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Post by bobsoup on Jun 18, 2015 16:22:34 GMT -5
When Ratkin (or anyone else for that matter) build tunnels or excavate areas where do they put the rock?  Since they're underground in tunnels already there isn't much space to dump the rocks without filling in other tunnels. |
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Post by anrdaemon on Jun 18, 2015 16:43:07 GMT -5
There's so many holes after Shattering…
Also, I don't think Ratkin dig anything. They are scavengers, not builders.
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Post by En1gma on Jun 18, 2015 17:19:37 GMT -5
The majority of the UD is existing, I'm sure. A few conversations can be found in the game where the characters are discussing the underground structures and relics. If the Ratkin needed to dig, I'm sure there are no shortages of fissures, deep holes, and empty space in the caverns to dump the soil/rock.
There was evidence of the Ratkin digging up to the foundations of Oskahold, and again, judging by the terrain, many dead ends and areas could be found to set the excavation waste aside.
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Post by slayernz on Jun 18, 2015 17:53:22 GMT -5
The Ratkin eat their excavations. It's good roughage, helps keep Ratkin bellies full (less complaining), and keeps them angry enough that when four innocent explorers come across them, they launch into an attack straight away.
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Post by bobsoup on Jun 18, 2015 18:43:14 GMT -5
There was evidence of the Ratkin digging up to the foundations of Oskahold, and again, judging by the terrain, many dead ends and areas could be found to set the excavation waste aside. Yes it was the Oskahold digging that made me wonder. The origin of underdeep is partially explained in an ep3 subquest. But yeah, I wondered about if they just filled other tunnels in to place the dirt from New tunnels. Just curious... The surface is a long way off. The 4 talk about excavation site but never mention fill-dirt dumped anywhere... Perhaps it's just not important for them to mention. |
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Post by slayernz on Jun 18, 2015 18:46:45 GMT -5
Even the excavations under Red Hill (done by slave labor) needed to dispose of the spoils.
One would guess that things like the chasm where the bridge incident occurred would slowly be filled up with the waste material. It'd be a win-win as you'd have a place to get rid of the spoils, AND you'd finally remove the need to have a bridge.
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Post by En1gma on Jun 18, 2015 19:13:29 GMT -5
Those cracks may never be filled completely...
Remember the entire surface ruptured during the Shattering, I'm sure some of these fissures go through the entirety of the planet's crust.
Some of these fissures were so wide that oceans drained out...
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Post by slayernz on Jun 18, 2015 19:18:12 GMT -5
Then that answers the question of where the spoils go |
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Post by En1gma on Jun 18, 2015 19:51:15 GMT -5
I spend a lot of time within the lore of HoS in any given day... Like a lot of time...
I wonder how many people died in some of those regions (like on the way to the Brayeshaulm Lodges) where it is so fractured and dangerous that bridge after bridge must be built...
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Post by slayernz on Jun 18, 2015 21:00:05 GMT -5
I wondered if there were aftershocks - and if the bridges met building standards. They just don't make bridges like they used to |
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Post by ntsheep on Jun 18, 2015 21:22:51 GMT -5
The Ratkin eat their excavations. It's good roughage, helps keep Ratkin bellies full (less complaining), and keeps them angry enough that when four innocent explorers come across them, they launch into an attack straight away. This is one of those answers that only leads to more questions. Biology dictates that what goes in, must come out. |
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Post by En1gma on Jun 18, 2015 21:51:28 GMT -5
Given the building materials... Hard to say how sound the bridges are. Some moreso than others, I don't think those by the Lodges were too well maintained, given their location and the evidence of Orcin attack. Those in the UF, though... Vurnak I'm sure would have far sturdier structures in his realm. I bet those between the Kraiv Fastness and Oskahold were decent, it seemed they had sturdier logs for the construction.
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Post by anrdaemon on Jun 19, 2015 5:01:35 GMT -5
I don't think _iron_wood named as such for no reason…
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Post by bobsoup on Jun 19, 2015 6:01:10 GMT -5
The Ratkin eat their excavations. It's good roughage, helps keep Ratkin bellies full (less complaining), and keeps them angry enough that when four innocent explorers come across them, they launch into an attack straight away. This is one of those answers that only leads to more questions. Biology dictates that what goes in, must come out. They might have internal organs that turn the rocks into gaseous compounds. Those gasses escape the rays rear (they're always surrounded by stench in game) and the gases perculoate out of the underdeep to the surface where they call as gravel rain. |
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Post by ntsheep on Jun 19, 2015 10:02:41 GMT -5
So what you're saying bobsoup is that sandstorms are giant clouds of rat poop. |
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