Beta Island (Midnight)
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 Beta Island on the Midnight Ocean
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| Large island in the Sapphire Archipelago | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Controlled by | Bipolar | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Governed by | Bipolar | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Beta Island is a large island in the Sapphire Archipelago. There are three known routes from the island: Remora Island, Verdant Atoll, and Iris Island. There is also one extinct route from the island: The Horseshoe Crabs.
Natural Resources
This island spawns sugar cane, wood, and yarrow. They can be bid at the market.
Buildings
Beta's buildings are named after Science-Fiction books, films, television series, or concepts.
- Apothecary
- Return of the Red Dye (bazaar)
- Enamel Mine (upgraded)
- Endless Hue (upgraded)
- Tinted AE (upgraded)
- Bank
- Dime Bandits (upgraded)
- Distillery
- Logan's Rum (bazaar)
- Bahrenheit for Fifty Rum (upgraded)
- Brave Brew World (upgraded)
- I, Rumbot (upgraded)
- Furnisher
- Something Wicker This Way Comes (bazaar)
- Armchair of Darkness (upgraded)
- House
- Altered Estates (right-facing estate)
- Cottage Bebop (left-facing cottage)
- Godzvilla (left-facing villa)
- Mostly Homeless (left-facing shack)
- Phantom Tollhouse (right-facing townhouse)
- Space Halls (left-facing pirate hall)
- Iron monger
- Ore of the Worlds (bazaar)
- Dreams Of Steel (upgraded)
- Event Ore-izon (upgraded)
- Lightsabers (upgraded)
- Millennium Falchion
- Shipyard
- Starship Sloopers (bazaar)
- Battlesloop Galactica
- Revenge of the Ship (upgraded)
- The Skiff Element
- Wind Dancers (upgraded)
- Tailor
- A Frockwork Orange (bazaar)
- A Stitch In Time (upgraded)
- There Is No Spool (upgraded)
- The Wraps of Khan (upgraded)
- Weavery
- Cloth Encounters (bazaar)
- Loom Is a Harsh Mistress (upgraded)
- Mouse on the Loom (upgraded)
History
The name "Beta," like all of the Midnight Ocean's capital islands, comes from a Greek letter: Beta (Β β).
The Beta Island monument is located directly northwest of the palace.
Beta I - 2004-10-09, Water Sleeps defeated Allied Foundation in a nine round sinking blockade to colonize the island.
The main phase of building construction finished in January 2005. Water Sleeps celebrated this by throwing the One Million Poe Beta Blast[1] party in February 2005, giving away a full one million poe in cash and prizes (including the deed to a weavery shoppe, Mouse on the Loom).
Beta II - 2007-07-07, Water Sleeps successfully defended Beta from the Brigand King, The Widow Queen, in a three round sinking blockade. The Widow Queen and all her fleet had fallen during round two, leaving round three uncontested.
Beta III - 2007-10-27, Water Sleeps successfully defended Beta from the Brigand King, Admiral Finius, in a three round sinking blockade.
Beta IV - 2008-10-26, Folie Circulaire defeated Water Sleeps in a four round sinking blockade to take control of the island.
Beta V - 2009-05-23, Folie Circulaire successfully defended against Don't Panic in a four round sinking blockade. The blockade was run simultaneously with Delta IX.
Beta VI - 2009-09-27, The Brigand King Azarbad the Great defeated Folie Circulaire in a three round, uncontested blockade to take control of the island. Folie Circulaire ceded the island prior to disbanding.[2]
Beta VII - 2009-10-04, Anchor Management defeated Azarbad the Great and Water Sleeps in a five round sinking blockade to take control of the island.
Beta VIII - 2010-04-03, Anchor Management successfully defended against Fallen in a four round sinking blockade.
Beta IX - 2010-04-24, Anchor Management successfully defended against Bipolar in a four round non-sinking blockade.
Beta X - 2010-07-17, Bipolar successfully defeated Anchor Management in a three round sinking blockade to take control of the island.
Beta XI - 2010-09-25, Bipolar defeated Fallen in a four round sinking blockade to defend the island.
Beta XII - 2011-10-09, Bipolar successfully defended against True Passion in a four round sinking blockade.
Beta XIII - 2012-01-28, Bipolar successfully defended against Dies Irae in a five round non-sinking blockade.
