So, after years of lurking and reading and playing off and on, I have finally decided to make something for the community to judge and find wanting. If, you might ask, you have been playing for years, then why would you be a newb?
Great question, I say. Thus far, I have never made a successful military, a self-sustaining fort, or made it to the circus. I've found adamantine once, made magma forges once, and have only made it to the first cave.* My attempts at defense have been feeble and limp, leaving me at the mercies of even small bands of goblins or monsters from the deep.
*I've probably made it to the second or third at times, yet it was the first cave I encountered. So.
So, with that in mind, I set out to make a fort, post regular updates, and get ideas and projects to perform from the community. While I may end in failure, if all else, it should amuse you lot to see someone who has never done anything with pumps and such trying to make a magma cannon or a dwarven waterfall. Or just get enough food to keep my people alive.
So, I humbly present to you,
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So, I began with world gen. Small world, frequent mineral occurance, and the rest being the base options. So pretty medium across the board. Here is what generated.
The Universe of Legend. Great name. Bodes well, I say. Thus, I began my search for a good place to embark...and I found this!
Clay, soil, lots of metals AND Flux? That sounds great to me! (What is Flux used for? I've looked on the Wiki, and for steel...is that it?)
And thus did I embark, to the fort of Postliving in the Universe of Legend. I swear, these dwarves will either succeed gloriously, or fail terribly. And either of those is okay.
And there is my embark site. Pretty nice. Not my style, being up against the cliffs, but I can work with it! I struck the earth, immediately cutting down trees in the general area, putting up a wood stockpile and carpenter's workshop, and set my dwarves to digging a tunnel just north, into the hill. I wanted to make sure that it would be defensible-ish, and that there would be room for caravans, so I did it in a bit of a strange manner, making a turn to the south as soon as I broke in. I also went down one level. Here is the trade depot location.
Looking good. That stairway goes down to the pure stone levels, where I start to hollow out my home. Progress is made!
Now, that center stairwell goes up to the trade depot and outside. That section the dwarves are clearing out is my kitchen, as shown by the butcher's and kitchen set up. That 2x2 stairway goes up to the farms, and down to the refuse pile. That is going to be the food storage on the right side. In the top right will be dining hall, bottom left the dorms, and top left the crafting. The stairway in the crafting goes to my materials storage, and the stairway right below the main one goes up to the defense positions, as well as what will be the barracks, hospital, and way down. Yes, I noticed I screwed up the kitchen. One too many. Oops. Well, here's the beginning of the farms.
And the refuse pile.
Let's call that it for this first post. Second will contain more stuff! And will be going up as soon as I finish formatting and writing.
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