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[Will_Tuna]

Are there any dwarf still up for dorfing?With tha lack of migrants and all, Id do anything to please Armok.

Anything is good and for name use my name or something on the lines.

[Meph]

Arnold can still fight. Even if he cant move, you can drop him in line of sight. Might be enough for one level of the structure.

[LMeire]

Even if I'll be wearing copper for a bit, do I still get to keep my pet Javelin Thrower? He NEEDS me, you know? A copper one just wouldn't have the same bond.

Also, sorry about the trade-agreement thing. I misread the announcement and thought it was the elves I was dealing with. With elves I usually head straight for the Pets section to browse for warbeasts, (And snakes, because tossing invaders into a snakepit is really satisfying.) but when I saw that they had nothing to offer that I couldn't get from the home-civ I just skipped through without a second thought.

[Talanic]

S'okay.  I'll just hold a grudge forever.

The Squires are going to all make enough copper armor for the rest of the squads, except for dwarves who already have kills, who get to wear the best stuff we have.  This should cut down on 'ambushed by kobold, dead in five seconds' events.

The human caravan was trailed by a squad of orcs, which hit our defenses and splattered.  Dohon, McJaxey, and Stormbuilder all added an orc to their kill lists.  No apparent injuries.

Got some sterling silver from the humans, which is quickly(ish) being converted into drinking vessels.  We're working on some goblets for the dwarven caravan, as that's the trade good they requested most highly.  The humans also brought steel - a dozen bars.  Not bad.

[Proto105]

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Why do kobolds have to be so annoying...

[mahrgell]

Did my pick find another victim since I took down that frostgiant? Or did I get demoted to mining again? ^^ Oh, and any more news from the frost giants?

[Talanic]

No, and no.  And I think that burrows are interfering with my attempt to research things...

Edit:  I usually have one big burrow that encompasses all safe areas of my fort, including stockpiles.  The split into many different layers means that materials were outside the same burrow as the research lab.  On the addition of my customary burrow, we went from having three available projects to thirteen, including finishing golem research.  We're back in business.

[Talanic]

Finally, fall came, and with it, the Dwarven caravan.

And orcs.  Lots of orcs.

They came in a rush, beating the caravan to the depot by a mile, perhaps in the hope of seizing the fortress and setting a trap for the newcomers.  The Axes of Armok and Fortress Rangers met them there, reinforced by the Squires Templar. 

Two more waves of orcs came, enough to press the tiny fortress hard - until the caravan's guards finished the trip in.  The orcs broke and ran, only for McFengyun to give chase, hoping to score another kill.  Such bloodthirst was only folly...they found her corpse at the edge of their territory, struck down by a spear through the head.

The dwarves gathered what strength they could muster, but the youngest among them was the first to notice what the caravan had brought.  Timeless Bob, newly grown to adulthood, ensured a specific purchase, which he extracted from a cage and led deep into the heat of the earth...

[Talanic]

Well, I tried.  But Operation: Arnold was a fairly dismal failure.  Our Hammergolem - activated, skilled up, primed as well as I could manage - killed perhaps five undead before being torn to pieces.  I can't defeat these undead with the resources I have, and my frame rate can't really handle it.  I'm ready to pass off the save a few months early if you want, as I simply can't get anything done in any reasonable amount of time anymore.

The Hammer-Temple is mostly dug out, with raised areas for the actual temple and oracle (along with trenches to eventually be filled with magma, both for the oracle and for the fun of it).  I'd intended to smooth the walls, install lighting on the towers, and remove the stairs, but that was just not feasible with how few dwarves we have.  I hope the next overseer sees fit to put out a few screenshots.

Unfortunately, the pit for dumping golems down to the undead is between the temple and the rest of the fort, so there's some job cancellation due to scary things. 

The last piece of good news - The Town Portal is almost finished researching.  With some oil pressed out of some bushes, we should be able to research alchemy and maybe make some gold.

Will review the fort one more time in a couple of hours, then may post the save.

[mahrgell]

So I suggested it before, but why not just simply cavein the ceiling of the whole structure?

[Talanic]

That will be up to Grimmash, as I simply don't have the processing power to run the fort anymore.  I'd intended to reduce the temple one more level, but perhaps it's best that someone else finishes it - while I planned it out, my interior decorating skills are more than a little suspect.

Save: http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=8305

Rabble and Squires Templar are both in the Squires armor set, but I don't think there's quite enough copper armor to go around - I kept busy with the temple, golems and research.  We lost two increasingly-difficult-to-replace dwarves, but the town portal is ALMOST done.  Best of luck.

[Grimmash]

I am willing to swap turns with Splint.  I have two forts going now, and am suffering a mild case of fortress turn burn out as I have had mutliple turns on my plate for a few weeks.  So it will be at least a few days before I can properly look at this save.

[Talanic]

Splint was still a ghost in the fort, last I checked.  I suppose he could also claim to be possessing one or more of us...

[FengYun]

Oh no, McFengYun died so young. Those orcs deserve a revenge!

[Proto105]

Another one bites the dust...