Journal of SkaiaMechanic IIThere's been a....a...I can't even say it with a straight face.
There's been an Engraving Accident.
Skaia the First wanted her tomb built along an inner path on the caldera wall. She's been entombed, memorialized, it looks great. All that was needed was the path to be smoothed and maybe engraved. Three engravers were working on it already when one ran through the door and tripped. Guardrails have yet to be installed on the path, all I saw was her running through the door and turning into smoke. I then find the Legendary Engraver and Child flying HIGHER into the air pushed by the smoke, while melting. Her child goes first, melting in her arms covering her with her son's blood. While she wasn't a so-called "named dwarf" she will still be missed, as she was Mate the 888th wife holding their third child. Mate's line is in danger, as he only has one more son, and won't be getting any more. He is given the name Mate the 890th: Last Heir. He is oblivious to the death of his family as he is just one year old. Let's see if he can survive to adulthood! A moment of silence for Kib Eastgems, Engraver. She won't get a tomb, but her memorial will be placed on the head of the path. Also, a slight reprimand will be given postmortem to SkaiaMechanic I for building a tomb with unsafe working conditions. The reprimand will be written down, kept on my desk a while, and then lost.
Senshuken III is the first visitor to Skaia's Tomb. He's using his vacation to get to the overseer he couldn't save in time. He passes by me on the ledge while I'm personally smoothing out the place. I saw him go up to the memorial tomb, wait a moment, and then leave. As overseer I should be angry he's off not doing any work, but I can't help but be touched. May his line be blessed.
Oh, I found Commander Xelius's paperwork as well. Historians might remember he had a short stint at being overseer before dying to the Prime Hero. Someone crossed out his profession and scribbled in "train wreck delayer." I have to admit, I laughed.
While I have the paperwork, I put in an order for Astville's Namesake to get a memorial as well, that might be placed nearby the place she found and secured, even with a curse.
I know technically all of this torn clothing can be sold for trade, but it's just so much more satisfying tossing it into the magma. Feels more dwarven.
Actually, those slabs will never get done. I go to make Ast's Memorial myself.
The smelters are all being used at once right now, which is really nice. Gold, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, and other ores are being dragged over and smelted properly.
I notice our stockpiles are REALLY inefficient, but there's so many I don't even want to bother with it. I'll see if I can move some things closer though.
I catch sight of someone else heading to SkaiaMechaic's Tomb. It's her friend, the doctor. Taking his break to say a final goodbye. Dwarves don't have funerals like humans do. For us, the entombing/memorial process IS the funeral. But I think she'd still be happy that he came by. He stands there for quite a while.
If anyone wants to go to Old Doomforests to retrieve the treasure, be my guest. There's a ton of stuff we could burn for FPS and there's quite a few golden items. The treasure is yours for the taking, the dwarves left everything in one piece.
For trade, the magma forges are producing tons of silver wheelbarrows, since I don't know what's valuable in The Town of Stroking right now because our liaison is still hanging out in the suspended statue room. Nothing's blocking him, but he continues to stand still. Whatever.
With nothing to mark it, Spring arrives at Doomforests. Normally the winter is when real goblin sieges start, but if Skaia I's findings are correct there shouldn't be any real force to bother us. Nope, we can stay content with the Forgotten Beast Family Reunion.
Overall, I feel pretty good about the year. Yes, our overseer may have suffered a tragic fate, but we've survived and improved in many ways. Things are all set up for the next leader. Yes, I mentioned next leader. You see? I want to get back to engraving, or helping in the forges. Heck, I'm also now the most qualified dwarf in fort to trade now. But all this paperwork, it's annoying. How did the original Skaia hold her head up so high with this *<Purple Rutile Hat>*? Itʻs giving me a migraine. At least the administrative positions are treated like royalty here, so Iʻm going to keep my cushy job and decorated office.
Reading over Skaiaʻs notes, she had a real admiration for Taupe II. I personally think heʻs nuts, running across the fortress to do one thing only to stop and go do another. Diagnosing the same patient hundreds of times for a broken foot. But if anyone is fit to lead this place, it would be him. Iʻll drop this off at the Hospital next chance I get along with some notes.
Maybe Iʻll even pick up one of Skaiaʻs old books or maps stored in the office. It canʻt hurt, at least. Itʻs absolutely insane here, but Doomforests is a pretty nice place to live! Letʻs see what I can help with around here.
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Notes for Future Overseers:
Our mayor didnʻt make a single request or ban all year. He was simply happy with his unreachable golden room. I can appreciate that. Amusing fact: before the vampire, I was the mayor here for a while, but no one seems to remember that.
Our military is small, but extremely capable. Theyʻre all wearing quality armor and weapons except for the copper ones they got attached to, like our Heroʻs Copper Shield. Last I saw our Hero, Swordleader, and Hammerer were having a 3-way duel. Note, our hero is Captain of the Guard, but as long as you donʻt make a personal squad for him he can remain in The Kinetic Swans training with the best. The archery range is almost finished being smoothed and the targets are being set up.
Our production is well under way. Iʻve stopped bothering making rock crafts as we have tons of ore, metal, and magma to make far more impressive items and we need every hand we can get. Problem though, most of the ore is trapped in Old Doomforests, but no one will wheelbarrow it down to the forges and instead the dwarves have to carry it all the way there and back. Let the weavers keep collecting webs and you can make whatever silk item you want.
Thereʻs a few bottlenecks here and there. One through the east bedrooms, another on the way to Astville. I accidentally ordered the digging out of around the staircase downward instead of building U/D stairs all the way.
The two memorials I said Iʻd get up are up. The baby has one in the memorial room as well, so you shouldnʻt have an an issue with ghosts.
Food and Drink are good enough to last a VERY long time, with a strong harvest coming in as well.
That handicapped marksdwarf is still in a hospital bed. Deal with him however you wish.
If you can find out whatʻs causing all of those "Item Not Accessible" warnings all the more to you. I never figured it out.
If you dare, hunt the forgotten beasts. People are somehow seeing everything theyʻre killing down there and theyʻre horrified from it. Take back the caverns so we donʻt need to go crazy trying to get wood. Or at least do a megaproject to make the game less safe than I have it now.
Iʻm not good at putting up another entry on the Dwarf Fortress Map Archive. Could someone else upload a copy? Keep it in the pheobus tileset for easier reading by people who canʻt read ASCII, Iʻll point things out.
FPS seems decent, but Iʻm on some kickass school computers so I hope itʻs decent for you as well. The only thing really slowing it down isnʻt the clothes or rocks but the thousands of spiderwebs filling the caverns. Seriously, Iʻm used to the stock screen pausing at stones, not thread.
Original Skaiaʻs Total Safety Project is halfway done. There are bridges EVERYWHERE to turn into walls at a momentʻs notice. Also put a few more levers so it can be activated from several different places. I planned on my turn being focused on "bringing the mountain to life" through that but keeping track of which levers are attached to which bridges without mechanisms or a mechanic was too much of a headache. Your call if you want to continue it in any way.
I still have no idea how that legendary engraver died. Well, other than by melting. She ran on the platform and suddenly there was smoke where she stood with her pushed up into the sky.
Iʻm thrilled to have had a turn here, and I look forward to the continued story! Put me on the list for another round, even though I hope we go down in a blaze of glory before then!
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