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[zlob]

I have to quit making promises. I didn't have time today as well. The only thing I managed to do was to download a save file.
My dorf will be Zulban Carryoil, the militia captain. All backstory, all journals and all everything will be posted when I get more time. Sorry again 

[4maskwolf]

Heh.  That's the guy I kicked out of the barracks a while back.  Make sure to add that to the story.

[ShadowHammer]

Okay, looking over the save, a few things popped out:
One: Mask and Shadowhammer don't have weapons.  Change this, preferably.

Yeah, I was teaching us to wrestle. Please continue this training, but remember to re arm us before charging into battle.

Two: We have a cave croc.  Take full advantage of this: it can be tamed.

Definitely agreed. Also, the cave ogre, while not tameable, will make a very good grenade if you build the cage beside the trade depot and link it to a lever. Let's see how those trolls do against a beast that is pretty much an intelligent, bipedal elephant.

[zlob]

Heh.  That's the guy I kicked out of the barracks a while back.  Make sure to add that to the story.

You mean the guy who killed another recruit? 

[4maskwolf]

Yep

[zlob]

Please skip me. I won't be able to play in the nearest future. Sorry for having you wait, I probably should have posted that earlier. 
The only thing that I ask for is that you call Zulban 'Zlob'. I'll be frequently checking the post and I might even write some boring pieces of journal 
Have fun, you all

[Grimmash]

I'll probably pick this up later tonight then.

Edit: Wrote that after looking at the turn list, but before realizing I offered to bump back my turn.

[WoobMonkey]

Okay, since this fort seems to be a little bit short on Overseers, sign me up, plox.

After all, it's not like there's no precedents for professional wrestlers taking high office (Jesse the Body Ventura, anyone?)!  XD

[Grimmash]

I am a little unsure of who is supposed to play next - Woob or me.  I volunteered to push my turn back due to travel next week but the main post has me listed before Woob.

Woob, are you ok with picking up the turn?  I can take it, but if I do you guys need to know I won't be able to finish before Wednesday and then I'll be gone until December, essentially.  If I start the turn now it'll probably take me two weeks to do it.  I also have a write up for another turn I need to pass on.

[4maskwolf]

Sorry, haven't updated it in a while.  Woob, your turn.

[Grimmash]

Thanks 4maskwolf!

[WoobMonkey]

Sorry, haven't updated it in a while.  Woob, your turn.

H'okay, boss!  I'll get on it tomorrow - just finishing up on CharmCrafted, then I'll be out for the day.

Took a quick peek: WTH is going on here?  4 squads, no barracks?!?  Almost 50 dwarves idle?  Traps in one entrance to the cavern, but the main stairway to the fort completely unprotected, and massive holes for any fliers to avoid all defenses?

Was there some sort of grand plan going on, that I'm missing here?

Update:

I'm very glad that I prioritized fixing the airlock at the entrance.  Migrants arrived, triggering 2 Jedi ambushes.  Also, a Hill Titan made of green tourmaline just showed up at our doorstep.  Fun, fun, fun already!

Word to the wise: an airlock only works when the bridges are attached to separate levers.  Having both controlled by the same lever sort of defeats the purpose.

[WoobMonkey]

Okay, played through my turn.  We survived:

5 ambushes
2 sieges
1 Hill Titan
1 bazillion snatchers.

Spoiler: architectural projects (click to show/hide)

Here we can see the new airlock design, as well as the beginnings of a long, trapped, alternate ingress route for our unwelcome visitors- just in case.  So far, dwarven steel and bolts have been defense enough, but better over-prepared, right?  The hole in the center is the top of a new drop pit, in progress.  All levers have notes, as well as their links.



The Mayor now has his own room, properly decked out and engraved.  Also, there are more bedrooms, extending to the left.



Slabs, slabs, slabs.  Because of the hostiles outside, we were unable to collect some bodies.  Now, there are a handful of dorfs who are both entombed, and memorialized.  Also, to the left, you can see some more of the drop pit.



No more holes for flying FBs to enter our fortress proper.



The bottom of the drop pit, >20 z-levels below the surface. 



Cavern level 1.  Most of the up ramps were removed; some walls and doors were built to lend security.  I didn't remove all the ramps, in case anyone wants to go exploring.



Our hospital is fully equipped with cloth, thread, tables, beds, and traction benches.



This is our humble foundry.  The minecart on the right is a QSP set up for all input/output on this level.  Just off screen to the right is a designated (but not dug out) path to some candy.

Spoiler: state of the fortress (warning: many images) (click to show/hide)

 
We're doing very well on the drinks front; however, we need meat.  It was put as top priority for requests from the mountainhome.



We should probably dig out a jail.  TBH, I haven't a clue as to when this happened - I don't really pay much attention to justice.






Keeping busy....



The map is safe, for now.  Just finished discovering and losing 5 snatchers; there's still one on the map, on his way out.  So far, no lost children (they're all assigned to burrows).



Outstanding production orders.

Spoiler: artifacts (click to show/hide)

We had 2 artifacts made this year.



This floodgate is now protecting the trapped alternate entryway.  Building destroyers ought to path to it, letting our bow squad take all the pot-shots they can.



And then there's this useless, overpriced, POS.

Save is here: http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=8178

Unfinished projects: The drop pit isn't yet finished - there are still a few levels that need channeling.  The front gate has the beginnings of a golden road, barely.  The trap entry has been started, but not anywhere near completed.  Luckily, we're on sand, so glass disks are in infinite supply for more weapons traps.

There is a great deal of forbidden goblinite on the surface, along with the remains of an Elf caravan that was utterly destroyed by the Hill Titan.  I've disabled all hunting for now; you may wish to send a couple ambushers out for some meat.

Enjoy!

[Grimmash]

Huh.  I was not expecting you to finish the turn in 12 hours .  I'll try an get started, but i will be gone Thursday - Sunday, so it'll likely take me a bit into next week, given my schedule with work.

[4maskwolf]

Okay, why in all flavor of damnation am I, a legendary axedwarf, equipped with the artifact hammer and shadowhammer, a legendary hammerdwarf, both in an axe squad and equipped with an axe.  Give him his own squad of hammerdwarfs to train.

All military griping aside, the fort looks pretty good.

Oh, and Zulban the wrestler still needs to be renamed Zlob.