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[saltmummy626]

exchanging the recent save link with the one valrandir posted. Ill prolly be putting the saves together with this package valrandir keeps posting from now on so he doesn't have to. thanks for the pack valrandir.

also, Ill be PMing this package to scientist. just to be sure.

also, (again) tacking myself to the end of the list. I want to have a shot at fixing this mess. but seeing as we have several other players before then, well...

[+!!scientist!!+]

Okay, I'll start playing tonight if I have time, which I probably will. My primary goal will be to survive at all costs. My secondary goal will be to understand the inner workings of the fort. My tertiary goal will be to establish a basic military, and my quaternary goal will be to build a supreme dining room, drowning chamber, or something of that ilk.

[MiceMiceMice]

exchanging the recent save link with the one valrandir posted. Ill prolly be putting the saves together with this package valrandir keeps posting from now on so he doesn't have to. thanks for the pack valrandir.

also, Ill be PMing this package to scientist. just to be sure.

also, (again) tacking myself to the end of the list. I want to have a shot at fixing this mess. but seeing as we have several other players before then, well...

If you'd like you could switch with my slot. I've got a much shorter time between turns than you have.
Looking forward to updates +!!scientists!!+ !

[+!!scientist!!+]

The following are from the journals of Scientist, a (despite his name) diagnoser from the fortress of Gateivory: here is what can be gathered of him from various records:

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1^st Granite, 43:

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Today I recieved the most difficult case I have ever seen in diagnosing: a fortress. Not just any fortress, but the fortress I live in. I don't know how anybody thought I could run this thing, especially as everyone seems to be in agreement that I'm pretty stupid. Anyway, I have tried to understand the inner workings of this fort (previously I only payed attention to the dwarves brought into my care). so far I have seen a list of nearly 90 creatures in this area, about half of which are prisoners and 3 of which are rather injured trolls who are still bent on killing us all, though they might be imprisoned. (I cant tell ) I have also found several levers, each with a small marking on the wall next giving a general idea of how to use it... I think. three are clearly marked for specific bridges, while a fourth is marked "danger room" and is two urists away from a danger room, so that's clear. THe next is labeled "execution lever", it is next to a ton of coffins... it scares me. The final one is labeled "point 11" which is about as clear as mud. (ironic as the inscription is carved in mudstone) I can only guess that this is the famous waterfall-stopping lever created by our late previous overseer. (why, oh why did they have to give ME this job?) This is all I can gather from what I see, other than the obvious workshops, farms, etc. So... I guess it's time to get to work.

2^nd Granite, 43:

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I've been looking at the fort and I cannot figure out where to start. The fortress is so different from any other fort I've heard about. It is nearly entirely empty, except for a few stockpiles, (entirely filled with almost nothing but doors and mechanisms) a few rooms filled with coffins, a number of bedrooms, (one of which contains a dwarf who was evidently killed in bed by a ghost (on the basis that all that was really wrong was that his left leg was torn off and sitting next to him in a rather large pool of blood)) and a very large dining room. This may seem like quite a bit, but 75% of the fort is empty rooms which serve no purpose, so I guess I'll... start training a military, that's pretty easy. I think I'll also work on a crafts industry with the bones from all the animals we've killed, that way I'll be able to afford the metal from passing caravans.

[Valrandir]

"Point 11"
Interesting.

Since you are a self-proclaimed scientist, would you please have a look at the water tower? It is lacking power and needs another array of windmills or two.

[misko27]

The following are from the journals of Scientist, a (despite his name) diagnoser from the fortress of Gateivory: here is what can be gathered of him from various records:

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1^st Granite, 43:

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Today I recieved the most difficult case I have ever seen in diagnosing: a fortress. Not just any fortress, but the fortress I live in. I don't know how anybody thought I could run this thing, especially as everyone seems to be in agreement that I'm pretty stupid. Anyway, I have tried to understand the inner workings of this fort (previously I only payed attention to the dwarves brought into my care). so far I have seen a list of nearly 90 creatures in this area, about half of which are prisoners and 3 of which are rather injured trolls who are still bent on killing us all, though they might be imprisoned. (I cant tell ) I have also found several levers, each with a small marking on the wall next giving a general idea of how to use it... I think. three are clearly marked for specific bridges, while a fourth is marked "danger room" and is two urists away from a danger room, so that's clear. THe next is labeled "execution lever", it is next to a ton of coffins... it scares me. The final one is labeled "point 11" which is about as clear as mud. (ironic as the inscription is carved in mudstone) I can only guess that this is the famous waterfall-stopping lever created by our late previous overseer. (why, oh why did they have to give ME this job?) This is all I can gather from what I see, other than the obvious workshops, farms, etc. So... I guess it's time to get to work.

((tommorow I'll actually unpause the game.  ))

Execution lever. There is a room nearby. If you get goblins in it, I think by tossing them in the top, you can pull the lever and watch them drown. Will be ever better once we can get the equipment from the bottom.

There is a slight chance that using it will flood the fort, so just look over the consituent parts to see if its running smoothly.

[saltmummy626]

There is a slight chance that using it will food the fort

well this looks safe.

[MiceMiceMice]

There is also a lever somewhere for killing nobles, not sure if it is labeled. It also probably won't work with the waterfall turned off.

[Valrandir]

There is a slight chance that using it will food the fort

well this looks safe.

awww "food the fort". 
humm 

[saltmummy626]

ah I see. I think. your updating your starting post with the updates?

[Valrandir]

The Ghost Fortress™

[Valrandir]

+!!scientist!!+ is your schedule going to let you have your turn?
Let's get this moving

[Valrandir]

I dare request another turn on this ; )

[+!!scientist!!+]

I'll try to go faster, I just don't know what to do.
anyway, an important update (for once):

2^nd Slate, 43:

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So I have finally (sort of) acheived some things. There were aparrently no bones left in the fort, so I instead am having wood crafts made. I don't think we really need to be trading with elves much, anyway, as the main thing we need is metal. I have also made a real barracks because I don't really like danger rooms and I have also found that soldiers from barracks who have trained constantly can still kill an ambush and even a siege. Also, on a more important note, there was an artifact created. Fronestro II (the moody dwarf) claimed the newly created mechanics workshop, a bunch of materials, and made the following artifact worth 84,000 dorfbucks:

((if you want to skip my turn, that's probably for the best, I haven't ever ran a fort quite like this and really don't have a clue what to do, I feel like the best I could do is probably not die, and that's pushing the boundries of my skill, this is also not helped by the fact that I haven't played DF in a while. (the last time I really played was just after I asked for a turn in this) So yeah, I wouldn't mind giving somebody else the turn.))

[saltmummy626]

its perfectly fine, if we have a good reason to skip you, we will. for now though, you've given updates and are still around. thats the best part of succession games, when your turn comes around, things are so messed up that you really have no idea where to start and !!FUN!! ensues.

also, Ill put you on the list valrandir.

edit; If I may throw an idea out there, you could create a great library. its actually something I wanted to do in the first turn so that I could adhere to the story I laid out for my character, but I never did it... still though, it would make a big chamber of engravings to look at.