Events of the evening of the 28th of Obsidian, 315All the dwarves are gathered in the dining hall for the yearly party. At the back of the dining hall, there is a spiral ramp stairway that is acting as a makeshift stage. Baron Oddom has just stepped down from that stage. He made a weak worded speech about staying the course, safety, stability and complimented the residents of on their fine home now that it is nearly completed. "We have a fine home here, and I'm sure we can now live in comfort for as long as we desire." Cog then steps up to speak, the Baron giving him a dirty look as he goes by. Cog simply similes and begins to speak:
“My fellow dwarves, thank you for another fine year of hard work. You've accomplished a great deal in this fortress and several projects have nearly been completed. In particular, the industrial halls and the bedroom projects are effectively completed! We have masterworks being produced regularly by every industry and a home that certainly rivals mountainhome. And even exceeds it in some cases. ”
“There have been challenges and some projects have taken much longer than expected due to unforseen issues. The dining hall still has details that need completion, including the window murals which are still taking shape slowly. The glass works is barely completed and the sand is still waiting to come to the depths, but all that will be completed very soon.”
“This year, we start on the next projects towards making this place truly eclipse mountainhome. The first phase is the construction of an obsidian factory, a project which I'm sure will excite many of you! The obsidian factory will be set into the hillside at the east end of the dining hall. I'm still working out the final design details but tunnel excavation work will begin as soon as is possible. This will also finally necessitate bringing water to the surface level of our fortress, so the current pump system will be expanded and we will tap one of the other lakes in the first cave layer.”
“While this industrial facility may sound simple, it is necessary to begin the process of construction at the main gates and fortress wall. Walls of obsidian blocks will tower over the entrance to our home. The front gate will be well designed and guarded against intrusion. I'll leave these on the tables below for you to view.”
“As you can see, there are still some drafting lines on these. The blue area represents the trench moats we have just finished carving this very year, I've pondered flooding them with water, but that will necessitate magma heating to keep them from freezing. The reason for the odd shapes to our defensive trench is to accommodate this very structure. Draw bridges will be placed in several locations to act as quick and safe access to the front of the fortress. Once you are through the gate, the north road will take you to the inner gates.”
“These gates are planned as the main field of battle for the armies of Towersoared. A drawbridge will prevent goblin incursion deeper into our fortress, but will also act to seal the space. Our military can approach from the east and west within the walls, and fight the trapped goblins at their leisure. Then the pillars of magma surrounding this area can be opened to clean the area of debris. The system could theoretically kill the goblins without military involvement but I wouldn't want to rob our talented military of the kills.”
“The third and highest priority project will be the military tower. This tower will be at the center of Towersoared, directly south of the entrance to the double helix stairwell and it will have easy access to all parts of the fortress. This tower is the top priority in part because of the need to train our military in swimming.”
“The ground floor will feature a pair of swimming areas supplied with water from the depths. Higher floors will have training barracks for the active military, archery ranges and dedicated space for the militias. Naturally all these designs are subject to some changes depending on ideas from within but the core form will be maintained.”
"We also have Dragonshardz's lighting and waterfall system for the stairwell and Martini's water and magma falls to flank our main entrance that are still in the early planning stages. Where mountain home stopped, we are just beginning. Towersoared will become the shining beacon of Dwarven ingenuity and creativity.”
“I'm sure I've bored you all enough with this rambling speech, so I'll just leave it at this: If you have questions or ideas regarding the future of our fortress, as always don't hesitate to bring them to me. I've also brought the
latest architectural drawings and the ledger for this year. Feel free to peruse it. Now, lets get this party started and bring in the New Year!”
And with that, Cog steps down from the platform to join the rest of the fortress in a party.
OOC: So, I've got a few plans. Just a few, but it should keep the dwarves fairly busy! I'll be spending a fair bit of time getting the digging plans laid out in the next few evenings but it shouldn't impact the rate of updates. In response to the inevitable question, I do this design work in Autocad on a 1x1 grid. In addition to planing, Autocad also allows me to estimate sizes of rooms and quantities of materials.
@Urist Imiknorris: That sounds like a neat idea, similar to Triaxx's hanging tower plan. For now, I'll just shut him up by stuffing him in one of the rooms overlooking the dining hall but I like that plan for later!
@dermonster: It tends to come down to who gets the killing blow, the military was all together for this fight since I've doubled the goblin body sizes.
@Syntic: Good ideas although organizing children is much like trying to herd cats! I'll see what I can do though.
@Scaraban: That might work. Burrows should work nicely, best part is that the children even respect burrows. Well, more often than not anyhow. I've been trying to keep the children inside but that's not working so well.
@Triaxx2: Excellent! Everything new above is multi-year projects so we'll be able to fit your project in. Oh, did you have a material in mind so I can start block production? Here are the stone types I have over 1000 loose stone for: Andesite (black), marble (white), cobaltite (dark blue), orthoclase (yellow), microline (pale blue) and mica (black). I also have excessive quantities (over 1000 ore units laying around) of lead, copper, zinc and tin if you feel inclined to include metals.
@Indricootherium: Sounds good, Cog will address your plans after the party in the next update! It's too bad we can't mix dyes yet.
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