Weird. When I started I had almost a full stockpile of wood. It has been pretty crazy though.
I have a couple hours to work on it tonight, but I spent a little bit of time in the Legends Viewer. There are some crazy things going on in the world. One goblin civ I found has been gone for a few hundred years, and our current enemy, the Frilly Plagues, is on it's way out, and there will be no more Goblin Empire, just a bunch of pits all over the world fending for themselves. Take a look if you like and just watch the map as you scroll through the years. At the beginning of this year it seemed like all the places that had been "conquered" in name but not in population called everyone's bluffs.
Okay, going to start progress now and combining it with my previous notes.
-------
Journal of SkaiaMechanicWhat's first? Obviously, I need to plan, and that means somewhere to work. I find a random no-name engraver holding down a completely detailed throne room office, so I kick him out and put my name on the desk. We're making progress already.
I take all of Maxcat's old office items and throw them in there. First thing that catches my attention is the fact that we have a ton of levers and absolutely no notes saying what they do! That'll be fun to figure out. Looking at the map, I see a word pop out. MINION. Apparently, he made his tomb in the same shape as his title? Well, he has a bed right beside it, so that's where the new Minion is going to sleep. Sweet dreams!
I order the military to give some distance, but stay stationed in the Hospital. Building a wall only needs two pieces with rocks closeby, but a bed needs to be removed before I can lay one of them down. Let's see if we can do this fast enough.
I get a few farming job cancellation reports, so I check on our farmland. Despite being active (except a few seasons, fixed) there is no growing happening here at all. It's not that we don't have Plump Helmet Spawn, we over 200 of the things. But it's lost somewhere. I pour through the ledgers, trying to find where they were stored. And I found them, all seed barrels grouped together. In Astville.
Well that just provides another reason to head down ASAP. Bump that up on the priority list.
I have to give credit where it's due though. That is a masterfully designed road down to the depths for caravans. Also beautifully crafted is the river diverted to our cistern. Great job building that.
I notice a large number of dwarves are missing from the fort. I check to see where they are. It appears that they're carrying the metal bins up and down. By hand. Even though we have plenty of wood to make wheelbarrows. Whatever. Building them now. Let me check the job orders.
...you're making heavy rock pots, and bolts out of SILVER, one of the most valuable metals. Cancelling those right away. We have wood, we're making barrels. Get to it.
Okay, two days have passed. 4 days left until the change. One piece of wall is in place. Once the bed is unbolted to the floor we'll fill in the rest. Sorry sad person sleeping beside our Were, I took away your table and no one is moving you.
Hey, where is Smunstu anyways? I've never checked since the move. He rubbed off on me a bit.
Ah here he is with some animals. Nice to see he's not lonely. Let me try to move him to the center of the room so he's easier to talk to.
Gah 15 FPS. This will take a while.
New Doomforests looks nice, with the marble everything and all, but it's a giant hassle trying to get from place to place. I order as many walls to be knocked down as possible. Also I ordered the engravers out of the hospital for obvious reasons, but now they're just standing about. I order them to spruce up the bedrooms a bit.
I bestow the names of great ancestors in the forts past, and some neat names Mechanic related from my head, onto some present dwarves. May they wear their new names proudly.
Senshuken, your third in line is a swordmaster, keeping with your military background.
Pyrotechno, you are a competent furnace operator.
TechnoXan is an inexperienced, but well rounded, blacksmith.
Well APPARENTLY the random dwarf I kicked out was actually our mayor? And she's the wife of the late Salmeuk II. And she's kinda pissed now. I quickly find a replacement office. Yes, a replacement one. I'm keeping this one.
19th of Felsite now. Two days left, better check on that enclosure.
Really. That's what we're left with as the fastest material. Soap. PSYCHOANGELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
A random dwarf dying of dehydration brought me to the caverns, where I find...Sensuken II and Salmeuk III. Wat.
And I can't leave them, as Sensuken II took it upon himself to always have TWO Steel Battle Axes and 2 Crossbows, one steel and one an artifact. How did you two even get here? Do I even want to know? Why is there a kid running around there? Well, we'll save him as we get to those nice weapons and armor Sen left behind.
The hospital warriors are getting thirsty. Should I unenlist one of them to help build the wall? Checking the job screen....I don't think anyone else is going to do it.
One day left...can it even be done? Get ready military....Sen is now your commander. Don't let it bite you!
BUT WAIT! At the last moment, a random engraver runs into the hospital to build the wall. Can he do it before the clock strikes 12?
...
...
YES. YES HE DOES. Kinetic Swans, you are relieved. Go get some mead for your nerves.
Now let's see if all that effort was wasted when the clock does ring. Sorry random unhappy dwarf trapped in there. No one felt like moving you so you're stuck there.
The toll begins, I check the hospital.
...
...
After all that build up, I'm kind of annoyed at the lack of werebeast. Tear down the wall tomorrow, I guess.
Next time: Past day 6??? We're on a roll here. The future should go faster now that I'm not spending so much time micromanaging things.
Poll
Author
Topic: The Hastening of Doomforests (Read 452621 times)