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[Heron TSG]

To clear some stuff up...

The "Back door" was part of a crazy plan to get Ryan back into the fort before the orcs came and then lock the door.

He then underwent the transformation into godking Ryan, charged the orcs, and mangled a few of them horribly. he crawled away, I charged, and we saved him. (Unlike Ark.)

The Tower was for when we had bows so that we could shoot at the orcs. This was before I discovered Fisherdwarf Ryan had been left outside.

[The13thRonin]

I approve of this succession fortress.

I hope it comes to a suitably bloody and awesome end.

PS - If you experience any oddities with Dig Deeper you can post in the main thread in the modding forums or personal message me [THE TRADE BUG HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED THOUGH].

I'm already working on the next incremental patch/version.

Keep up the awesomeness!

PS - You guys might want to fix the trade bug yourselves while you wait. Just copy the [trADECAPICITY] tag thinga-ma-jiggy from donkeys and give it to yaks.

[Aldaris]

I added POIs regarding my turn. The blockmaking was happening to give the masons something to do and get rid of excess stone (They take less space in block form), and buildings just look nicer with blocks instead of crude stone. The catapults are everywhere, you can use the huge room for whatever else you want. There are currently 3 connections between the under and overforts, and the majority of the flying undead have bee cut down. I also added a tanners shop and marked most of the animals for slaughter, so you may have some leather lying around here and there.

EDIT: And as a disclaimer about the food and booze situation, my own forts tend to have working and pretty much automated supply chains for critical things like that. So I'm not used to checking that every minute. Any job cancelations probably got lost in the tsunami of cave-pool related cancelations.

[nahkh]

The13thRonin:
Heh, thanks. I'm aware of the trade bug, but we haven't run into it. I don't think we've ever traded with anyone ^^
I'm loving your mod though. Zombie giant wyverns, priceless

Aldaris:
Yeah it was screwed up when I got it, and didn't fix it properly, just patched it a bit.

Everyone:
If you know of any particular oddities in our fort maintenance, tell me about it. Any advice or otherwise relevant information is appreciated.


EDIT:
For instance, Aldaris, did you know that the underground pool drainage is currently open to the fort's lower levels? IE if someone actually tried to refill the pool, you'd flood the magma forges?
Now that's the sort of thing that needs to be mentioned.

[Aldaris]

Aldaris:
Yeah it was screwed up when I got it, and didn't fix it properly, just patched it a bit.

EDIT:
For instance, Aldaris, did you know that the underground pool drainage is currently open to the fort's lower levels? IE if someone actually tried to refill the pool, you'd flood the magma forges?
Now that's the sort of thing that needs to be mentioned.

Pool drainag.. Oh, right, that.
Oops.
That was to get at those bones and stuff. You may indeed mant to put a door in there.

[nahkh]

I'm going to keep posting updates on what I'm doing.

The most pressing problem is booze. We have no free barrels whatsoever.
Since we're currently not under siege I'm going to clearcut THE FUCK out of all surrounding terrain.
I'm making more axes and assigning woodcutters as I'm writing this.
Then we'll go out under armed guard to CUT THAT WOO-OOD.
The overfortress is now temporarily a giant logging camp, with the SW hall used as wood/barrel stockpile and carpenters shop.
I've also forbidden our food stockpiles from using barrels.

EDIT:

You may indeed mant to put a door in there.

Yes I think I mant to do that.
I think I'll just wall it up instead.

Also your system directly connects to the kitchens as well.
SHEESH, how many forts have you drowned?


EDIT EDIT:
Aaaand a kobold ambush. Meh.

E3:
Our proud military eliminated the feeble threat. The weaver that was being assaulted by goblins was rescued, but bled to death of his wounds.

Right now I'm having issues with a certain zombie giant eagle.

E4:
Uhh. Just look at this mess.

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E5:
NO. NO FUCKING PARTIES. GET BACK TO WORK.

E6:
<long, ugly words directed at whoever designed our food making processes>

[Demonic Spoon]

You?

[nahkh]

Me? Hell no. I worked in the upper fortress.
The food processing was already in place. I just tweaked what's allowed to be cooked a bit.
My point is that we have sixteen farmers. Sixteen! With 58 dwarves? We need maybe six competent people working on food and we're set for life. With sixteen the xp is spread so thin we might as well start gathering vermin now.

[Aldaris]

I only drowned my 3rd trial fort, when I tried to make an underground well and the deprssurizing pump didn't work out. Also, there was more vomit by the entrance when I was busy reclaiming it. Also, you should probably train some melee dwarves, as right now all soldiers are marksdwarves. Still, we now have the siege weaponry to thin out ork sieges...

I also made sure only farmers harvest, so the xp is at least a bit concentrated.

[nahkh]

I'll have to reduce the number of workers. We can't spare the dwarfpower right now.

Also, Brak Obama is having a mood. It doesn't look good.
I think he has everything else but the shells. Fortunately we have two raw turtles in store, but no fishery (remedying this now)

UPDATE:
They've been processed, and I forbade everything else. Someone should it one soon.

UPDATE:
HA! It worked. The prophet ate the turtle!
Brak Obama is working furiously.
I also found that one of the caravans left a huge pile of booze after them. Guess the orcs are tee-totalers.

UPDATE:
Oh my sweet Armok.
This sock is the best sock ever.

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All hail Brak Obama!

And Aldaris, I'm planning on churning out some obsidian swords in the near future.

UPDATE:
I'm fed up with that stupid zombie eagle, interrupting all my work. MARKSDWARVES, TO YOUR DUTY!

UPDATE:
Hah! Death to the undead!
Got one red wound, but it's an arm. He'll be fine.

Update:
Uh-oh.
More kobold ambushers. The only ones anywhere near were Rovod and Zarathustra.
Together they were doing fine against the kobold swordsmen, and were killing the last one, when suddenly a kobold bowman appeared and shot Zarathustra, hitting him in the heart. Rovod yet out a fell cry and charged the lonely bowman, dodging his arrows with devilish agility.
Picture:

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eh some typos.

[iluogo]

this fort is awesome
i'd like to take the 17th if that is possible
I haven't played dwarffortress in a long time but since it is vacation i have plenty of time

[nahkh]

I added you to the list.
A little rustiness with DF shouldn't be a problem.

But DAMN this fort is confusing. Zig-zagging corridors everywhere. Oh fuck it, I'll just seal everything and carve my own corridors, then color-code everything.

EDIT: ZOMBIE GOATS LEAVE THIS PLACE

EDIT:
You know, I've never actually played a fort where adamantite was necessary for survival. It was always just a fun extra.

But now it's beginning to look like it's crucial for survival. I suggest that someone start looking for it (I'm busy with the reorganization, no time for such)

[nahkh]

A VILE FORCE OF DARKNESS HAS ARRIVED!

Oshit, half of our dwarves are at risk here.
I'm ordering a fighting retreat back into the fort. Good thing we had the military on alert. If only I COULD SOMEHOW GET THOSE GODDAMN CHILDREN INTO THE FORT. AND THAT STUPID DUNGEON MASTER.


UPDATE:
Lost an elite wrestler and a stoneworker, but everyone else is locked in and safe. PLUS MY PLAN IS WORKING, we're killing orcs left and right.

ANNOUNCEMENT: I'll be offline for a few hours.Thunderstorm.nevermind, it cleared out. Game me time to get something to eat.



Writeup of the action:

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Stub Gatemyth was on duty. Had been for a long time now. After the few ragtag survivors had taken the overfortress, the place was buzzing with activity. Stub had spent months guarding the south gate, and before that the clearcutting operation. At least they got to kill the occasional kobold death-kommando squad, but otherwise it was a boring job. There were two other members on his squad, Ingish and Buttercup, but since Buttercup was a mother of two she spent a lot of time off her post. It wasn't strictly allowed but Stub and Ingish had agreed to keep it quiet.
Buttercup had left the post again, leaving Stub and Ingish to watch her older daughter, Mothkat. That day had a lot of traffic, as the new caravan road had just been excavated and the work crews were still finishing it up. Suddenly, a shriek filled the air.

"ORCS! ORCS AT THE GATES!"

Ingish growled "Bloody hell, I know it's been too quiet", as he started to run.
"Yeah yeah. We need to get everyone in the fortress", Stub replied.

Stub and Ingish ran towards the caravan road approach, against the tide of running dwarves. They reached the approach before the orcs did, and scanning the surroundings for dwarves in distress. Suddenly they heard light footsteps approaching them from behind. Mothkat had followed them!
Ingish tightened his grip on his crossbow and said: "Take her back. I'll hold the orcs long enough for you to get the gates closed. Don't argue."
Stub put his hand on Ingish's shoulder, saying: "We'll come back for you."
Stub lifted Mothkat and started running back to the fortress.

Stub reached the south gate, screaming "MAN THE RAMPARTS! WE MUST HELP INGISH!". Stub ran up to Dakost, who was standing over the gates.
"Didn't you hear me? We must help him."
Dakost silently pointed out to the caravan approach, where Stub could just make out Ingish and the orcs.
"It's too late for him now. I've ordered the gates closed", said Dakost.
Three orcs laid dead across the path, but the orcs were too many. As they cornered Ingish, a fell and terrible orc stepped forth, it's gear reflecting it's rank. Two other orcs jumped Ingish and held him down. The fell orcs raised it's cleaver and crushed Ingish with a cruel scream.

Watching his friend get cut down like an elf filled Stub with grim determination and rage. Once again he yelled "Man the ramparts! Let's show those bastards what Gearspark is made of!"
Dakost's squad manned the eastern ramparts while Stub and Buttercup took the west bunker. Shortly afterwards the orcs charged toward the south gate.

The orcs were wild with bloodlust now. For years they had controlled these lands and killed the foolish dwarves who tried to fight back. None could oppose them. But suddenly they were met with a hail of bolts, shot from within hidden ramparts. The orcs mostly stood their ground, but every once in a while one fell to the ground, clutching a bolt sticking out from their flesh.
The fell orc stood fort and howled: "I am Stozu Amxuuslot! Surrender now and your deaths will be swift!"
Stub replied: "FUCK YOU!" and fired his crossbow, catching the fell orc in both lungs and heart.
The orc stood awhile, stunned, and collapsed. The other orcs screamed in fury and continued their charge.

After a fierce battle, the orcs retreated. This day the tide was turned, the orcs were turned back for the first time. It was a small thing, but the change in the air was almost electric.

[nil]

FYI there's a few barrels up in the hermit's cave, should be easy to get at now that the overfort is secure...  and no reason not to clear it out now that Zarathustra is dead (may the prophet of the uberdwarf (unterdwarf?) rest in peace!)

Also: Who mined out the main entrance after we went to all that work clearing out the pool?

[Demonic Spoon]

Let me guess nahkh...ingish went to get a drink didn't he?