Once again, the Slack has been very active and we've settled on a new plan of action given information released by the admins. As always, I invite and encourage discussion. I personally love the new plan, but if you don't I want to know and I want to know why! We're trying to make sure everyone gets a say in the 3.0 Republic. I'll also keep this post much shorter than the last one.

Essentially, the idea we've settled on is to put the capital of the Republic in the ocean shard. We'll build a floating city, Venice style. My personal name suggestion is Aunice, but it's not that strong so if anyone has any better ideas I'd really appreciate it. Aunice would have canals and walkways on each side, with bridges over the canals and homes/buildings ideally touching each other. Few, if any, skyscrapers. Aunice would also be where we would build our Capitol Building and any other government offices or projects. Embassies, international shops, and rail stations would also be placed here. Aunice would be sited at the shard's 0,0 to give it the best trading position with nearby shards and a good rail line position as well.

Next to Aunice, as time goes on, several people also want to open development of an underwater district called Aquora. Aquora wouldn't be domed, but instead have buildings and roads built in the water directly. /u/crazyguy200 was the brainchild for most of this and can comment on it more.

We would also settle a farming colony on one adjacent shard, or perhaps found several on several adjacent shards, whose goal would be to provide material for XP, food consumption, and other businesses centered in the trade hub of Aunice. I think it would be a good idea to name at least one of these colonies New Aurora, although another good idea I saw was to name them based on historical Auroran districts and settlements. This would mean calling some of them Pelham, Kryapolis, Bohr, or any of the other names that have resonated throughout Auroran history.

So, what does everyone think?