Summer of third year going. I have to speed up if I want to run whole 8 years before the deadline. Difficult with FPS ranging from 10 to 40...
Snatchers and thieves are frequenting my front door, so had to station my only squad there. The mechanical defense system is kinda useless against thieves, as it has tendency of killing my own people (like it did already). The squad is still equipped only with wooden training axes, though the steel equipment is under construction. I think I should give the axes immediately when those area ready, then breastplates and then the rest.
By the way, the smelting is kinda buggy. I have four smelters, and four smelting workshops, but only two or three are used at the same time. One is producing coke, two iron and one pig Iron & Steel. At least one furnace operator is idling, and I don't mean On Break, Partying, Drinking, Sleeping or Eating, just idling. Slowing down the steel industry a bit.
Oh, and got cancel message never seen before:
"Deduk Sûbilèrith cancels Pickup Equipment: Equipment Mismatch."Anyone knows what causes this?
The shrine is working out nicely, though I think I should appoint more miners to the project. The mining part is perhaps too big for only two miners to do, especially when they like to be On Break more often than mining...
I have one "science" project under planning, though it also needs a lot of mining to do. Another reason to have more miners.
Still no sieges or ambushes. The only offenders thus far have been couple of thieves, and those have been able to run away before any fighting has occured. Perhaps I should tap one of the caverns to get some action to my military, as without it I can't get any work to my hospital. And no, I don't support "accidents" only for getting some injuries. The wounds must be earned to be healed.
Oh, and Ultimarr, I don't supprt cheating, so no SPEED:0 hacks nor anything like it. Just some careful planning on where to do and what, and some fiddling with assigned jobs to keep the idlers minimum.
EDIT1:
Lol, looks like my soldiers agree with me that there has been not enough action around. One just begun chasing down deers, leaving his station post. Luckily the three others didn't follow him.
EDIT2:
Yay! One deer was chased to cage trap, two were killed by same dwarf, and one deer has been chased down by one single dwarf for month or so by now. I think I should give them steel axes now, so they can finish things of faster...
EDIT3:
The lesson of the day: Never, never begin megaproject which requires a lot of mining even partially right bellow underground sea. The spam of job cancels is very irritating. Had to turn the autopause off for damp stone -messages. It ain't fun when about half of the 35*42 area designated to mining is damp stones (that's the size of my shrine...
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