Since I got my turn early I figure I'll finish it early.
To Report!
The surface tower has been roofed completely with a second level currently under construction above that. Obsidian farm is refilling, and death road is almost empty allowing for the retrieval of +steel+.
When I saw the first orcs saunter into our domain I promptly told the dungeon master to let loose our War Machine. The orcs zipped around like flies, trying to avoid the stream of magma that came pouring out of the earth. Despite their best efforts they were baked like *cat biscuits* while seeking refuge in the shadow of our walls.
For the first time in months I allowed civilians to leave the fort and retrieve bodies from the countryside. During this time some migrants arrived to bolster our ranks. The caravan arrived but it's wagons bypassed our inaccessible location. Two traders were trapped outside with the arrival of the humans, who shot them to pieces. One lone axedwarf charge the human forces. He was surrounded and annihilated.
Three human squads have made an encampment below our walls. They campfires burn amid the blackness of the night and they have cleverly camped far away from the War Machine. They are waiting patiently, waiting for an opening. For now we must outlast the siege. I have tried to continue the tower but have been stymied by lack of stone and foolish dwarves getting shot on the ramparts by human archers. Even now an armorer screams on a precipice, a bolt lodged in him. Despite my commands everyone is hell bent on saving him. I fear that we will collapse from within before the humans can finish us.
SAVE