diff --git a/src/eressea/lua/faction.cpp b/src/eressea/lua/faction.cpp
index f505732b9..81521c929 100644
--- a/src/eressea/lua/faction.cpp
+++ b/src/eressea/lua/faction.cpp
@@ -9,11 +9,15 @@
 # include <modules/alliance.h>
 #endif
 
+// util includes
+#include <util/base36.h>
+
 // lua includes
 #include <lua.hpp>
 #include <luabind/luabind.hpp>
 #include <luabind/iterator_policy.hpp>
 
+#include <ostream>
 using namespace luabind;
 
 static faction *
@@ -65,6 +69,19 @@ faction_locale(const faction& f)
   return locale_name(f.locale);
 }
 
+static std::ostream& 
+operator<<(std::ostream& stream, faction& f)
+{
+  stream << factionname(&f);
+  return stream;
+}
+
+static bool 
+operator==(const faction& a, const faction&b)
+{
+  return a.no==b.no;
+}
+
 void
 bind_faction(lua_State * L) 
 {
@@ -74,6 +91,8 @@ bind_faction(lua_State * L)
     def("add_faction", &add_faction),
 
     class_<struct faction>("faction")
+    .def(tostring(self))
+    .def(self == faction())
     .def_readonly("name", &faction::name)
     .def_readonly("password", &faction::passw)
     .def_readonly("email", &faction::email)
diff --git a/src/eressea/lua/region.cpp b/src/eressea/lua/region.cpp
index f43831472..12065ef4d 100644
--- a/src/eressea/lua/region.cpp
+++ b/src/eressea/lua/region.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <luabind/luabind.hpp>
 #include <luabind/iterator_policy.hpp>
 
+#include <ostream>
 using namespace luabind;
 
 static eressea::list<region>
@@ -75,6 +76,19 @@ region_addnotice(region& r, const char * str)
   addmessage(&r, NULL, str, MSG_MESSAGE, ML_IMPORTANT);
 }
 
+static std::ostream& 
+operator<<(std::ostream& stream, region& r)
+{
+  stream << regionname(&r, NULL) << ", " << region_getterrain(r);
+  return stream;
+}
+
+static bool 
+operator==(const region& a, const region&b)
+{
+  return a.x==b.x && a.y==b.y;
+}
+
 void
 bind_region(lua_State * L) 
 {
@@ -83,6 +97,8 @@ bind_region(lua_State * L)
     def("get_region", &findregion),
 
     class_<struct region>("region")
+    .def(tostring(self))
+    .def(self == region())
     .property("name", &region_getname, &region_setname)
     .property("info", &region_getinfo, &region_setinfo)
     .property("terrain", &region_getterrain)
diff --git a/src/eressea/lua/unit.cpp b/src/eressea/lua/unit.cpp
index 45bf3b58e..03e0ffd61 100644
--- a/src/eressea/lua/unit.cpp
+++ b/src/eressea/lua/unit.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <kernel/magic.h>
 #include <kernel/spell.h>
 
+// util includes
 #include <util/base36.h>
 
 // lua includes
diff --git a/src/scripts/default.lua b/src/scripts/default.lua
index 36dd731ba..ffec46b60 100644
--- a/src/scripts/default.lua
+++ b/src/scripts/default.lua
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
-function unitid(u)
-  return u.name .. " (" .. itoa36(u.id) .. ")"
-end
-
 function teleport_all(map, grave)
   print("- teleporting all quest members to the grave")
   local index
   for index in map do
     local r = map[index]
-	local u
-	for u in r.units do
-	  u.region = grave
-	  print ("  .teleported " .. unitid(u))
-	  grave:add_notice("Ein Portal öffnet sich, und " .. u.name .. " erscheint in " .. grave.name)
-	end
+    local u
+    for u in r.units do
+      u.region = grave
+      print ("  .teleported " .. u)
+      grave:add_notice("Ein Portal öffnet sich, und " .. u.name .. " erscheint in " .. grave.name)
+    end
   end
 end
 
@@ -32,7 +28,7 @@ function wyrm()
  for u in grave.units do
    if u.faction.id~=atoi36("rr") then
      teleport_all(map, grave)
-	 break
+     break
    end
  end
 
@@ -65,13 +61,13 @@ function write_emails()
   local key
   for key in locales do
     local locale = locales[key]
-	files[locale] = io.open(basepath .. "/emails." .. locale, "w")
+    files[locale] = io.open(basepath .. "/emails." .. locale, "w")
   end
 
   local faction
   for faction in factions() do
     -- print(faction.id .. " - " .. faction.locale)
-  	files[faction.locale]:write(faction.email .. "\n")
+    files[faction.locale]:write(faction.email .. "\n")
   end
 
   for key in files do
@@ -110,7 +106,6 @@ function process(orders)
     print("could not write game")
     return -1
   end
-  
 end