Cog's Journal, 24th of Felsite 320The Elven caravan arrived today, right at our gate. Again we didn’t need to dispatch the military to meet the caravan. We’ll load them down with useless materials to clear out our fortress some more.
Thor came at me with an interesting suggestion to upgrade the hammerdwarf squads to something equivalent to the destructive power of adamantine for bladed weapons. He suggested platinum or another denser metal. Some research and development will be necessary but the only reason we don’t use more valuable metals for weapons is the traditions of mountainhome. I think we can throw that out the window, our fortress is far too wealthy to concern ourselves with silly traditions like that one.
I’ll sic Crifmer on the task and see what he comes up with.
Cog's Journal, 10th of Hematite 320The third level of caves is officially closed. Deadly dust beasts are nothing to sniff at.
We’ll keep an eye on its movement. With any luck it’ll get in range of the tower and Thatdude can take some shots at it.
Cog's Journal, 18th of Hematite 320I’ve officially given the orders to being work on the second adamantine spire. Until the new security bridge is done, only adamantine accessible from inside will be excavated.
I’ve carefully examined the spire and the areas being excavated are not linked with the area that is potentially hollow. It is all perfectly safe to mine.
Cog's Journal, 26th of Hematite 320Urist Imiknorris approached me today with a design for a shrine dedicated to Derm to honor his great effort in defending our fortress. I like the design but the location won’t quite work due to plans that weren’t clear on the drawing. Specifically at ground level the towers will have drawbridge for fast access to the outer part of the fortress.
However all is not lost. I’m thinking we can either move it upwards a floor or two as designed, or move it North West a short distance so it is accessed from the entrance roads instead. I leave the decision to Urist Imiknorris which would be better. The other thing I’m thinking is that the other four named steel battle axes should be enshrined here as well, perhaps at the four entrances (north, south, east and west).
Cog's Journal, 1st of Malachite 320I nearly forgot to mention that the first of the two military swimming pools is being excavated and prepared right now! The pools will occupy the ground floor of the military tower (for obvious safety reasons). I haven’t entirely decided how to flood them yet, but right now water isn’t exactly close by to the tower. I also don’t want to risk interferance with future plans.
Also on the military front, Crifmer has finally announced that platinum is confirmed to be the best option for the war hammers. As such, I’ve commissioned some to be built. As with the adamantine weapons, only masterwork items will be retained, all others will be melted down.
OOC: Still dead silence from our enemies. It’s been a long time since the last goblin siege. As you may have noticed, I’ve modded the game to permit platinum weapons. I think it’s only fair for the hammerdwarves to be as destructive as the rest of the military.
@kisame12794: Good call. I’ve made the appropriate changes and Crifmer will have your new hammer created shortly.
@Urist Imiknorris: Nice design, I like your idea. I’ve got a couple tweaks suggested above that need your feedback so let me know what you think. Any thoughts on materials?
@Karakzon: Done, I’ll keep you in mind there. I’m actually really pleased the fps has been stable around 14 – 20. Thank goodness for modern computer systems.
@dermonster: I think its 12 forgotten beasts, 3 giants and 1 Ettin. Plus untold numbers of other things. Speaking of giants and Ettins, if it's all right with you, I'm going to assign other military members to single combat with them to prove their worth. It'll give Derm an opportunity to evaluate the skill of his subordinates.
@mcclay: I approve, I’ll try to remember that!
@Ahra: That is highly unlikely yes. 
@Triaxx2: Lol, that’s just what I needed on a dreary Monday morning. Granted, you know the fortress is stable when the complaints are mostly about Derm not sharing in the slaughter as opposed to mismanagement of the military.
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