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[@Lord of Evil]

Quick question: How long has it been since the frontier 1st started getting explored and settled in by the 3 nations?
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About a year and a bit. That's how long it took for them to build up the settlements, roughly. They've been able to look at their surroundings but they haven't had the time to poke around too deeply, since they've been focusing on becoming self-sufficient.