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Not the fanciest but good for about 3 hours goofing around. Particularly proud of my Grand Temple neighborhood 😁

20. GRUNBURG

• Build the Science Fair

NOTE: Like Havenham, I skipped most of the mission itself and focused this video solely on starting up and almost finishing it.

It seems the redemption so desired by Catherine Marks (you) might come at long last - Empress Victoria has chosen Catherine herself to oversee the first Grand Science Fair to be seen by all Lethis! The region chosen is the peninsula of Grunburg, and thus Catherine herself shall see to it that it does become the center of attention, more than even the Botanic Gardens built by Helene Osshelm years ago.

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The third Monument mission, Grunburg, is relatively easier compared to previous scenarios - this time there is plenty of mainland for a large city (which will be needed) and there's almost every industry available except Potatoes, Pumpkins and Absinth, but you won't be needing them, anyways. Also there'll be no requests but only a few "accidents" in which there'll be a miners' strike (which will happen too early for you to even have any mines set up), some Artisan Workshops will collapse due to a rivalry between Artists (D'Oh!), and at least 4 Automaton Factories will blow up. With proper planning, though, these disasters are simply trivial. The only disadvantage really are the distances of the mines and the fact there's only so few of them (4 Copper Mines, 5 Iron and 3 Gold) to sustain both city upkeeping and construction efforts, hence imports will be needed here.

Since there are no requests for this mission, you can build the city in a relative tranquility. Focus on gathering Fish first and then head to Beer for some juicy exports, along with Garments that you can also manufacture if you got the labor and the Barley for it. As you grow, however, you might need to divide your Copper industries between both Utensils and Ornaments and even import both, the reason why explained below.

The Science Fair itself, in addition to both large amounts of Iron, Glass and Sand, as well as a large Automaton workforce (75), will demand at least TWO full warehouses worth of Ornaments in it's third phase alone. Hence, be sure that, when you start working on the Fair, you have these demanded amounts close by. The Clock mechanism itself will also demand FOUR patrons, so at least two Elite housing blocks (which will take 60 Automatons as each Café, Spa and Emporium takes 10 Automatons) will be needed at Lvl.5. The amount of industry you'll need (Mines, Steel, Automatons, Ornaments, Sand and Glass in addition to everything else) WILL require multiple housing blocks at Lvl.10.

Even with an aggressive start, you will take a considerable amount of time on this city, and this on setting the city itself alone and readying up to start construction. As stated, you won't have much in demands, simply focus in getting a solid foundation and supplies and then get to the Fair.