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Sunset
There are three Sunset Guilds:- [Sunset Papyrus]? focuses on entry level technology and mentoring
- [Sunset Enterprises]? focuses on advanced technology, including Art and Thought buildings
- [Sunset Projects]? focuses on guild sponsored projects
Location
 | The Sunset Campus is located in northern Seven Lakes, on the western side of the Nile around 1400, 2500, south of the University of Thought. Our Art and Thought Park is located in the caldera at 1200, 2500, southwest of the UThought, as is the guildhall for Sunset Enterprises. You're encouraged stop by the caldera every few weeks to see what's new. The Thought Museum in the park is an example of the expanded GemFacets compound recommended in Initiation. We're a little bit cranky about quality control but, other than that, we'd be delighted to support you in your artistic and thoughtful endeavors, and will gladly provide space in our museums for your pieces. There's also plenty of room on the rim of the caldera for outdoor Art and Thought pieces. The mountainous area to the west of the Sunset Campus is beautiful, especially so at Sunrise and Sunset. The highest mountain in Egypt, at 940 2200, is a perfect location for drying your papyrus if you still need a lot of seeds. We also have a drying spot at 1200 2200, up behind the caldera, that yields almost as many seeds, and it's a lot closer to the river. If you're only after paper, you're welcome to use our public Paper Presses, located near the river at 1475 2300. |
Members
| The Sunset members, in large part, favor a "work circle" style of play, whereby assisting someone with their current project creates an informal expectation that they will help with your next project. Each member is expected to maintain a Tent or Chest, in one of the guild alcoves, for casual trades and contributions. If the trades are documented in the guild chat channels, the guild elders will typically cover any losses that might occur. Conversely, when someone departs from the game, the contents of their abandoned Trade Tent or Chest goes into the guild coffers. The row of Tents and Chests, fronting on the road, makes a strong Architectural statement, which helps create a sense of Community. The array of equipment in behind the row of tents sends a very strong psychological message that there is more to ATITD than growing Flax and building Distaffs. |  |
- All new applicants to Sunset Papyrus are assigned a Large Chest, generally with a care package of some sort for the bottleneck technologies. As soon as veneries are unlocked, we'll be setting up mentoring tours. In any case, new member are expected to ask lots of questions, and the answers will often be an invitation to participate in an expedition of some sort, or an offer to swap for whatever goods and services makes sense to somebody, hence the Trade Chests. Peasants and new citizens are welcome to join Sunset Papyrus. Gathering the necessary resources and making a batch of Fine Glass Rods is the criterion for promotion to Kinsman in Sunset Papyrus.
- Advancement to Sunset Enterprises requires the ability to build a Tent. Trade Tents and Chests, all in a nice orderly row, is an important thematic element of the Sunset Campus architecture. If you actually live in the area you're encouraged to build a Tent in one of the guild compound alcoves but, if you're a soloer or only an occasional visitor, building a Huge Chest is equally acceptable. Gathering the resources and contributing a major piece of guild equipment, such as an Acoustics Laboratory, is the criterion for promotion to Kinsman in Sunset Papyrus.
- When a guild member is working on a particular project we'll create a Project Chest in the first alcove of the related compound, and we'll include the project on the [Sunset Projects]? page with a synopsis on the /info Sunset Projects popup. Membership in Sunset Projects is restricted to the heavy lifters who have basically accumulated more stuff than they'll ever be able to use by themselves.
Most members of Sunset Enterprises will also be members of Sunset Papyrus. While there is a slight security consideration, the main reason for separate Guilds is to avoid flooding new players with information that is useless to them.
Our Paper Presses and Flax Hammocks are permitted for use by anyone but, for the most part, only guild members have permission to use other guild facilities.
Campus Layout
- The compounds to the west of the road, Flax, Pottery, and Carpentry, are controlled by the Sunset Papyrus guild.
- The compounds between the road and the river, Metals, Cooking, Paper, and Glass, are controlled by the Sunset Enterprises guild.
- The compounds in the caldera, Museum and Model, are controlled by the Sunset Enterprises guild.
 | We have a conveyor, a chain of huge chests, that runs from the river to the caldera, so you can move bulk materials (Mud, Sand, Water, Grass, Bricks, Boards, etc.) throughout the area about as fast as you can walk. This has the effect of opening up the entire area between the Guild Campus and the Caldera for private compounds and speciality buildings. |
| F3 Map Location | Trade IDs | Focus | Type of Equipment |
| 1350 2250 | 100 | Flax | Distaff, Comb/Rake/Gin, Loom |
| 1350 2300 | 200 | Pottery | Pottery Wheel, Kiln, Rock Saw |
| 1300 2350 | 300 | Carpentry | Carpentry Bench, Charcoal, Wood Treatment, Barrel Deck, Wine Cellar |
| Outdoors | Activities | Carving, Digging, Fire Pits, Fishing, Flax, Foraging, Papyrus, Vegetables | |
| 1450 2330 | 399 | Guildhall | Sunset Papyrus |
| 1400 2250 | 400 | Metals | Smelter, Casting Box, Forge, Anvil, Fleet Furnace, Acid Bath, Gearbox, Star Lab |
| 1400 2300 | 500 | Cooking | Kettle (yes there's water), Tub, Clinker Vat, Kitchen, Barrel Deck, Toxin Lab, Mutagenics Lab |
| 1450 2250 | 600 | Glass | Glaziers Bench, Gem Cutting Table, Terrarium, Acoustics Lab, Scent Lab, Barrel Grinder, Paint Lab |
| 1450 2300 | 700 | Paper | Flax Hammock, Paper Press, Camel Pen, Greenhouse, Brick Machine, Chicken Coop, Serpentarium |
| 1150 2250 | 800 | Museum | Ceremonial Tasting Table, Mosaic, Chime Tower |
| 1150 2300 | 900 | Model | Thoth, Bijou, Pulse (Venery, Flight, Tomb, EHT all nearby) |
| 1100 2250 | 949 | Guildhall | Sunset Enterprises |
| Outdoors | Tests | Architecture, Body, Harmony, Leadership, Worship | |
| Wanders | 999 | Guildhall | Sunset Projects, which is used to haul Boards and Bricks wherever they are needed |
Alcove Layout
 | Within each compound, our Trade Tents and Chests are numbered in a very predictable way, ABC, so that folks will be able to easily find their trading partners. |
- Axx = The compound
- xBx = The alcove
- x0x = Guild sponsored projects
- xxC = Trading Partners
- xx0 = Tent
- xx1 = Large Chest
- xx2 = Large Chest
- xx3 = Large Chest
- xx4 = Large Chest
- xx5 = Huge Chest
- xx6 = Huge Chest
- xx7-xx9 = Other nearby chests
As the primary purpose of the Trade Tents and Chests is ... trade, the Tents and Chests are all set for Display, Public View, and Public Stash. The first aclove in each compound will always be guild controlled, the remaining alcoves will belong to the various members and trading partners.
If Suzie is working on an Obelisk, for example, she would get a "Project 603 - Obelisk for Suzie" chest set up and would enter the details on the Sunset Projects page. She'd then go shopping to see what goods other members have available in their trade tents, that she needs for her Obelisk. Suzie would then contact them to see what kinds of deals might be possible including both labor and material, thereby promoting her Obelisk project.
If you wanted to help Suzie with Project 603, for example, the chest for your contributions would be in the Flax Compound, First Alcove, Third Space, and it would be labled "Project 603 - Obelisk for Suzie". The Sunset Projects page will always show the overall requirements for the guild sponsored projects, and a recent inventory, but you should look in the project chest and/or check with Suzie before you contribute a bunch of Cactus Sap.
Additional Information
For additional information, please check out the pages associated with each guild. The general approach is to provide introductory comments, followed by links to the relevant wiki page.- [Sunset Papyrus]? focuses on entry level technology, outdoor activities, and mentoring
- [Sunset Enterprises]? focuses on advanced technology, including Art and Thought Tests
- [Sunset Projects]? focuses on guild sponsored projects, and the remainder of the Tests
Our Tale 2 wiki pages are located at http://wiki.atitd.net/tale2/Sunset.
