While Alterra was already settling down and heading toward an inevitable level-up, most villages were still trying to recover.
However, the villages around Alterra were visibly much faster to do so, already showing great improvements.
For example, Belluga Village, with the leadership of the androgynous Raine, restructured what she could, building things up.
Fortunately, they gathered a lot of refugees the past week or so—Terran and aborigines alike—and her workforce and economy were revitalized by their presence.
She even added more sentries and a few of the custom house modules they got from Alterra.
Further, unlike Alterra, Belluga also kept their slaves as slaves. They needed the minimal-cost workforce as well as a strong battle force that they didn't need to care for so much.