Zenithlancers - 210 Mid Autumn by Ambivalence

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A quietly successful fortress - notable features are the entrance road - open to the sky its whole length means dwarves don't run out onto it when goblins arrive, the goblins simply run onto the road and die - no need to close any doors or switch any switches - and the waterfall room downstairs, good for social occasions.

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Submitted by: Markavian - 2008-07-31 to 210 Mid Autumn

Yah, I like the fort, the open plaza above the bedrooms, the plumbing and the road.. although the raised sides seem a bit strange, imposing to say the least.

Submitted by: Ambivalence - 2008-08-01 to 214 Mid Autumn

Heh, thanks - the raised sides were a bit of an accident, I'd only intended to raise them one level above their surroundings, but as I started with the bottom level, I designated the level above to go the whole way, then the level above, and so on. :)

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Δ 18. Main fortress level.
This level houses all the workshops, the farms, the stores, the jail, the depot, the shops, a barracks room and a meeting hall. The entrance road leaves on the right and goes down to the river - as it is open to the sky, dwarves do not venture onto the road when told to stay indoors. The workshops are all built of platinum blocks, as I lucked into a platinum vein a few levels down. - Ambivalence
Δ 17. Tombs and noble quarters.
Zenithlancers had a hairy start - many dwarves were killed by goblins, a giant bat wreaked havoc on them and the Hammerer has four dwarf kills to his name (not to mention the ones he's crippled). However, things have really settled down in the last few years. - Ambivalence
Δ 15. Dull living quarters.
I wasn't trying very hard here. I guess the advantage of having them arranged like this, with stairways leading down to each room, is that congestion is very much reduced on the level above - each dwarf makes a beeline for their individual room across the big open space. - Ambivalence
Δ 14. Plumbing
The lower water channel is constantly open and is used for the well. The middle channel is controlled by floodgates but is left on all the time - water falls down the hole and makes a nice waterfall effect in the statue garden below, before being diverted into the chasm at the top left. The top channel is pumped from the river when needed - the idea was to flood the big room and use it to grow tower caps and encourage cave spides to spin their webs, but I was probably mistaken in thinking this would happen. Shame. - Ambivalence

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Fortress Name: Zenithlancers
Map Year: 210 Mid Autumn
Author: Ambivalence
Submitted by: Ambivalence
Date Added: 31/07/2008