Metalgate - 118 Late Spring by Sinergistic

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• ¶ 54. map default
  - Sinergistic
• 54. One of the bridges main support columns

  ( 111 Late Spring to onwards )
  This is one of the bridges main support columns, there are three in all, with 2 side supports built into the 'cliff' edges.
  
  You can also get a good idea how how high this bridge is, and this also gives you a good view of the arches. I wanted to build an arched bridge - Sinergistic

• 40. A Lamppost

  ( 111 Late Spring to onwards )
  This is one of the lampposts I've been talking about (incase you couldn't figure it out :P)
  
  Each lamppost is made of:
  4x Clear Glass Windows
  4x Clear Glass Walls
  4x Clear Glass Floors (on the level above, positioned above the windows)
  
  Making this POI has reenforced my resolve to edit my tileset so the sky tiles aren't as similar as the window tiles. Or maybe vice versa. Who knows. - Sinergistic

• Δ 40. Finished lampposts

  ( 118 Late Spring to onwards )
  I finished all the lampposts back around 116, this four have skull totems place on top of them. The rest of them will get the same treatment soonish.
  
  Those are clear glass ramps, by the way, with a clear glass wall under the skull totems ^^
  
  If you move down several levels to the bridge, you will see that I'm experimenting with the base. I haven't settled on a design a really like yet, but this one is ok. - Sinergistic

• Δ 40. Magma delivery service
  at your service!
  
  This is the pipe which I use to funnel magma down into my fort, diverting it where I want it.
  
  Several mishaps have lead to dwarves almost getting roasted. (floodgate left open from testing them) - Sinergistic
• Δ 40. More landscaping
  I'm 'editing' the geography here using ramps in preparation for building a mini fort at this end of the bridge that will act as an outpost and early warning system for invasions (when they get turned on).
  
  It will house some marksdwarfs and be home to it's own foodstockpile + mini farm.
  
  I'm planning on running a connecting 'tunnel' through the bridge so that dwarfs can pass safely across without having to worry about whats crossing it. - Sinergistic
• 39. Birdseye View

  ( 111 Late Spring to onwards )
  A birdseye view of the bridge, to give you a sense of how long it is. - Sinergistic

• Δ 39. The Meeting area
  This is the only meeting zone on the map, all my dwarfs hang out here.
  
  Sunshine a day keeps the vomit away!
  
  It's also about the same distance from all the busy locations on the map.
  
  The dwarfs are currently doing nothing, as they just finished dumping all the stone from the newest level. - Sinergistic
• Δ 38. Temp animal farm

  ( 118 Late Spring to onwards )
  I decided I would start breeding animals to butcher for their bones, and set up this quick breeding area to do so. I ended up expanding it twice, and I might be expanding it a third time.
  
  What prompted this was the acquisition of a two two humped camels from the elves. Both of them where female, but I figured one of the might be pregnant from before arriving at the fort. Sure enough, about a year after they arrived, one of the camels gave birth. To three female calves... goddamnit.
  
  Several years pass, and the elves bring another two humped camel, and I'm thinking "YES! Finally! I'll get a male!", so I rush some food (only thing I had at the time) to the depot and purchase my camel, chain it up and check it's gender... female. Goddamnit.
  
  Currently hoping that the new adult I just bought will give birth to at least one male.
  
  Other animals I'm breeding include: Dogs, Horses and Cows. - Sinergistic

• Δ 35. Underground river

  ( 118 Late Spring to onwards )
  Somewhere, under all this rock, is an underground river.
  
  I was looking through my folder, and I saw the picture of the start that I took, and I noticed that I had an underground river tile in this corner of the map. I had completely forgotten about it. Nice to know I have the option of growing trees underground should the need arise. I've decided to leave it unfound for now.
  
  (And yes, you would think that the pages of deceased dead critters that live in the underground river/ponds would have tipped me off, but I haven't scrolled down the unit list that far since embarking :embarrassed:)
  
  Speaking of dead units, I had cave crocs, but they are dead now :( - Sinergistic

• 28. The (double) Pumpstack

  ( 111 Late Spring to 119 Early Spring )
  This is my rather power hungry double pump stack, it rises 38 levels into the air, delivering magma to my various projects involving it.
  
  I've found that turning it on, and keeping the floodgate at the top closed, creates an effect kind of like pressurized water.
  
  With the top floodgate closed, the entire stack quickly fills to the brim with 7/7 magma x2 on each level (See the POI for what I mean, each level has 7/7 magma x2 in it).
  
  When you open the top floodgate, since pumps work almost instantly, all the magma in the tower (7/7 x2 x38) is practically teleported to the top of the tower, and out into whatever duct I have built at the time.
  
  This, I think, has been the cause behind several incidents in which I had magma go places it shouldn't have gone, almost incinerating several unlucky dwarfs (they got out of the way fast enough though).
  
  Demolished as of year 124. - Sinergistic

• Δ 25. Metal and Glass Industry

  ( 118 Late Spring to onwards )
  This is my factory. All metal working and glass working happens here. One level above this is for raw ore storage, and one level below houses the magma.
  
  The first ring of stockpiles holds all the metal bars that have been purchased or smelted in Metalgate.
  
  The outer wings hold nothing but bags of sand.
  
  North of the factory is a lonely tunnel leading to the sand collection area. While digging towards the sand, I ran into some faint yellow diamonds hidden in a kimberlite vein, which explains the rather irregular end of the tunnel.
  
  I've been meaning to expand it to a 3 wide tunnel for years now, but I've pretty much stopped any and all glass production since completing the lampposts. The only time the glass furnaces get fired up is when I'm in need of some more barrels/bins.
  
  For the curious: There are eight glass furnaces, four to a side, positioned east and west.
  There are eight Smelters, four to a side, positioned north and south.
  There are 4 kilns, positioned between the glass furnaces and smelters.
  And in the middle are eight forges. - Sinergistic

• Δ 23. Food and Cloth production

  ( 118 Late Spring to onwards )
  This level was originally a storage level for furniture and glass blocks produced for the lampposts. It's still mostly storage, but I've removed one of the furniture stockpiles, and several reduced the block storage (the stockpile behind the blue downstairs) in order to squeeze in some workshops, and a bunch of cloth stockpiles + a couple other minor ones (weapons/armor).
  
  Cloth production takes place above the main stairwell, and consists of a clothiers and a loom. Many a cloth bag has been made at the clothiers, and many a pig tail has passed through the loom.
  
  To the left of the main stairwell we have three abandon mechanics shops. Some idiot left them on auto repeat, and we ended up with one to many mechanisms. There hasn't been a mandate for more in years.
  
  Below the main stairwell is the food production, consisting of a kitchen, farmers workshop and the all important still. I've edited the furniture stockpile directly behind them to only accept barrels. Normally it's a little bit fuller than it is now, but the fortress hasn't produced any meals in a while, so there are lots of quarry bushes taking up barrel space. Lots of pig tails to, since I haven't been processing them either. - Sinergistic

• Δ 22. The Farms

  ( 118 Late Spring to onwards )
  The idea here is that the Sun (the bright red star looking things) gives life to the Moon (the dark blue crescents backed by water).
  
  In theory, anyway. In practice I think it just looks cool ^^
  
  The magma in the center of each 'sun' represents the suns core. I also figured a little light and heat wouldn't do the plants to much harm, and I've been proved right by bumper harvests each year. In fact, the plants grow so damn well, I've had to stop planting for a while to avoid being inundated with to much food. The ones you see growing now are going to be the last for a while.
  
  Bright red and yellow tiles (cinnabar and orpiment) complete the area, giving it a fiery look.
  
  The moons don't do much more than hold the food produced by the suns. The water sloshing around behind them is intended to keep the food cool so it lasts longer.
  I paved the entire floor dark blue (modded microcline) before remembering that stockpiles cover up the floor. So I compromised and removed the stockpile around the edges, to give it a darker feel.
  
  One of the moons does serve double duty though. The lower left moon serves as the fortress dining hall. A bunch of microcline tables and chairs line the walls, providing dining for the entire fortress. Dwarfs have been complaining of the damp, however, so plans are in motion to relocate the dining hall to... warmer regions. The outpost leader, however, has put this project on the back burner until such time that other, more important, projects have been completed.
  - Sinergistic

• Δ 21. Storage and Butchery/Tanning

  ( 118 Late Spring to onwards )
  Right below the farms we have a layer dedicated to holding all the crap that makes a fortress run. This layer has stockpiles for pretty much everything. Wood, cloth, leather, furniture, food overflow, gems, animals and refuse and a couple others that I forget (this place is bloody confusing you know).
  
  Before I dug this out, I decided that I didn't want to mar the walls with doors, so I decided to use little connecting tunnels on the level below to hook everything together.
  
  This level also holds the magma for the farms above them. I surrounded the magma engraved magma chambers with refuse stockpiles. The heat from the magma helped the flesh decay faster, cutting down on maisma, and then kept the leftover bones safe from the damp. The rotting flesh right below the farms also provides some much need manure for the rocky soil.
  
  Also, around the time I set up the animal breeding program, I added several workshops to this level. Directly below and to the left of the center circle are two butcher shops and a craftsdwarf shop. To the right of here, past the furniture stockpile, are two matching Tanner shops and another craftsdwarf shop. The craftsdwarfs shops haven't seen much work yet, but my bone stockpiles are growing. They will eventually produce bone bolts for training marksdwarves. - Sinergistic

• Δ 21. The Crypt that isn't really a Crypt

  ( 118 Late Spring to onwards )
  There hasn't been much death in Metalgate, but the little there is resides here, in a temporary crypt set up in an unused storage circle. It's sole occupants are two babies who fell to their deaths when born while their mothers where working up high on the bridge, and three pets who immigrated to the fortress in it's early years.
  
  I do have a proper crypt planned, or at least the inkling of one, but it hasn't been needed. - Sinergistic

• Δ 20. The Refuse level

  ( 118 Late Spring to onwards )
  Ah, the refuse level. Magma, glass windows and miasma, not to mention all those bones.
  
  This level was originally just going to be the connecting tunnels for the storage area above, but the outpost leader demanded that space be used wisely, so I designed this.
  
  It works much the same way as the magma chambers below the farms. The magma ring provides heat, causing the flesh to whither away faster, and reduce miasma. This is just doing it on a bigger scale.
  
  The thin clear glass windows allow the heat out better than the thick engraved walls surrounding them, speeding up the decay process.
  
  I've also been slowly redecorating this level. I ran into an unlucky patch of microcline on the east side of this level, and instead of crying bitter tears of rage at how unfair it was (UNIFORM COLORS GODDAMNIT) I decided to embrace it by converting all the stairs in the connect passageways to microcline.
  
  On that note, I've changed the stairs in the inner refuse area (the only access) to green. I've yet to do the stairs in the outer refuse ring, but my dwarfs recently hit some serpentine, so it will happen soon.
  
  The outpost leader is also trying to think of a way to use the empty area in between the outer connecting tunnels, but hasn't come up with anything yet. I suggested we just leave them alone, but he wont hear it. - Sinergistic

• Δ 19. The Newest level of the fort
  Freshly dug and cleared of stone.
  
  The red double tilde inside the engraved area is magma. I'm just trying a different look here. I turned the magma into double tildes by designating stockpiles in the engraved space. Just to be on the safe side, the stockpiles are set to not accepting anything.
  
  I'm thinking of maybe using this as a proper breeding area for animals, so I can get rid of that unseemly breeding zoo on the surface. But I dunno now, seeing it almost finished is making think is is to nice to muck up with smelly animals and their offspring.
  
  This might end up being more storage, or maybe that proper dinning room we need. I could also see myself converting it a shopping district if the economy kicks in. - Sinergistic
• 16. Failed Perpetual Motion plant

  ( 111 Late Spring to onwards )
  This is my failed attempt at a perpetual motion plant to power my pump stack. It only ever really produced about 300-400 power at a time, despite having upwards of 20 waterwheels in it.
  
  It even shut off a few times do to lack of power to the single pump 'running' it. It was rather frustrating, and I redesigned it several times, but could never get it running at max capacity. Oh well :(
  
  Year 118: I've set up a working perpmotion power plant, it's been running for a couple years now without a hiccup. The waterlevel appears to be going down very slowly though. - Sinergistic

• 15. Working powerplant

  ( 111 Late Spring to onwards )
  As I mentioned in another POI, I had a very hard time getting a powerplant capable of producing enough power to run my pump stack. This one puts out 1600 power, and I use most of it.
  
  Year 118: Looks like the tiles got messed up, those are water wheels ^^ - Sinergistic

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Map details:

• Fortress Name: Metalgate
• Map Year: 118 Late Spring
• Author: Sinergistic
• Submitted by: Sinergistic
• Date Added: 15/02/2009