Devlog #2

BUREAU OF FRONTIER SETTLEMENT ASSESSMENT & PROPOSAL DIVISION

Office of Governor Briefing & Orientation Form 2-A — Procedural Briefing, Story Arc System

Hello Bureaucrats,

The Bureau has taken the time to formally put down the encounters one might expect when overseeing your frontier settlement. This overview is not complete, yet it is what The Bureau current has deemed as useful to prospective governors.

Hard Decisions

The Bureau has noted that there are many difficult encounters on the frontier. Governor's can expect during the process of tending to their settlement four major issues to arise. The Bureau notes that there are twenty four issues that have been recorded, meaning each time you are bound to discover something new.

In addition to this, there are quiet moments of reflection. Small things that the governor will note about their settlement. So too will there be echoes of choices: small decisions that will have a smaller but hopefully lasting impact on the shape of your settlement.

Truths And Answers

When a major decision appears, it has been documented that the governor has a series of decisions to be made. The first of these leads to A Truth. Note: the Bureau has filed this under, 'one of many', as every governor report has always noted it as A Truth, not The Truth.

Governor's then have a decision around how to respond to That Truth. Some governor's have cracked under pressure. Others have put themselves first. More still sacrifice a bit of their own self for the betterment of the settlement. The cost of these choices is still with the Bureau of Metaphysical and Philosophical Research. We have inquired if they have determined the precise cost of these choices. They have not. It has been eight months.

An Answer to A Choice. The Bureau neither approves nor condones of these choices. We only document and file.

The Governor is then met with An Answer. The Answer will create a lasting mark in the form of a district on their settlement. It should be noted that various Major Challenges have resulted in five or six different potential outcomes. It creates a staggering array of documentation to create for the final disposition: The Bureau estimates this is 160k words of filing, at this point.

The lasting mark of a choice this governor made.

What Governors Should Understand

The Bureau notes that this process is less about the moment to moment. Each moment is additive. Each choice, even small, matters. It is the mark you leave at the end that is your story, that you will remember (Auditor Note: Hopefully. Some Governor's report frequent memory loss.). With so much to discover, one images it would take many, many attempts at settling the frontier to see it all.

The Bureau notes that this is, in its way, the point.

— Bureau of Frontier Settlement Assessment & Proposal Division Form 2-A, Governor Briefing, Second Issuance All copies retained. All copies have always been retained.