Cog's Journal, 13th of Limestone 316The 17th child of Vucar and Asmel was born today. I'm really not sure what else can be said on that.
Cog's Journal, 17th of Limestone 316Well, Omen certainly must be pleased with himself today. He came out of the animal wing leading his four new pets. He is now accompanied by a single war dog, two black war bears and a war cougar! I believe he is eyeing a grizzly bear next and then possibly the leopard we captured in our cage traps many years ago. Granted, the leopard will have to be tamed first but I think Omen is very excited to finally have his pets!
Syntic also came by recently with a list of five dwarves that could have the knowledge necessary to produce a forged work order.
Ezum Nethzuglar: Our official Bookkeeper and a Legendary Engraver. No complaints about his work but he is the most skilled record keeper after myself.
Derm the Soulchopper: Not a pleasant thought but he is the second most skilled organizer in the fortress after myself once again. I doubt this very much, but I suppose it's concievable.
Rifotangrir, Hammerdwarf: Leader of the hammerdwarf squad, again, lots of experience with organizing and paperwork here in Towersoared.
Doren Uzolsterus: Another hammerdwarf with more skill than average at administration.
Sazir Tishisamost: : Yet another member of the military, this time the leader of the marksdwarf squad. I suppose these results shouldn't surprise me. The military gets more opportunity to do administration work than anyone else.
In addition to the baron, the baron’s consort and this Undertaker character that makes eight dwarves in this fortress who might have the ability to accomplish this. And those are just the ones who officially display and declare their skill, if a skilled liar kept their abilities secret. I'm particularly unhappy that our military displays the most obvious skill at administration. My biggest frustration is the possibility that this might be a conspiracy instead of just a single dwarf acting alone. But for now, we must stay the course. There is far from enough evidence to prove any dwarf is responsible. For now, I've asked Syntic to stay the course and maybe ask a few discrete questions. But most importantly, I asked him to keep an eye out for any dwarves acting odd since he's everywhere in the fortress anyhow.
Cog's Journal, 3rd of Sandstone 316Well, the human diplomat has finally departed without saying anything particularly interesting. He complimented us on a fine home and that was about it. He didn't give us any particular hope that we would be establishing a formal trade agreement. Such is life I suppose, but I guess formal contact with the humans could be handy, particularly since it is contact that bypasses the Baron.
Comp volunteered to help get the cavern safehouse project underway. He’s a pretty good miner already so his leadership will be greatly appreciated.
Cog's Journal, 17th of Sandstone 316The obsidian factory is moving forward smoothly if a bit slowly. Today the majority of the magma channel was completed as was the installation of the upper floor of orthoclase walls. Excavation has now started to clear the edges of the lower level for floor installation. As expected, there is no way we will complete this in 316, but I'm hopeful to see it done by the end of 317.
The water pump stack is nearing completion and work will soon begin on setting up the power conduits to our next tapping point on the magma pipe. This will be our most elaborate magma pipe tap yet. I hope we can manage to do it without incinerating anyone.
Thor came to my office with an intriguing idea today. He inquired about the possibility of a pump exercise room for military dwarves to build up muscles in an alternate way. I think it’s an excellent idea for the military and the hauling crews. Once we get all the pumps installed for the obsidian factory, I’ll get that set up. I’ll establish a temporary small exercise room in Old Towersoared and then a much larger one in the military tower.
Cog's Journal, 18th of Timber 316Word has just come in that the liaison and the caravan have arrived today. And what a surprise, it’s a new liaison once again. As usual, I’ve dispatched Derm and his squad to cover the Caravan’s arrival. Sieges are common this time of year; I’d like to be ready to defend our shipment of gemstones once again.
Cog's Journal, 19th of Timber 316Gah, a beast has arrived in the upper caves!
We still haven’t dealt with the one in the lower caves yet. It’s lurking deep in a lake well out of reach. The dead fish suggest that approaching it with care will be necessary. But this one has arrived close and doesn’t look nearly as dangerous. I’ve sounded the evacuation of the lower caves and then they’ll be sealed. Derm can take care of this one once he’s ensured the safety of the merchants.
OOC: A lot of simple, random updates this week. It’s been very quiet on the goblin front; I really hope there’s a siege this year. Sorry for the delay in the update. I was busy dealing with some RL stuff last night. I might post a second update this evening if things go well though.
@Omen: You’re moving along quite nicely. You’re a dabbling wrestler but you’re up to competent for fighting. I’m keeping you on wrestling for now; hopefully you’ll do some individual combat skills to boost that in the near future. You still have a grudge with Sazir the Marksdwarf although he’s not aware of it. No new friends but you’re building up a nice batch of acquaintances.
@Comp112: Done. I’ll get your dwarf going on that project for now. Let me know if you come up with something else!
@Scaraban: Since breadbocks has given his consent I’ll include you in the project. I can also assign you a second bedroom in the command facility since you would be missed if you didn’t spend time in the fortress. I was remiss in not posting your relationships screen the last time I updated you character. Your dwarf actually has a lover, the carpenter who outran a goblin ambush many years ago.
You'll be missed if you don't make occasional showings in the upper fortress but you'll be showing up to eat and drink anyhow. The secret project of gears and mechanisms you planned would justify you disappearing to wherever your lair is without any trouble. By the way, your lasher skill is also coming along quite nicely.
@dermonster: They can use all weapons indeed, but from what I’m reading dwarves can only use the normal bows as a club. No listing of the longbow skill for dwarves in the wiki. Ammo would also be a headache since only bolts are assigned in the menu to an entire squad. On the other hand, bow use does show up in dwarf therapist as a skill so who knows?
@Urist Imiknorris: Importing is still an option but the bow skill seems to be one of the few still restricted.
@kisame12794: I was actually planning on pouring it in because then I can drop a precisely measured quantity of water that will fill the pool areas to 4-5 deep. It produces far less flood risk than pumps as well. I spent about 20 minutes the other day calculated the room sizes to ensure the system would produce the appropriate depths. As for the pump training room, great idea! I forgot about that option. It would be good for the haulers as well.
@Syntic: I’ve posted your dwarf’s list of five suspects based on your criteria in the update above and the reasons for that suspicion. Naturally the baron is also a suspicious figure although he seems pretty useless. Undertaker is only suspicious insofar that he showed up out of the blue without any particular motivation to take over an aspect of fortress management. As for Zanfar, well we’ll see since I've taken inspiration from Nist Akath for this character.
@breadbocks: I've got a couple spots picked out. One last questions before I get your dwarf started on the digging. Did you want somewhere close to the fortress entrance where there is no traffic or far away? There are good options in both categories but I think the nearby option might be better for long term survival. There's an isolated tunnel right next to the main entrance that is never going to have any traffic. Scaraban will be assisting you with the mechanical aspect; I’ll have you do the mining and then assist with the mechanics as well. I've already got the command lever in your room, assigned to you and Scaraban.
@Thatdude: I’m not sure you could use it anyhow. But you could probably carry it regardless. Granted we could try if you want to see if you'll train on it, particularly now that archery training works properly.
@Triaxx2: Works for me!
@Indricotherium: My only frustration is how inconsistently they wear the clothes. They keep wanting to switch out. I can't wait until the dwarven clothing issues are fixed.
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