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[Zanzetkuken The Great]

Welcome to our little corner of hell.  Our embark site is roughly half and half divided between terrifying and haunted biomes, and the rulings we are using is below.

Spoiler: Rules (click to show/hide)

The Fortress Military would have the following as restrictions:
First, skill is only to be gained upon the battlefield, or through sparring.  No using danger rooms or the such in order to gain skill easily.
Second, members of the military may be active for training one month out of every three.  The other two will be spent patrolling.
Third, squads must have a full ten members before you can create another.
Fourth, when a siege or ambush arrives, every single member of the military must go into battle.
Fifth, there may only be 1 ranged squad, under the command of the militia commander, who is the current overseer.
Sixth, all nobility is to lead their own squad.
Seventh, medical personnel are part of the military, though their months of patrol to be spent within the hospital.

Fortress society has the following as restrictions:
First, the fortress is going to consist of at least 60% military, with the remaining percent being criminals.
Second, children will be taken in and trained for military service.
Third, criminals must always be working, or are to be executed.

Fortress design has the following as restrictions:
First, the underground is to be kept in a basic state (ie. Only a few dormitories, basic meeting halls, and no hospitals).  The aboveground area gets all of the good stuff.
Second, no traps.  This fort is to be held by military might.
Third, with exception made to the lock between the surface and the prison, no bridges may be raised or retracted for more than one month.  Access to the depths is only to be opened in the case of upper areas being overrun, a patrol is being brought down or brought up, or new prisoners are being sent down.

Yeah, kinda makes us a little screwed over.  Let's see just how far we wind up being able to make it.

Oh, did I mention there's SCPs, Daleks, Cybermen, Holistic Spawn, and Necromorphs running around and may just decide to visit us?  Yep.

Overseer Succession
1:  Zanzetkuken 1 2 Save
2:  Pisskop 1 Save
3:  HugoLuman 1 2 3 4 5 Save
4:  Crocatowa 1 2 -SKIPPED DUE TO INACTIVITY-
5:  Neblime 1 2 3 4 Save
6: 
7: 
8: 
9: 
10:

Dwarfing List
Zanzetkuken - Dwarfed - Dwarf Killed
Pisskop - Dwarfed
HugoLuman - Dwarfed
Crocatowa -
Neblime - Dwarfed

Spoiler: Mod Credits (click to show/hide)

SCP Foundation - That whole project
Daleks and Cybermen - HugoLuman
Necromorphs - Cheesoburgor
Spawn of Hollistic - Mr. Frog

[Deus Asmoth]

Sounds interesting, but having the overseer be leader of the marksdwarf squad might cause an unnecessary amount of reshuffling the squads, particularly if you get more than ten overseers. Just having each overseer being a captain might be a better choice.

[Tacomagic]

I'm actually in the middle of writing up a story fort with the exact same premise (well, sorta; penal colony instead of a prison, but same difference).  Rule-set was way different than yours, but it's a good theme for a fort.

I'd be interested in reading about your game, but I've got enough going on right now that if I took a turn, I'd want it to be a month away or so.

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

Sounds interesting, but having the overseer be leader of the marksdwarf squad might cause an unnecessary amount of reshuffling the squads, particularly if you get more than ten overseers. Just having each overseer being a captain might be a better choice.

True.  Might just make it a position the replaces mayor, to keep things thematic.

I'm actually in the middle of writing up a story fort with the exact same premise (well, sorta; penal colony instead of a prison, but same difference).  Rule-set was way different than yours, but it's a good theme for a fort.

Especially with the way fortresses are run at times.

[pisskop]

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While I like 'combat sugeons', they should get their own squad

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

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While I like 'combat sugeons', they should get their own squad

Undoubtedly.

[Bigheaded]

To be fair a change in the way they train (5 sets of 2 minimum) can easily overcome the fact you are cancelling splitting into groups of 2 (although splitting into squads of 2 is easily the best method i've used and requires no additional training and gets "great" or legendary within 2 years)

To be fair, it sounds like my forts anyway. a good 40-60 dwarves are in general military out of 100.

How are "rulers" of the fort such as you and I fitting in? I.e naming a dwarf as yourself. Generally as squad leaders? I suppose in theory you can write from the perspective of someone under someone else.

I'll "put in a shift"
Sign me up when you get going

[Pencil_Art]

So... this is a very military intensive fortress, set as a prison and guarded heavily.

[WillowLuman]

Sounds like a good way to test the new emotions system. Initial embark won't contain any prisoners, presumably. Overseer squad positions rule may need some tweaking.

[pisskop]

So... this is a very military intensive fortress, set as a prison and guarded heavily.

just slightly above average for me, barring redundancy.

The real fun, imo, is going to be the logistics and emotions.  Getting blocks dug out and  keeping everyone not dead.  Unfortunately, unless we start a game in a world at war with goblins we may never be able to correct them.  Also suggesting worlds with dying/conquered dwarves for more nobles . .   err. .   'high security inmates'.

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

Is anyone interested in an actual turn?  I want to have a short list before I start.

I feel as if I should note that I'm also thinking of bringing in the Necromorphs, Spawn of Hollistic, Cybermen and Daleks, and SCP Foundation mods.  I'll probably shif the embark so that Terrifying only comprises a side or corner, if I do that, but those four would kinda make it...sensible.

[pisskop]

yup.  Although you'll have to fill me in on what the necromorphs and SCP mod dudes do.  Holistic spawn, Ive read up on.

IN

[WillowLuman]

I'm in. Spawn AND Daleks with no traps? Sounds like Fun.

[Bigheaded]

I have no ideas about the extra mods, if possible add a little to what they add in the description.

As far as people are concerned it looks like you have 4-5 who will give it a run which is enough to get the ball rolling imo, extras will join soon enough, if not, then it will mean that we get to go again faster which sort of suits the fort anyway, seeing, especially early on, there won't be that many overlords.

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

Going to need to have a little bit of a wait time so that DFhack can update, as the SCP mod uses it.  In the meantime, what should we name the fort?