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[zubb2]

Holy crap that was what that weird wormhole thing was on the way to the fort.
Good thing there was still a dorf or two of the original 7  alive to tell us that:)

But I won't be doing anything more until later tonight but I will still be doing some of this fort, maby with pictures if I can figure it out.
Thanks for the tutorial.

Alternate timeline.
In your world the fort never fell, in this one it is being retaken (or attempted to).

[joeclark77]

I feel less bad about ruining the settlement now that you guys are turning things around.  This could end up as a really neat fort.

[Cheedows]

I hate reclaims, you have to literally un-forbid everything.  Its not your fault joeclark, Whimcrafted was doomed from the start.  Who knew that an innnocent wilderness area could be so hard to settle on...   

[Evondral]

Hey all, just poking in here for a moment to ask if slots are still open, and if so if I could be signed up for a turn.

I know all the functions of DF, but I'm not very good with challenge forts like these. Still, I've been wanting to try them out and learn, if it's okay with everyone.

[Cheedows]

Be aware that this fort is on the brink of being screwed over, and we have outlawed save scum.

[Randy Gnoman]

This is what I did on our rotary before other players also hopped in:

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20th Sandstone-

By Armok's beard!  The horrors- the horrors we've experienced!  The founders are dead.  Most everyone is dead.  We're in crisis mode- all labor has been suspended until we can deal with the wounded.  None of us really knows medicine- we're all just doing what we can... the caverns echo with the sound of... of something. Out there.  In the dark.

We need to get out of here- closer to the surface.  But what of the necromancers?

26th Sandstone-

Rescue arrives!  Immigrants!  They hadn't heard of the terrible events that took place here.  The extra hands may yet save us...

27th-

We're moving the injured to the upper hospital.  There are chests there, for medical supplies, and there's a traction bench- which we may need.  This also gets us further away from these caverns...

13th Timber-
It comes.

15th Moonstone-

Death.  All around- death. 

I am Randy II.  I am the New Cheese.  I WILL restore whimcrafted. 

11th Opal-

Shall I record the deaths?  Not here.  I haven't the ink.  Ghosts wander the halls- but at least, for now, the corpses are still.

Lower whimcrafted is now sealed.  I regret to say that not all of the survivors made it to upper whimcrafted.  With the forgotten beast rampaging below we had no time to wait.

We had a major problem with workflow for a while.  In the chaos, I didn't realize what was wrong:  one of the previous overseers had all of the hatch covers on the first level of upper whimcrafted locked, and with the stair to lower whimcrafted sealed my workers couldn't move between levels.  I've unlocked the hatches, and we are undertaking the monumental task of restoring upper whimcrafted to a livable state.  We shall also have to find a way of securely disposing of corpses, ere the necromancers return.

We should decide what to do about the way the turn flow went- Tevish and I ended up going at the same time, with slightly different outcomes, because of confusion over who was up.

Zubb seems to be okay with the idea of alternate timelines- what do others think?  Should we follow both threads, or pick one?

[Cheedows]

Another FB?  I'l go for following 2, to see who gets screwed over first. 

[joeclark77]

In the chaos, I didn't realize what was wrong:  one of the previous overseers had all of the hatch covers on the first level of upper whimcrafted locked, and with the stair to lower whimcrafted sealed my workers couldn't move between levels.

Yeah, I did that.  The whole of upper whimcrafted is a sieve -- each room has a dozen open doors or hatches through which zombies can spread out into the fortress, so there's no way to defend against them except chase them down.  I would strongly recommend to anyone who tries to defend the upper fort: seal off the entrance(s) and build a proper entrance hallway with traps, drawbridges, or other defenses, where the military can engage with intruders and prevent their entry into the main fort.

[Randy Gnoman]

The other one got screwed over first- they're onto a reclaim. 

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17th Obsidian-

We have installed many traps in the labyrinth by the entrance, and today they were tested:  a goblin attempted to infiltrate the fortress.  They made it past the weapon traps with only a few minor injuries, but we caught in one of the cage traps.

I will decide its fate later- for now, we are still not done burying the honored dead, and disposing of the rest.

1st Granite: 

Spring is come.  The traps are working well:  we discovered the corpses of several goblins in the labyrinth recently.  We appear to have deterred an ambush... this will not work so well on the kobolds, but hopefully the necromancers will fare as poorly as the goblins.

The dead are now beginning to be buried, and I have devised aplan for eliminating other corpses.  It's fairly straightforward:  I'm going to toss them down a trash chute into the caverns.  Let the scavengers have them.

3rd Felstite, 254-

Immigrants!  This is just what we need- many hands make light work!

12th Felsite, 254-

Among the immigrants are many able-bodied dwarves.  I have recruited a militia, and we are planning on disassembling some of the weapon traps for arms.

12th Hematite, 254-

Cursed beast!  Cursed place!  I organized the militia, and we decided that too much had been left behind in lower whimcrafted.  We unsealed a passage, and the milita strode forth.  But that beast dooesn't fight!  It doesn't allow us to fight!  The entire militia is covered over in webs, and every time they attempt to break free the beast only covers them further! 

No casualties yet- to my surprise, even a dwarf that had been left behind in the depths long ago still lives- but we've got to find a way to slay the beast and free the militia...

[Cheedows]

What I find interesting is how both saves encountred an FB, but different kinds.  Both webbers though.  You're lucky, last time I encountered a webber he tore apart my 20 man squads that were 3 year trained :/

[Evondral]

Wowza, didn't know the fort was in the middle of being Armok's playground! Though that does make it pretty hilarious.

[zubb2]

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had to reclaim again for additional supplys

,ostly continued work on the shrine fort

the work on the giant tree farm and the slabbing of the dead is the main workload

got a migrant wave on the 26th of malachite in the year 255 mid summer

going to play till the new year and upload the save
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This was the only thing found by a scouting party was this badly spelled peice of zombie juice coverd paper.
Whoever wrote this had much higher hope than the zed infested fort we have seen.
Three generations of zubb have died in the attempt of settleing this fort.
It will most likly be quarantined when this report makes it back to The Board.


Does anybody want this save?
If you do you will have to walk me through the procces.
If not, I understand.
This timeline can just end and I will watch the other one.

My miners made a last stand but they didn't make it.

[Cheedows]

Reclaims are stubborn to do, especially with ones equivalent to a haunted biome

[Cheedows]

Bump

Is this a failed succession game?

[zubb2]

I have officialy quit.

Its not really "crafted on a whim" anymore.

Was fun to watch an my first succession game.

Even if I got my save killed