Using play now because CBA setting everything up individually.
The 7 brave or perhaps foolish travellers finally arrived at the larch covered plateau in front of the impressive mountain, the wagon was stopped at a smooth gneiss wall after traversing the small hill to the west of the entrance. Obok Adillor the expedition leader took a look around. " The trade depot used to be behind that wall, they used to keep the surface clean of trees for the wagons but we'll be glad of the wood by winter" Vabok the woodcutter chimes in " That's a gneiss wall, it really is" The others give an exasperated sigh, his sense of humor leaving somewhat frayed nerves after the arduous journey.
That's it, the whole surface, This place is compact.
We have Gneiss, Andecite, Dacite, Red sand, and some other stuff, no flux or magmasafe stones yet, but we have a good quantity of wood available. Unfortunately food must be farmed underground, hunted or traded as this is a mountain, also we're not sure if the trees will regrow yet. Our river is frozen so water must be accessed through more ingenious means, or the caverns.
First thing is to remove all useless labours on our 2 Fishery workers (seriously why would you migrate to a frozen mountain for fish?). And removal of wood cutting on the 2 more valuable dwarves who had that skill. The unskilled Fishery worker was then tasked as our single wood cutter. Work now shall begin on moving our stuff inside and setting up.
Everyone helps haul stuff to within the safety of the walls
A temporary everything stockpile is created within the walls, a carpenters workshop is built and our first tree is cut without incident, meanwhile our Yaks are pastured onto the snow covered grass outside, how long they can last out there is anyone's guess, but it's likely we should put them into the relative safety of the cavern.
Having a little trouble setting up farms, my access point seems broken. It's not a problem I recall ever having before... Sorted that put easy enough, I had an upwards ramp right above a downwards ramp as if it was a stairway, obviously the ramps need to be next to each other......
Mid Spring:
As work is begun on our first underground areas a cavern is discovered.
Cave spiders are a minor concern, but their webs will be valuable for silk.
As our first crops are finally being planted a meeting is held to discuss the future of the fortress.
Obok Adillor- Expedition leader: "I called everybody here today so that we could discuss the state of the expedition, we're a small group and we've gotten somewhat familiar with each other during the journey here, I hope that you all know me now as well as I believe I know you.
Obviously a born leader
But willing to get his hands dirty and dig for the greater good.
And I know that you'll all understand that what I'm about to say is for our best interests.
Many of you had your own ideas about what we would find here, some expected great wealth lying untouched ready to just be picked up" He shifts a glance at Onget.
Respects great works of art.
But isn't afraid of working hard to create his own.
Others came with the expectation of a fight with whatever unnamed force wiped out the former residents".
Seeking retribution for the loss of family perhaps
Came here to dig up the truth perhaps?
" And all of us came here expecting to start a new life. But the fact is that this is a cold inhospitable rock far from the mountainhomes and it may be some time before we get settled in. Untill then some of us will need to take up jobs we have haver done before, even jobs we are unsuited for but which must be done for us to have any chance here. I myself haven't used a pick since my days in daycare as a young lad, but knowing that there was much digging to be done I was the first volunteer to pick up the spare pick. Today we must decide together which jobs are of immediate urgency, and who is available to fulfill the role. I have drawn up a list of urgent priorities and whom I believe to be the best candidate for the job, debate will follow after I read my list, have we any objections?"
Rimtar as always was the first to object to anything Obek said.
It's gotta be tough being the only woman in the party
Good luck finding any fish when the brook is frozen.
"I have an objection, I was promised we would access the cavern where I could supply the fort with fish, however you told me it was too dangerous and gave me an axe, how long do you expect me to dick around on the surface like an elf?"
"aah well, you see we haven't any militia yet and whatever killed this fort could still be around down there, even if it's not we need someone trained enough to take down the cave spiders we have discovered, are you volunteering for the job?" Rimtar throws her hands into the air in exasperation. "I'm sure I would be the only one here with the balls for it!" She settles back down to her seat on the larch logs beside the trade depot.
"Well now that that's settled with, and thank you for volunteering to join the Militia dear Rimtar, we may continue. In order of importance, we need a full time farmer, a brewer, cook, carpenter, a miner or 2, a mason, wood burner, furnace operator, smith, craftsdwarves for trade ,a Doctor , a mechanic, and a militia. Now for the list of suitable candidates..." "Hold on a second ...." Vabok interrupts
Disagreeable, Quick to form emotional bonds, Great trouble mastering fear
Our most valuable citizen
"I'm not going to argue that getting food isn't out top priority, but do you think that perhaps we should put a little more importance into our medical and security needs?" "There is a limit to how far we can stretch our labours Vabok, I'm sure you would understand that even you can't handle all of our food production needs singlehandedly, and getting ourselves set up and secure before winter sets in has got to be our goal. Even making crafts is important as we need something to trade when a caravan shows up, many of you are skilled artisans with unique crafts, and will be expected to pull your weight in other ways" Kib joins into the discussion
This one's a bit disagreeable
Many different skills here that are basically useless right now
"As a skilled artisan with unique crafts and no access to raw materials, I'm going to ask what you mean by 'pull your weight in other ways'' "well we will always need stuff hauled for instance " A collective groan is given, Rimtar gestures wildly with her axe. "well you could always volunteer for the militia, it seems you all believe we are in some kind of danger here that far outstrips the certainty of dieing from exposure if we aren't set up" Dumat finally speaks up
Finally an optimist
Lots of work for a carpenter right now
"Nobody's saying that Obok, but it is something we should consider, I know we'll get skilled migrants in the future, but we should still prepare for worst anyway" Obok takes charge of the discussion again. "I never said we wouldn't prepare for the worst, can I read my list now?" "Vabok is our most skilled farmer, and it would be insane to allow anyone else to touch our limited store of seeds, he has a lot of work cut out for him and despite being our best Cook and Brewer too we'll unfortunately need someone else to take over those duties while he's busy, any objections?"
.... to be continued
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