waterproof Sheath
120/120
DONE
DONE 100
Cistern
1/1
DONE
DONE 200
White Raeli Tiles
600/600
DONE
DONE 1.5
Greenish Raeli Tiles
23,841/30,000


2.5
Yellowish Raeli Tiles
21,002/30,000


2.5
Pinkish Raeli Tiles
30,000/30,000
DONE
2.5
Black Raeli Tiles
36,835/50,000


2 NEW
Any color of Raeli Tiles
13,665/100,000


1.5
Rotproof, Rigid, Nontoxic Boards
50,000/50,000
DONE
2
Concrete
10,000/10,000
DONE
3
Oyster Shell Marble
68/100


75
Night Granite
60/100


Arame: ~40 more 100
Grey Star Marble
87/100


Arame 13 100
Cable
58/90


2
Canvas
2250/2250
DONE
4
Leather
2700/2700
DONE
DONE 2
Tar
1800/1800
DONE
2

Material Donations

You must list any material donations here.

Mat Name Donation Points
GENERAL MATERIALS
Cistern Wampak 1 200
Copper Wire Wampak 600 150
Concrete Sana 563 909
Concrete bcoastaldawn 3000 9000
Concrete Bcoastaldawn, Wampak, Misty, Tripneustes, Andrei, Ptahiah 4600 (600 each) 1800 each
Concrete Arame 1500 4500
Moonsteel sheeting Traak 120 12000
Steel Wire Ryyssa 300
Steel Wire Wampak 300 150
Treated Boards Dreamau 6500 13000
Treated Boards Delfin 6500 13000
Treated Boards Wampak 21000 42000
Treated Boards Sacer 9000 18000
Treated Boards Arame 7000 14000
Leather Ryyssa 2700 5400
Canvas Arame 250 1000
Canvas bcoastaldawn 1100 4400
Canvas Ryyssa 500 3000
Canvas Ptahiah 120
Canvas Jadzi 280
Tar bcoastaldawn 675 1350
Tar Ryyssa 1125 2250
Cable bcoastaldawn 58 116
TILES (in alphabetical order)
Black Tiles Jadzi 4500 9000
Black Tiles Ptahiah 173
Black Tiles Julia 2000 3000
Black Tiles Dreamau 10000 20000
Black Tiles Traak 1500 1000
Black Tiles Arame 8500 17000
Black Tiles Haraelendil 4000 8000
Black Tiles bcoastaldawn 1957 3914
Black Tiles Ryyssa 649
Black Tiles Fugue 2200 4400
Greenish Tiles Dreamau 3000 7500
Greenish Tiles Wampak 4600
Greenish Tiles Ptahiah 3200
Greenish Tiles Delfin 5000 12500
Greenish Tiles Traak 5000 12500
Greenish Tiles Jadzi 2000 5000
Greenish Tiles Ryyssa 1937 ?
Pinkish Tiles Dreamau 9500 23750
Pinkish Tiles Wampak 3150 1178
Pinkish Tiles Traak 14900 37250
White Tiles bcoastaldawn 940 1410
White Tiles Carrera 40200 60300
White Tiles Delfin 4500 6750
White Tiles Wampak 4447
White Tiles haraelendil 5000 7500
White Tiles Ptahiah 2000 3000
White Tiles Jadzi 1000 1500
yellowish Tiles Delfin 6000 15000
Yellowish Tiles Traak 9000 22500
Yellowish Tiles Ryyssa 1958 ?
Black Tiles Ryyssa 1475
Other Tiles Wampak 5575 5575
Other Tiles Ptahiah 1800 1800
MARBLE
Nite Granite Delfin 10 1000
Night Granite Arame 17 1700
Night Granite Aloahe 10 1000
Night Granite Ryyssa 23 2300
Grey Star Arame 70 7000
Grey Star Aloahe 17 1700
OSM Wampak/Ptahiah/bcoastaldawn 11 each (33 total) 825 each
OSM Haraelendil 35 2625
OSM Ptahiah 2
MATERIALS NOT LISTED ABOVE (but still useful!)
Boards Aloahe 900 ?
Cutable Stones Aloahe 66 ?
Firebricks Caede 10000 ?
Medium Stones Aloahe 20 ?


Donation Chest Located at QR[1389,-6326] stocked with wood --Aloahe 10:58, 3 May 2009 (EST)

(note by Ptahiah. Daisessa contributed some boards and wood towards treated boards, but has quit. I have made a note of what she gave in case she comes back.

Intended Build Path


  • Below are the estimated build cost for each tower. The cost is an estimate because the altitude is not perfectly correct, so there will be variance.
Tower Coords Alt (ft) Targ. Height Raise Req. Bricks Concrete Cut Stone Pipe Seg
Pump 60, -6185 0 500
Tower 1 50, -6180 35 400 365 20250 730 548 13
Tower 2 40, -6163 74 395 321 18050 642 482 12
Tower 3 30, -6145 115 390 275 15750 550 413 11
Tower 4 20, -6128 115 385 270 15500 540 405 11
Tower 5 10, -6111 158 380 222 13100 444 333 10
Tower 6 20, -6094 96 375 279 15950 558 419 11
Tower 7 30, -6077 70 370 300 17000 600 450 11
Tower 8 20, -6060 98 365 267 15350 534 401 11
Tower 9 10, -6043 110 360 250 14500 500 375 10
Tower 10 -10, -6043 170 355 185 11250 370 278 9
Tower 11 -30, -6043 175 350 175 10750 350 263 9
Tower 12 -40, -6026 176 345 169 10450 338 254 9
Tower 13 -60, -6026 176 340 164 10200 328 246 9
Tower 14 -80, -6026 182 335 153 9650 306 230 9
Tower 15 -90, -6009 179 330 151 9550 302 227 9
Tower 16 -100, -5990 180 325 145 9250 290 218 8
Tower 17 -110, -5973 179 320 141 9050 282 212 8
Tower 18 -100, -5956 176 315 139 8950 278 209 8
Tower 19 -110, -5939 179 310 131 8550 262 197 8
Tower 20 -100, -5922 179 305 126 8300 252 189 8
Tower 21 -90, -5903 175 300 125 8250 250 188 8
Tower 22 -100, -5886 174 295 121 8050 242 182 8
Tower 23 -90, -5869 179 290 111 7550 222 167 8
Tower 24 -100, -5852 165 285 120 8000 240 180 8
Tower 25 -90, -5835 179 280 101 7050 202 152 8
Tower 26 -100, -5818 165 275 110 7500 220 165 8
Tower 27 -90, -5801 173 270 97 6850 194 146 7
Tower 28 -80, -5784 179 265 86 6300 172 129 7
Tower 29 -90, -5764 173 260 87 6350 174 131 7
Tower 30 -80, -5747 175 255 80 6000 160 120 7
Tower 31 -90, -5730 175 250 75 5750 150 113 7
Tower 32 -100, -5713 179 245 66 5300 132 99 7
Tower 33 -90, -5696 173 240 67 5350 134 101 7
Tower 34 -80, -5679 165 235 70 5500 140 105 7
Tower 35 -70, -5662 152 230 78 5900 156 117 7
Tower 36 -60, -5645 68 225 157 9850 314 236 9
Tower 37 -70, -5626 73 220 147 9350 294 221 8
Tower 38 -80, -5609 62 215 153 9650 306 230 9
Tower 39 -70, -5591 48 210 162 10100 324 243 9
Tower 40 -60, -5574 0 205 205 12250 410 308 10


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