15th Granite 263Elves have arrived! After our last meeting, we have decided that we need to be more independant, and with infinite access to stone, we will be able to survive on what little wood we can gather from the elves and the humans.
As such, Digit wants to buy some of every different type of plant. Once we get a massive underground refinary going, we can move all the stuff which is lying around on the sun, underground, and replace all the old space with much more varied farmland!
The only problem is that we are running low on roasts. This is only partially my fault... as there was so much more I needed to do! We have reverted to the old gorilla roasts we were reserving for emergencts now!!
But thankfully we can trade with the humans some REAL gear.
17th Granite 263Oh crud. This is bad. We have spotted an ambush along our main undefended, un fortified region. Elizar needs to manage to get to her outpost just above the merchants location. But with no less than 3 enemy crossbow-goblins, it doesn't look hopeful...
Hopefully this is the last ambush we will have to take on the nose, however...
19th Granite 263It is over... oh man...
It was terrible. We never pulled the lever until almost everything had been lost. The elves are probably planning on leaving this fortress, and if not, they are likely to be rather annoyed.
There was a human with them. No doubt stolen ... just like Haika.
And then, just as if that wasn't enough, a SECOND ambush has appeared to the south. The dead and decaying bodies of the FIRST ambush are blocking the floodgates, and allowing them access to our fort
However, this time we were ready, and Elizar was already in her archers nest, and they didn't have archers.
We bought a reasonable amount of seeds and plants and barrels and booze from the elves, as well as two more bins of cloth, all for one stack of 28 gorilla meat roasts. However, they wanted another 22, which we reluctantly accepted.
All and all, we lost 3 war dogs in the fight against the goblin archers. Two of them were shot and killed, and the other was killed with a melee weapon of some sorts. Arcania isn't taking it too well
There is a war dog called Asteth Thobbungek, which has a pierced Right Lung, and it constantly looks pitiful, but I think it will survive. It can survive on one lung, right?
12th Slate 263WHOOPS!! We were awoken today to an almighty crash. Tally immediatly said "OH NO! The aquifier rock has collapsed!", but it just turned out to be a part of the fortifications we were clearing in order to make better fortifications. Elizars nest partially fell down, but it doesn't seemed to have done any major damage, other than a huge dust cloud which is billowing out of it.
Oh... Jesus has been knocked unconcious. Never mind.
14th Slate 263I had the honour of removing the final support of the massive aquifier piercing project Tally has envisioned. It was amazing to look at, a huge rectangle, preciouriously supported by a huge thick log. The rectangle of soil was huge itself. Tally measured it to be 35 meters, by 35 meters, by 15 meters in size!!
When I released the log, however, nothing seemed to happen, so I returned to the fortress to growl at Tally, and get another job for myself.
Tally quickly discovered the source of the problem, and she thinks she can fix it reasonably quickly.
28th Slate 263Arcayna is absolutely annoyed at the moment, and nothing we can do can console her.
7th Felsite 263The floodgates have been cleared of goblin corpses, and narrow clothing, and now can open and close freely now.
9th Hematite 263Humans have come, and surely they will bring some goblin friends. Probably 3 now...
Man... Arcayna's depression is starting to get to all of us...
But the fortifications are SO CLOSE TO BEING COMPLETED!! Arcayna has been given the honours to complete them.
10th Hematite 263Please find enclosed an engraving in wood of what our fort looks like as of 10th Hematite 263:
I don't believe we will be improving on this fort design for some time.
13th Hematite 263Jesus is negotiating with the Humans, and forcefully now that we have underground bedrooms, thus securing our right as dwarves to be called dwarves! He has demanded cheeses, wood logs, charcoal, and pig iron and iron bars.
The humans never let us down...
They gave us at least 30 logs, a couple of barrels of booze, and a few iron, pig iron, and charcoal bars. All together, we couldn't trade enough goods on the first day!!
We need more stuff to give them. That was my job... but I never got around to it.
18th Hematite 263Another ambush, this time pure melee, to the north. Lever pulled, Elizar sent to send them away... typical drill as always. And as always, if they manage to get through in time, the human guards are easily capable of taking the goblin ambushers out...
19th Hematite 263Ambush over. Casualties: Two more war dogs.
Surprisingly, Elizar managed to slip out just before we could close the floodgates. Without any melee training, she could easily die!!
The gates were ordered open... double time!!
And not before time, the second she got inside, the goblins came AGAIN, from the south!! But this time, they were sent away by a truely ruthless barrage of arrows from the human traders!! You have not lived, in my opinion, until you have seen a hail of arrows so intense and consentrated that within a 25 meter width, there are no less than 4 arrows in the air at any one time!! [i[I missed the screenshot of that, sorry... but it was impressive!![/i]
11th Malachite 263The humans seem to want many more things than usual... they want seeds, amuleys, and legwear... none of which we can provide them!!
13th Malachite 263I have released the log again... and this time the aquifier piercing giant block of soil...
Collapsed!! It was a magnificent sight... as this huge rectangular glob of soil wavered, hung in the air, as the log that was supporting it fell to the bottom, and then it fell. Like a rock, incredably quickly!!
One of the puppies fell down to the bottom, and another two are trapped on the top of the middle mound of soil, and the water has rushed like mad out into the corridor, but hopefully this has destroyed the aquifier...
The water in that image is 4/7 level water, so there is another level below that, but it is covered in waterThe water in the corridors will be a problem, but the dry season will soon dry all of that up.
12th Galena 263We have sealed off the floodgates for the duration of autumn and winter, as no-one friendly ever comes. Now I think we are almost indestructable...
Except for the gaping hole which will soon become our main entrance/exit into the under-mines... everything is fine
(We really need a roof there...)
With much improved defences, Elizar has been relieved of her military duties, and is starting to help move everything around, as well as making more bone bolts for her.
22nd Galena 263What an unusual climate!! This year, the lake has been totally filled... but with autumn fast approaching, it will dry out within a week, no doubt. Our reserviour is completely full, however...
4th Limestone 263I saw Tally come out of the underground region of our fort smiling and grinning from ear to ear. I wasn't too surprised, until I saw his hands. They were white. White... with Limestone.
Not a damp limestone wall, however... a solid, hard layer of limestone!! He had broken the aquifier, and we could finally use rocks!!
Almost all of our buildings have been ordered to be torn down. Only food-stuff buildings are authorised to remain top-side. This includes my kitchen, but the butcher / boneworker has been ordered to be torn down.
Our meeting hall will soon be removed, and replaced with a MUCH nicer limestone one further down. We have so much hope for the future, we are about to burst!!
16th Limestone 263A second iron pick has been requested, so that Dermonster, who won't be doing any more woodcutting, can help with the mining.
19th Limestone 253Tally has organised another party, which is great as we need the boost in morale, after working solidly for an entire year. Elizar is also invited, and hopefully she can enjoy a party as she isn't needed in the military.
Jesus is planning a underground mine setup, and a double-doored 'air-lock' setup to ensure that we never need any military again. At all!! His goal is for us to be permanently sealed in for all the days of the year, and the goblins can never get to us!!
12th Timber 263With a nearly unlimited amount of flux, I can finally start making a few steel bars here and there. Unfortunatly, we are going to need to locate a vein of iron ourselves somehow...
And if not... then we will somehow find another way to gather the thousand-odd iron bars we need.
9th Moonstone 263I made a nice steel armor piece for Elizar when she gets back on duty, as well as a steel buckler. I don't have enough steel for greaves, gauntlets, or anything else for that matter... But I did make some boots!
I probably should work on making some prepared meals, to be honest, however.
As soon as I finish smelting this steel.
14th Moonstone 263Zorgoth has replaced me as chief mechanic, and Tally as chief mason. I guess I have been stuck with stone-working, if ever we start making stone crafts for trading...
Elizar is a dedicated hauler, as we need some things moved ... so I guess it could be worse.
However, I would like to have my own steel chain mail.
2nd Obsidian 263The orders have been placed for 30 floodgates, 30 doors, 30 thrones, 30 tables, and 30 statues at the one masons workshop. That will take some time to complete, and also it will clear the entire living quarters from stone!!
10th Obsidian 263All the meals have been made, and I am out of flour, tallow, and cheese. But at least we can trade with the humans for even more cheese and flour!!
I have begun milling for more flour.
1st Granite 264Happy new year!!
It is a happy year. Our above ground fort is booming, our defences are almost complete, and the groundworks for a tunnel of total death is also planned!!
Our food and booze supplies couldn't be better...
But I am worried about Arcania. She really should have given birth by now... I hope she and Zorgoth aren't having problems.
We will need to somehow drain the ocean into the aquifier to provide enough room for a drydock... but before we do that, we will need to build a method of killing tons of goblins in a quick way, so that the surface is safe again. Unfortunatly, I don't believe steel chain mail is good enough to fight off the goblin horde.
We might not actually open the gates to the elves. We have considered it, and we are planning on voting by tommorow. But if we only trade with the humans, we are guaranteed a decent defence.
Regardless, next year, once our 'air-lock' is complete, we will let the elves in, as then we can be totally seperate from the world (with the minor exception of the traders, who will be allowed in.
So vote!! Votes close in 3 days time, which is when I will finally be able to play DF again.
The plan is to build an air-lock that looks like this:
W W
WXXXXXXW
W W
X DDDDDW
X DDDDDW
X DDDDDW
X DDDDDW
X DDDDDW
W W
WXXXXXXW
W W
Where X is the floodgates, W is the wall, and D is the depot. In short, the left floodgates will be opened to let in the elves, then the left floodgate will be closed. Then the top and bottom will be opened, and trading will commence. Then the top and bottom will be closed, and then the left opened, and then the left closed (after the traders leave), and finally, the top and bottom floodgates opened (to allow easy transfer between the mines and the farms.
However, this system isn't functional yet, and as a result, we are very vulnerable to goblin ambushes. If we let the elves in, we risk letting in goblins, which could possibly lead to fatalities, and the elves can't defend very well. But if we leave them out... well... I *think* there are diplo penalties, which could lead to elvish ambushes, and we miss out on booze for another season. And if the air-lock isn't finished in time (IE. By early summer) we will have to leave the gates open for the humans, and hope they don't leave us behind...[/i]
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