I looked over the fort, taking in all the details. I shook my head as I realised that this was not, indeed, a well-planned fort. No well-planned fort would need exploratory mining. And out of the many problems this fort has, there is one that is the most worrying. Homelessness.
I have counted only some 10 rooms, for 70 dwarves. This means 60 homeless, and I simply could not accept that. All dwarves have the right to a home, no matter what. I will not put others through what I have experienced. So, some levels down in the fortress, I planned for an efficient housing complex, able to house a full fortress. There was no problem submitting this for a approval to the mayor, as growth is always welcome.
Another thing that I noticed was the use of exploratory mining. Although this is not necessarily a bad thing (however unnecessary for a good fort), it was placed in a crucial spot for the fortress, and had it not been there it would have made my job easier and the fortress faster. So I decided to cut our losses and halt it. This was a little harder to push through, but I managed to assure the mayor that with the new complexes, we would make plenty of stone. In fact, I'm starting to consider an industrial complex as well.
And with this done, I decided to kick back and watch for a while. But as soon as my guard went down, a horde of goblins appeared on our doorstep, wishing to pilfer our beloved treasures. Fortunately, they were quickly defeated at the hands of our skilled warriors and excellent cage traps. The mayor got quite upset about this, and refused to do anything that week. A whole week of productivity lost because that man had a tantrum. I decided that I'll have to off him someday.
However, it was also a terrible mistake on my part. I had failed to keep the defenses up, and the whole fortress suffered. The soldiers, especially - they need no more souls to burden their hearts with guilt. And so, I decided to focus on the complex, and as it was being mined slower than I expected, I ordered the production of some picks and set upon a mass-mining project, after some misunderstanding were cleared up (Bow-making? Really? Sometimes I start to think that I'm the only literate dwarf in here). I myself partook in some when I had the time, but alas, I could not do too much. As it happened, the mayor's boiled Giant Eagle egg was overdone, so he decided to dump some paperwork on me while he sulked in his room. A fair world, indeed.
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Not much happened. Some ambushes, snatchers. Began my plans for industrial and living complexes. As I'm quite the novice when it comes to bloodlines, I decided to play it safe and use a design that had been useful to me for several forts. Quite efficient, especially with side-stairs (I'll try to work those in later). I widened some stairs from 1x1 to 3x3 for efficiency and fps purposes. Some dwarves mysteriously died of thirst, even though we have plenty of booze. I'll have to investigate.
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Topic: Succession Game - LokuMidek (SpearBrain) - 40d (Read 19493 times)