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[utunnels]

Another winter. My dorfs finally managed to dug the stupid hunter's corpse out of the ice.
At the same time, the first goblin siege came. There were only one squad, so it was not a problem.

[Sanctume]

The recent fort I started 2 night ago just died from a nerco siege by the 2nd spring. 
It was totally unexpected to have 12 elf corpse, 8 human corpses, and 8 goblin corpses, with probably some hidden necro that I was not able to see.

Looking back in what I was doing, I started on a larger above ground walls foot print of 20x30ish, instead of my usual 13x13. 
I think that because this was a heavily wooded area, I could get up 2-z walls sooner.

Unfortunately, I also decided to get 2 military founders training sooner. 
And at the same time, I was progressing to breach the 2 layer aquifer.

Despite having the Herbalist handle all the food and drink needs, the focus to breaching the aquifer seems to get time to move faster from manually un-.suspending the build wall-that my above ground walls were not completed.

Anyway, I may actually play this world again.  There was an inland Terrifying lake/ocean next to an untamed wild thick forest, with a minor river, and that is 2 region tiles south from the necro tower.  Time to hatch a better plan this time:

Obviously, I don't think I can field the military power by the 2nd spring.
So I should focus on the securing fortress access from above ground.
Cage Traps would be limited to the amount of stone I embark with because breaching aquifer will takes some time.

33 stones = for 1 lever linked bridge; and 30 mechanism for 30 cage traps.

1. Miner+5, Teacher+5 (future commander)

2 & 3. Carpenter+3/Mason+3/Mechanic+3/Discipline+1 seems to be the perfect dwarf skills to handle the screw pump assembly, and then walling the aquifer breach.
Mechanic to build screw pumps, carpenter to build walls and floors using logs, mason for deconstructing.
And this should help speed up above ground walls as I build a 30-ish long hallway leading to 3x3 bridge with cagetraps underneath, and 1-tile path exist full of traps back to said hallway.

4. Herbalist+5, Cook+5
5. Carpenter+5 + Manager + Social
6. Mechanic+5 / Broker + Social
7. Mason+5 / +Doctor

[utunnels]

I moved all bedrooms to the surface because of the retire/submerge bug.
Now my fort is actually a human style town.

Edit*
Oh, I left those nobles' rooms underground, hehe.

[Naryar]

i have had a queen in the first months of the fort. so now everyone is part of her court. Surprisingly, no thoughts about having a horribly substandard bedrooom (and others), but she was unhappy due to no chairs.

and now i am carving a grand palace out of the mountain... something moria style. I'll post it here when I'll be done.

[TechnoXan]

Can't wait Naryar! Oh and my trap hall is under renovations after the tigermen left. Ugh human seige! YES! Now I just have to beat them.

[TheFlame52]

I'm breaching hell now, wish me luck...

The sacrifice has broken the seal. The spikes are ready. Blood shall flow.

WHAT? THEY'RE NOT GOING FOR THE SPIRE? RETRY

Working much better this time, the sacrifice and the humans lured them into the trap, 15 died before they got away. Many more demons are injured. I wish I had put the cages separately so I could release one human at a time. Also, a crossbowman managed to make it out the edge of the underworld, wow.

[Staalo]

My metalsmith has been way too smug after mooding that zinc table few years ago.

This is a masterful gold statue of Zefon Mansionring created by Zefon Mansionring. 
The item is a masterfully designed  image of Zefon Mansionring the dwarf and a gold statue in gold by Zefon Mansionring.  Zefon Mansionring is  raising the gold statue.  The artwork relates to the masterful gold statue created by the dwarf Zefon Mansionring for The True Hammers at Moonpalace in the late autumn of 505.

We get it, Zefon, we get it. Now where you'd like us to put it? To your own quarters, as usual?

[StagnantSoul]

My metalsmith has been way too smug after mooding that zinc table few years ago.

This is a masterful gold statue of Zefon Mansionring created by Zefon Mansionring. 
The item is a masterfully designed  image of Zefon Mansionring the dwarf and a gold statue in gold by Zefon Mansionring.  Zefon Mansionring is  raising the gold statue.  The artwork relates to the masterful gold statue created by the dwarf Zefon Mansionring for The True Hammers at Moonpalace in the late autumn of 505.

We get it, Zefon, we get it. Now where you'd like us to put it? To your own quarters, as usual?

Holy, that's almost as bad as my engraver doing an engraving of him engraving an engraving.

[TechnoXan]

Man!! My best/fovoright everything to do with metal guy just burnt to a crisp while tryin to pump magma. Dang it.

[Splint]

Man!! My best/favorite everything to do with metal guy just burnt to a crisp while tryin to pump magma. Dang it.

This is why you have lye makers work magma pumps. No metalworkers. Even furnace operators are more valuable than lye makers. Or fish dissectors. Those guys are pretty worthless too.

[DeusTempestas]

I lost 3 dwarves to "dehydration" in spite of having 2 wells, two rivers, and over 200 in drink... Vampire

[StagnantSoul]

I lost 3 dwarves to "dehydration" in spite of having 2 wells, two rivers, and over 200 in drink... Vampire

That wouldn't be a vampire. They most likely injured the motor nerves in both hands, lost both hands/arms, or were locked up somewhere weird.

[DeusTempestas]

I lost 3 dwarves to "dehydration" in spite of having 2 wells, two rivers, and over 200 in drink... Vampire

That wouldn't be a vampire. They most likely injured the motor nerves in both hands, lost both hands/arms, or were locked up somewhere weird.

only second year, no attacks, how would they get injured? Engraving isn't that dangerous is it?

[Spehss _]

I lost 3 dwarves to "dehydration" in spite of having 2 wells, two rivers, and over 200 in drink... Vampire

If it was a vampire the death report would say they were found "drained of blood" rather than "dehydrated".

[Splint]

I lost 3 dwarves to "dehydration" in spite of having 2 wells, two rivers, and over 200 in drink... Vampire

That wouldn't be a vampire. They most likely injured the motor nerves in both hands, lost both hands/arms, or were locked up somewhere weird.

only second year, no attacks, how would they get injured? Engraving isn't that dangerous is it?

Accidents and snapping wildlife that went unnoticed possibly. I once had to mercy kill a dwarf who lost the use of both hands in an animal training accident, one that had happened and I didn't even notice. Turns out jabberers shouldn't be left to roam around with only one tamer available. I thought she was fine because she got along fine for months thanks to generous dorfs being strangely abundant in that fort when suddenly I got a spam of "too injured to clean my foot" messages.

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Returning to the dwemer, my soldiers began exploring the cave. So far they've found plentiful corundum (an ingredient in Elder Scrolls steel if I'm not mistaken,) moonstone, malachite (of the not-copper variety,) signs of ebony ore, and... Realizing I may have accidentally displaced a bandit crew or army. As in the caverns they found a wrestler and a chieftan. Not good, but I'm going to try to take down the wrestler with task manager at the ready in case things go badly (I can't afford to lose the merpower this soon.)