Sorry for double post...
2nd Slate, Mid-Spring
At last, finally arrived at this new outpost. Guys back home said they had heard no news of it since the original group of 7 left, and that they have totally no idea of what sort of batshit insanity will take place. They were giggling while they said it, though, so I will trust them.
First thing I notice when I arrive is the messiness of the place. Giant rooms everywhere and some funny tower construct thing with plants growing on top. Then there is this strange hole in the ground that nobody tells me anything about. I ask for stocks, and WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE HAVE AROUND 400 BOULDERS? WHAT DO YOU THINK WE ARE, HUMANS? We are dwarves, dammit, we will count these things down to the last bee in those hives even if it is the death of us. Why I tell you, back in my day, that kind of insurbodination will mean a sure trip to cavern duty. Speaking of cavern duty, what do you mean we don't have a militiary?
10th Slate, Mid-Spring
Much better, the bookeeper now has an office to keep stock in, and I've told him to count everything down to the last bit of squashed vermin on the doorstep on pain of hammering. On another note, I've discovered where that hole leads to, apparently there is a whole magma forging complex down there. I've decided to, in my tenure as Overseer of this Outpost, that I will improve the conditions of staff there, notably by making the commute shorter.
7th Felsite, Late Spring
Phase 1 is complete! An automated minecart system now delivers food to the complex. Let Phase 2 begin...
Also, SurprisedPalace's first squad, The Picks of Amusing, has been formed. Somewhere earlier, migrants have arrived. The fort's populace is now 53.
25th Felsite, Late Spring
One of the recruits has been taken by a fey mood. With luck, she may get off militia duty before they face off that forgotten beast that has been sitting around in the caverns.
3rd Hematite, Early Summer
It's summer already? Dang, I forgot to do the summer report. Those higher-ups will be after my back. Anyway, the recruit created a freakin bone statue. Back to the caverns she goes.
23rd Hematite, Early Summer
The medic training programme is going great! Whilst we mourn the death of the recruit whose name we don't bother to know, the rest of the squad are getting superficial injuries for the medics to train on. Hah! That would teach them to leach off our booze and food!
28th Hematite, Early Summer
After reading the death report on that recruit, I have decided to install ballista along our main entrance. Materials are being commisioned at this very moment.
11th Malachite, Mid-Summer
I've decided to remove the wall blocking off the second caverns and send the squad after that forgotten beast. Let this be a testament that Surprisedpalace trembles in fear of no one!
21st Malachite, Mid-Summer
I may have made a mistake. Reports from the forward recon squad, aka "SUICIDE", have told me that the cavern is now in flames.
6th Galena, Late Summer
The ballistas in the front corridor are now ready. The squad has fallen to a Jabberer. Apparently they forgot to pick up their weapons.
15th Galena, Late Summer
The Jabberer that murdered our first squad has been caught. It will be repurposed through training rather than bein dumped into magma for revenge as some of my surbodinats have suggested
4th Limestone, Early Autumn
Phase 2 has been completed after much delay. Accmodations have been complete. I fear that I may not be able to complete Phase 3 before I leave, so I will outline it in this log such that others may continue it. They say that minecarts are strange things, with phenomena that even the dwarven mind cannot comprehend. Phase 1 was but a test, it is indeed true. Look for the ramp that leads to nowhere, that powers the cart from nothing. Imagine. We could build ramps like these, one level to the next, form an elevator that can ferry finished groups up. We could seal the forging sector away...These would be but just the beginning...segmenting the fortress...they called me mad...I'LL SHOW THEM MAD!
5th Limestone, Early Autumn
A Milker has been possessed by forces unknown...
12th Limestone, Early Autumn
I've requested more cages from the liason.
19th Limestone, Early Autumn
I feel the end of my term looming over me. I have selected that Engineer as my successor...hopefully he will continue the good fight I have started.
24th Limestone, Early Autumn
The beacon that I have installed over this fortress is complete, let all who read this be reminded that help is only a stone's throw away (hopefully).
With this, I hand over the reign of this place to than402...
Sorry if I didn't do much.