Name Your Geologist

[Aenjel]

Ray Richter-Stevens hails from the jolly nudist island of Overpeak. He always dreamed of becoming a seismologist, but the lack of earthquakes and volcanoes in the immediate area were a large hurdle in his early life. Instead he decided to become a geologist and found he had a knack for locating ores faster than most of his peers. In fact, his friends often call him "The Streak", the fastest thing on two feet. Ray is often seen searching for marble or coal wearing nothing but a smile.

[Winzy]

COPPER TOP

I came to meet a jolly young man sitting along side the road under an apple tree a few months back. When he introduced himself to me, he said his name was "Copper Top." Because this was such an unusual name, I couldn't resist asking how he came by it. This is the story he told.

Merlin observed a young redheaded lad for years that appeared to have a special connection with Mother Nature herself. When the boy turned 14 years of age, Merlin offered to educate him in the art of dowsing. The lad accepted the offer and started his instruction with enthusiasm and curiosity. It was found, over time, that the young man had a natural instinct and ability for locating minerals and ore deposits; especially copper ore. His abilities increased significantly with the Dowsing skills. Because of his copper red hair and outstanding ability to find copper ore, Merlin nicknamed him "Copper Top," a name he uses proudly to this day.
Copper Top and I became good friends that day. We share laughter and good conversation on a daily basis and he is always there to seek out new ore deposits when needed.

[Bobbee]

St. Nick, the Jolly Geologist

[Nathan_Luo]

Geoff Rockhammer
He traveled with his family to my island a year ago after his home island was devastated by volcanic eruptions. His father was a quarry master and his grandfather miner, but Geoff discovered early that he had a spirit for adventure. He loves hiking the wilds, making camp in the wilderness, exploring new lands and finding new deposits. He's the best geologist we've ever had, many of our natives have learned new tricks from his vast experience. He's glad we don't have a volcano on our island and we're just glad to have him in the service of our empire! When head geologist Sid I. Mentary retires this year, I expect Geoff will quickly fill in his shoes!

[ShrikeDeCil]

Robert Oppenheimer

For when you really need to split rocks. Discoverer of quantum tunneling. "I need physics more than friends." Owner of Perro Caliente. Predictor of the positron. Oppenheimer explored the properties of the white dwarf. With his student Snyder, he predicted black holes. He helped design and construct Trinity. Which made a large hole near Alamogordo.

[prospero1501]

Rules:•State the name of your geologist and tell us their backstory; let your imagination run wild!
•Entries must not exceed 600 words.
•Your entry must be written by you.
•All entries should be posted in this thread.
•Only one entry per person.

Name: Iron Maiden
Profile: He may be good at what he does, but that still didn't save him from earning himself that awful girly nick-name at the Village School. Those rotten kids...just because THEIR fathers all happened to be JOLLY Geologists. Poor, young Iron Maiden didn't stand a chance, as his dad was just a regular geologist. Oh well, at least his best friend Copperhopper has always stuck by him.

[Aaron12418]

My jolly geologist's name is Famous Shoes. He was raised by the kickapoo indians and spent most of his life as a tracker. he received the nickname because he refuses to ride horses and can track almost any living thing, and he has traveled farther and longer than any man on foot. Famous Shoes has always been a very close friend of mine, helping me out on many occasions, as well as i have helped him. he came searching for me and tracked me to my settlement; told me that he thought he would enjoy settling down...at least for now. i offered him a job as a geologist and taught him to "track the earth's treasures" as he would say, and he is by far my most productive and most loyal employee.

[CathyLaBell]

Trahern

Which means strength of iron.
Trahern was born the youngest of four brothers, Zahavi (meaning gold), Malachite (a type of copper), and Arabescato (a type of marble). Each one became a famous Geologist on the island; able to find the rarest of metals in a short amount of time. Trahern had a lot to prove by the time he started out as a geologist. One day Traherns' brothers were giving a tour of one of the mines to the mayor and several other visiting dignitaries, when the mine collapsed, trapping then in the cave. Trahern had only a few hand tools and his bare hands to use. With his quick thinking and mighty strength he was able to save all the trapped men. Finally he had lived up to his name and his story about his strength and bravery became known all over the kingdoms!

[Ruben451]

Eratosthenes
The Greek scientist who first measurde the circumference of the Earth.

Freidrick Mohs
German Geologist who established the hardness scale for rocks and minerals.

[Mouldy]

Names: 46, 1426,356500, 463.5 a day, 769.1 days, 2.1 years.

Why did I give my geo's these unusual names? I'll tell you. I have "46" specialist. I need "1426" manuscripts to get all 31 skills for each specialist. I need "356500" nibs to produce those manuscripts. I can produce "463.5" nibs a day with one level 5 building and no buffs, (I can only build one for know and it does get buffed). It will take "769.1 days" to produce enough nibs (not buffed), that means it will take "2.1 years" to produce enough nibs for all my specialist! During testing it was 5x faster. It would have only taken 153 days to do it. At Level 5 it will take 713 days to produce the manuscripts. That doesn't include the tomes and codex or the Island upgrades. I could have ten nib buildings, doesn't mater. It will take at least 3 years to produce all the books. I'm not spending a fortune in gems to speed it up either. Math can be a real bummer sometimes. Have fun!