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[Neonivek]

I'm noticing a distinct lack of inane commentary on the STAR JELLY DISPENSER.  Let's comment on it.

What do you suppose star jelly is?

Yes because obviously Future of the Fortress is suffering from a lack of inane commentary

[RedKing]

Reading the devlog entry on custom workshops this morning fills me with squee. This is perhaps one of the biggest gifts to modders Toady has given us yet. I can't wait to see the insane economies that get created. I need to mod silicon into the game and build the first dwarven microchip fab plant. Then my dwarfs can build PCs, on which they can play Dwarf Fortress, causing the world to collapse in an infinite recursion loop.

[Rose]

real men do it with mechanisms.

[DeKaFu]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_jelly

It's essentially this mysterious substance that people find on the ground that's purported to have fallen from the sky. It's jelly-like and has an irritating tendancy to dissolve into nothing before people have a chance to analyze it.

Why you'd want a dispenser for it is beyond me.

[Sean Mirrsen]

Why, so dwarves can analyze it, and make it fall wherever they wish, in any quantities! Dwarven KillSat FTW!

[sweitx]

Mm... suicide workshop...
A bomb workshop
1. Mod a new item with inherent temperature of 1 billion degree.
2. Create a workshop that makes said item.
3. Assign dwarf to make said item in workshop.
4. BOOM!

[Duke 2.0]

 Star Jelly is what dwarves use to fill logistical holes. Like not needing water for brewing beer. Or perpetual motion plants.

[RedKing]

So you mean it's basically the same as dropping a platform of kittens 30 Z-levels?

Or else maybe now we know why Toady felt the need to code in "lion grease spatter". 

[tfaal]

From what I understand, a large portion of the noble/appointment code is going into the raws. Given that fortress guard and royal guard will be controlled  by specific nobles now, does this mean that I could mod in a high priest noble with a squad of temple knights under his rule?

[Footkerchief]

From what I understand, a large portion of the noble/appointment code is going into the raws. Given that fortress guard and royal guard will be controlled  by specific nobles now, does this mean that I could mod in a high priest noble with a squad of temple knights under his rule?

It definitely looks that way, yeah.  You can give a position a name, any of the permitted responsibilities (which includes religion) and you can also put them in charge of a squad, along with lots of other options.  So it's all there, I think.  We'll probably be hearing about entity positions again in a month or two when Toady goes back to work on them.

[Dante]

Star Jelly is what dwarves use to fill logistical holes. Like not needing water for brewing beer. Or perpetual motion plants.

...originally read that as 'perpetual motion pants' and thought how could I have missed this??

[Fault]

From what I understand, a large portion of the noble/appointment code is going into the raws.

does that mean we can mod certain nobles (or all of them) to not make mandates?!

[wigwam]

From what I understand, a large portion of the noble/appointment code is going into the raws. Given that fortress guard and royal guard will be controlled  by specific nobles now, does this mean that I could mod in a high priest noble with a squad of temple knights under his rule?

RIIIGHTEOUS. Mod in some awesomely huge swords and iron pope helmets.

[Vester]

Iron?

Nay, adamantium!

[Outcast Orange]

I would like an automatic kitten pump.
Although I am certain that this is what I want,
I have yet to figure out...

why?!?

Sometimes I think my brain is out to get itself...