Gol Tink,
Understood, however EE5 fixed the resource regeneration bug, and now a hex can be depleted of a resource if strip mined. Is this not of concern to the leadership, and also assist Midnights claim on "her coal hex as per the blessings of our benevolent dictator", if there were in fact territory official claimed by EoX?
Do those quote marks actually denote a quote?
That coal hex gets shared by a LOT of settlements, including the more capable Marchmont residents and The Emerald Lodge.
Often strangers would simply clear out until my bag was full. MY "claim" typically was for about as long as it takes for someone to make a sandwich, if people didn't want to fight me.