Wait, do we HAVE nails?
We don't have metal nails (at that moment), and actually any metal. So long for a metalsmith!
Priorities for the month:
1. Smelter
2. Klin
3. Spiked Club
4. Pointed Stick
You first designed the smelter, without much problem, despite an obvious lack of all kinds of material. It consists of a rough ceramic pot, with a beak/channel for running off slag and products, placed directly atop a stone grate atop a fire. Sadly, the lack of insulation means that the temperature is not good enough for iron, but you feel that it would be capable of working with copper.
Materials:
Stone: I
Clay: I
Pottery: I
Technology:
Stonecrafting: I
Potter: I
Labour: 7
Allows Mark I Smelting:
Materials:
Ore/scrap (<= Copper, i.e. Tin, Silver, Gold, Lead, Mercury): I
Wood: III or Charcoal: II
Technology:
Furnace operator: II
Labour: 1
Products: I Metal, I Slag
You are still no potter, but you feel that you have perfected the design of the Klin. Its basically shaped stone and bricks lined to give a very hot interior, recessed into the wall for insulation. Fire is contained underneath, separated by a stone grate. You notice that a lot of heat escapes from the open orifice at the side, and thus is wastes a lot of fuel, but it is workable.
Materials:
Stone: III
Clay: II
Technology:
Stonecrafting: II
Potter: I
Labour: 14
Allows Mark I Pottery:
Materials:
Clay: I
Wood: IIII or Charcoal: II
Technology:
Furnace operator: I
Labour: 1
Cooldown: 2 days (hopefully with industrialization I can discount CD times)
You also tried to design a spiked club, but you do not feel you have the right type of spikes available. The stonecrafter said he can craft you some, and he suggests that
you can ask other dorfs for help for professions you are not familiar with, though they will expect something in return. You stopped designing, anyway, for the lack of time.
You tried to shape sticks into quarterstaffs, but you were really astonished that the carpenters are already offering one for everyone.
General Fort Situation for the monthThe Expedition Leader noticed your nice little knife.
He demanded that you either give him yours immediately, or he would want two by the end of Galena, that is 2 months later.
A cave-in greatly impeded mining progress.
Your woodcutters brought down an ox, and you have a very limited supply of leather. Use wisely.
Total number of Dorfs: 12
In which Military dorfs: 1
In which axedorfs: 1
Weapon Stocks: 2 Axes, 2 Picks, 12 quarterstaffs
Threat level: Very low, limited to wildlife.
Current problems: None at the moment
Workshops under your command:
Cheap Furnace
Mark I Furnace
Stone Forge
Mark I Klin
Apprentices: 0
Clay: ++++ Abundant
Stone: +++ Good
Wood: 0 Balanced
Charcoal: -- Shortage
Pottery: ----- Restricted
Leather: ---- Rationed
Metal:
Iron:
Bog: +++ Good
We have not encountered any other metal yet.
Wood Burning: II Novice
Furnace operator: III Adequate
Metal crafter: IIII Competent
Blacksmith: IIIII Skilled
Armorsmith: IIII Competent
Weaponsmith: IIII Competent
Potter: I Dabbling
Stonecrafting: I Dabbling
Today is 1 Malachite. What is the order for the month?While I'm certainly not a metallurgist, I guess I didn't forget my chemistry.