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Twisted Arch - Friday Night Beach Chat #78
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Twisted Arch - Friday Night Beach Chat #80
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Hello and welcome back to Paradise!
Another week down, working hard. I was a little sick this week which made it hard to write so I focused on a few bugs this week. Found a path that didn't trigger, must not have been a very popular path as I never heard any complaints about it. It would have been very noticeable as it dumps out right at the start of Part 2.
Other than that not much to report, writing and rendering. Those who are fans of Greg on the Cuck/NTS path will be happy as he's getting a very big role for Part 3. It's going to involve him and Derek double teaming the wife. (not available if you're on QOS path). But it occurs to me some people might not want Greg involved. I'm putting up a poll; it will be a little bit more work to remove him but doable. But if people don't care I'm not going to bother. This is specifically for the Cuck/NTS paths only (Not QOS path).
Sneak Peeks:
If you aren't interested in the Lore segment this week. That's all I got for you. Have a great weekend!
Paradise Lore You Should Know #2Now that we have covered the island in modern time, let's go all the way back to the beginning.
The island was first observed by western explorers somewhere around 1805 where the passing vessel noted that a ship had run aground near the western side of the island. The ship looked old and weathered and attempting to approach it proved too dangerous due to the deceptively shallow waters combined with reefs and shoals. The ship reported the sighting but moved on.
It wasn't until 1813 that an expedition would be sent to the island to explore the wreck and the island itself. The expedition returned with details about this mysterious island with thick jungle and it's mostly rocky and hilly terrain. They found no signs of human civilization on it aside from the remnants of a small camp on the beach facing the wrecked ship. The skeletal remains of six individuals was found in that camp. It is presumed to have been the survivors of the wreck, no information on who they were or how long they had been marooned on the island was ever found.
In the late 1820's American merchants looking for opportunities made several exploratory expeditions to the island. They had heard of it's uninhabited state and they believed that there was great opportunity on the island.
However this was cut short when the Hawaiian Kingdom asked them not to visit the island. They claimed it was a sacred place and it was to have no man walk upon it's shores. While some of the merchants respected the Kingdom's request. A few did not and continued visiting the island, but they came to very unfortunate end. While at the time it was believed were accidents or bad weather, many decades later it was revealed to have been the Kingdom behind it.
The Hawaiian Kingdom eventually officially claimed the island in 1833 completely ending any attempts to commercialize the island.
In his book “The Island of Sin” published in 1965, author Preston Hodge during his research interviewed many elders in Hawaii. He claimed that the reason the island was uninhabited and it was forbidden to visit was that the island was “wrong” somehow. The Polynesian peoples had always steered clear of it and anyone who visited the place was viewed as being cursed. This is a thing that had been passed down through stories for many many generations.
After the American annexation of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1898 the island continued to sit empty and forgotten. The need to find a new Hawaii was no longer needed as they now had the Hawaiian islands themselves to develop. It wouldn't even be given a name until decades later, it was assigned a designation and filed away. Somehow it simply faded out into the background.
That is until the attack on Pearl Harbor. The island became part of the defense network to protect the North Pacific and Hawaii. On March 3rd 1942 an airbase was constructed on the island with 600 personnel stationed on the island. It was used to launch, land, repair and supply planes as well as to patrol the seas around it. Over the next couple years several fortifications and observation posts were also constructed across the island with it's stationed personnel growing to just over 1,000.
After the war the airbase was slowly wound down over the course of several months to just a staff of 250 and by the middle of November the decision to decommission the base was made. The last of the recoverable equipment and staff were removed by February 5th 1946. All that remained of the base was the airfield, a few side buildings and hangars. Some dirt roads the Military had cut across the thick jungle leading around the island to fortifications/Observation Posts and storage caches.
The island would remain abandoned until it was purchased by a conglomerate of rich industrialists on April 2nd 1948. Robert Anderson led a conglomerate of 7 other investors in the purchase of the island from the US Government. While this was somewhat irregular these were powerful and very influential people at the time. Untold amount of strings were pulled paired with the fact that the island was seen as not very important. The deal went through for a staggering 15 million which would be the equivalent of roughly $208 million today.
The group would split the island into lots the size of which was based on how much money the investor had put in. With Robert Anderson taking the lion share of the island with his 3.94 million investment, his best friend John Hayes had the second biggest portion with his 2.55 million. Then Thomas Willis with is 2.4 million, Edward Burks with 2 million, Elias Winthrop with 2 million, Raymond Hudson with 1.45 million, Frank Weiss with $360,000 and Tommy Rolando with $300,000.
Hello and welcome back to Paradise!
Another week down, working hard. I was a little sick this week which made it hard to write so I focused on a few bugs this week. Found a path that didn't trigger, must not have been a very popular path as I never heard any complaints about it. It would have been very noticeable as it dumps out right at the start of Part 2.
Other than that not much to report, writing and rendering. Those who are fans of Greg on the Cuck/NTS path will be happy as he's getting a very big role for Part 3. It's going to involve him and Derek double teaming the wife. (not available if you're on QOS path). But it occurs to me some people might not want Greg involved. I'm putting up a poll; it will be a little bit more work to remove him but doable. But if people don't care I'm not going to bother. This is specifically for the Cuck/NTS paths only (Not QOS path).
Sneak Peeks:
If you aren't interested in the Lore segment this week. That's all I got for you. Have a great weekend!
Paradise Lore You Should Know #2Now that we have covered the island in modern time, let's go all the way back to the beginning.
The island was first observed by western explorers somewhere around 1805 where the passing vessel noted that a ship had run aground near the western side of the island. The ship looked old and weathered and attempting to approach it proved too dangerous due to the deceptively shallow waters combined with reefs and shoals. The ship reported the sighting but moved on.
It wasn't until 1813 that an expedition would be sent to the island to explore the wreck and the island itself. The expedition returned with details about this mysterious island with thick jungle and it's mostly rocky and hilly terrain. They found no signs of human civilization on it aside from the remnants of a small camp on the beach facing the wrecked ship. The skeletal remains of six individuals was found in that camp. It is presumed to have been the survivors of the wreck, no information on who they were or how long they had been marooned on the island was ever found.
In the late 1820's American merchants looking for opportunities made several exploratory expeditions to the island. They had heard of it's uninhabited state and they believed that there was great opportunity on the island.
However this was cut short when the Hawaiian Kingdom asked them not to visit the island. They claimed it was a sacred place and it was to have no man walk upon it's shores. While some of the merchants respected the Kingdom's request. A few did not and continued visiting the island, but they came to very unfortunate end. While at the time it was believed were accidents or bad weather, many decades later it was revealed to have been the Kingdom behind it.
The Hawaiian Kingdom eventually officially claimed the island in 1833 completely ending any attempts to commercialize the island.
In his book “The Island of Sin” published in 1965, author Preston Hodge during his research interviewed many elders in Hawaii. He claimed that the reason the island was uninhabited and it was forbidden to visit was that the island was “wrong” somehow. The Polynesian peoples had always steered clear of it and anyone who visited the place was viewed as being cursed. This is a thing that had been passed down through stories for many many generations.
After the American annexation of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1898 the island continued to sit empty and forgotten. The need to find a new Hawaii was no longer needed as they now had the Hawaiian islands themselves to develop. It wouldn't even be given a name until decades later, it was assigned a designation and filed away. Somehow it simply faded out into the background.
That is until the attack on Pearl Harbor. The island became part of the defense network to protect the North Pacific and Hawaii. On March 3rd 1942 an airbase was constructed on the island with 600 personnel stationed on the island. It was used to launch, land, repair and supply planes as well as to patrol the seas around it. Over the next couple years several fortifications and observation posts were also constructed across the island with it's stationed personnel growing to just over 1,000.
After the war the airbase was slowly wound down over the course of several months to just a staff of 250 and by the middle of November the decision to decommission the base was made. The last of the recoverable equipment and staff were removed by February 5th 1946. All that remained of the base was the airfield, a few side buildings and hangars. Some dirt roads the Military had cut across the thick jungle leading around the island to fortifications/Observation Posts and storage caches.
The island would remain abandoned until it was purchased by a conglomerate of rich industrialists on April 2nd 1948. Robert Anderson led a conglomerate of 7 other investors in the purchase of the island from the US Government. While this was somewhat irregular these were powerful and very influential people at the time. Untold amount of strings were pulled paired with the fact that the island was seen as not very important. The deal went through for a staggering 15 million which would be the equivalent of roughly $208 million today.
The group would split the island into lots the size of which was based on how much money the investor had put in. With Robert Anderson taking the lion share of the island with his 3.94 million investment, his best friend John Hayes had the second biggest portion with his 2.55 million. Then Thomas Willis with is 2.4 million, Edward Burks with 2 million, Elias Winthrop with 2 million, Raymond Hudson with 1.45 million, Frank Weiss with $360,000 and Tommy Rolando with $300,000.
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