The Heartlands

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The Heartlands
A map of The Heartlands.

“	This mostly unscarred region is comprised of very rich and fertile farmlands. Originally cultivated by Warden farmers, the Upper Heartlands was once a boon of great opportunity and wealth, even after the Great Wars. Now, because of its strategic importance and abundance of natural resources, the Heartlands has become a constant source of tension and conflict.	„
	— In-game description

The Heartlands is a map that was added in Update 0.0.17. It is mostly flat on open terrain, making it ideal for mechanized assaults over wide open ground. The Blemish town, nestled into the heart of the Bulwark was the site of the Breaching and has since been a home to Veli Colonials. The walled town should offer a fresh, dynamic approach to urban combat.

Update History

In Update 0.12, all production buildings (barring the Medical Lab and Refinery) were removed from the map as a World Conquest balancing measure.

In Update 0.13, it was expanded to include the lower Heartlands and thus the name was renamed from Upper Heartlands to Heartlands. The update reintroduced Crafting buildings and gave the Colonials a Home Base as part of the North-South World conquest Orientation changes.
In Update 0.20, the already on other maps existing Observation Towers and the new structure Safehouses have been implemented to this map.

In Update 0.29, Border Forts has been removed and been repurposed as Zone Bases.

In Update 0.41, much of the Bulwark has been repositioned towards the north of the map, cutting through The Breach (formerly Barronstown) to the west and encompassing Greenfield Orchard in the east.

Lore

Old in-game description

“	This mostly unscarred region is comprised of very rich and fertile farmlands. Originally cultivated by Warden farmers, the Upper Heartlands was once a boon of great opportunity and wealth, even after the Great Wars. Now, because of its strategic importance and abundance of natural resources, the Heartlands has become a constant source of tension and conflict.	„
	— 2017 in-game description

Recruitment Poster

Recruitment Poster

You find a note on the back of a recruitment poster.

Everything is written in erratic cursive.

If one of you Collie fuckers see this, consider it a warning. I'm coming for you, I see you now.

Watch your back, dogs.

- M

Location of Recruitment Poster
The Heartlands - C5k4

Recruitment Poster

Recruitment Poster

Recruitment Poster

You find a note on the back of a recruitment poster.

A poster depicting a group of soldiers in blue standing side by side bearing shields before a mountain range. They tower over a pile of bloodied corpses in drab.

These are our streets. These are our people, these are our lands, stand up and join the Hands.

Location of Recruitment Poster
The Heartlands - C5k4

Recruitment Poster

Abandoned Workshop

Abandoned Workshop

You’ve stumbled upon what appears to be an abandoned workshop.

The table is covered in old documents. While most are irrelevant, you notice a shipping manifest stamped with the letters NSRF.

It lists supplies recovered after skirmishes in the area and names of a salvage detachment, their contributions, and payments for an operation.

One name stands out: Carol Gough-Mercy

Location of Abandoned Workshop
The Heartlands - L8k4

Abandoned Workshop

Makeshift Game

Makeshift Game

Inside the tent are two small bedrolls and a burnt out lantern.

Next to the lantern are piles of sticks pressed together to form two dozen hexagons sitting on top of flattened birch bark. Inside the hexagons are whittled wooden figures. Each one seems to represent something different, a rider on horseback, an archer, a wagon, etc. Some are knocked over on the outside the grid.

Location of Makeshift Game
The Heartlands - O6k5

Makeshift Game

Archive

Archive

There's a wide assortment of books.

Many of these books were thought to have been lost in the great wars.

You guess someone was trying to keep an archive.

Location of Archive
The Heartlands - O9k1

Archive

Wine Cask

Wine Cask

Aged casks of wine.

Someone must have smuggled these into the Heartlands.

Location of Wine Cask
The Heartlands - O9k1

Wine Cask

Fire Pit

Fire Pit

This fire pit appears to be well-used.

There’s nothing but charred bits of wood in the base of the pit.

Location of Fire Pit
The Heartlands - O9k1

Fire Pit

Inner Haven Vol. 12

Inner Haven Vol. 12

Volume 12 of a magazine called “Inner Haven.”

..the people of the north are so arrogant, they even name cities after themselves. Just look how much they spend on paltry trifles like tacky statues and lifeless paintings.

They're blind to our world. Will they even see us when the Colonial Legion storm their walls like thunder. For so long, they’ve looked down on us, but we'll be the ones standing tall.

All they'll see is the dirt we shovel over their eyes.

Location of Inner Haven Vol. 12
The Heartlands - O6k5

Inner Haven Vol. 12

Tobacco Case

Tobacco Case

A dented tin tobacco case.

Inside there’s a hand-crafted pipe alongside preserved tobacco wrapped in wax paper. There's a note.

Here's a sample of the Tobacco. Smuggled it out of the farm complexes southeast by Therízo. You Caoivish have never smoked the likes of this, I promise you. If you’re hankering for more, fill the case with some of that jerky from the Fisherman's Row. Leave it at the fort. Once it’s found, I’ll send a lad out to set up a meet.

Location of Tobacco Case
The Heartlands - O9k1

Tobacco Case

Map

Named Locations in The Heartlands

• 18th Sideroad
• Barronstown
• Barronswall
• Barrony Ranch
• Barrony Road
• The Blemish
• The Breach
• Cageroad
• Crater Basin
• Deeplaw Post
• Erimos Ranch
• Fort Providence
• The Fuming Pen
• Greenfield Orchard
• Havester's Range
• Janus Field
• Kos Meadows
• Loftmire
• Lower Barrony Field
• Oleander Fields
• Oleander Homestead
• Pandora Compound
• The Plough
• Proexí
• Providence Field
• The Rollcage
• The Salt Crossing
• Upper Barrony Field
• Upper Heartlands

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