Wadedcastles v2 - 205 Early Spring by FunkyWaltDogg

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Contrary to what I said last year, it turns out the perimeter wasn't quite secure after all. I lost a legendary miner in an ambush while correcting the issue.

Aside from that, the major accomplishment of the past year was successfully tapping into the magma.

Point of Interest: Moat access

( 205 Early Spring → onwards )

This room and two others like it (so far) provide access to the moat that can be locked down via floodgate. - FunkyWaltDogg

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Submitted by: Lord_Shadow - 2009-04-24 to 205 Early Spring

good luck starting to look like awesomeness

Submitted by: FunkyWaltDogg - 2009-04-25 to 207 Early Spring

Thanks! I am finally starting to make some real progress on the core projects.

Submitted by: ToonyMan - 2009-04-30 to 209 Early Spring

Your fort is so big and open!

Submitted by: FunkyWaltDogg - 2009-04-30 to 209 Early Spring

I didn't see the point in digging out a lot of area underground to pack stockpiles and workshops into since I'm ultimately going to be constructing buildings on the surface to house all that stuff. So for now, everything pretty much just gets plopped down wherever I've got a space.

Submitted by: Pisano - 2010-07-21 to 209 Early Spring

Really nice layout and a great seed to have magma so close to the surface. I can't figure out how you get the water up the main building with the housing though. I don't see a pumpstack but I do see pumps at the top.

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Points of Interest

Δ 16. One hunter down
This unfortunate fellow died to a unicorn at the edge of the moat, one Z-level down (look for the blood, you can't miss it). I guess whoever was going to bury him stopped for a smoke break. - FunkyWaltDogg
15. Ground-level aquifer

( 203 Early Spring to 206 Late Winter )
I don't know how it happened, but the aquifer reaches the very top soil layer at this point. I wasn't yet ready to deal with breaching it so I built a wall to secure this part of the perimeter. - FunkyWaltDogg
Δ 15. Landscaping
Compare this area to previous years; you'll notice there are some hills missing. Hopefully I'll get to the northwest corner before too long.
I had my first quick-growing-tree-induced cave-in while doing this; fortunately there were no major injuries. - FunkyWaltDogg
15. Weapon trap alley

( 204 Early Spring to 206 Late Winter )
Thanks to my weapon traps here, I killed three deer, two unicorns and a raccoon before I ever got a hunter. - FunkyWaltDogg
Δ 14. A thousand times I curse ye, aquifer!
This was going to be my magma reservoir, but the aquifer is a level higher here. Maybe I can turn this into an obsidian factory somehow. - FunkyWaltDogg
14. Housing

( 204 Early Spring to 205 Late Winter )
Bedrooms are here. The next housing expansion will go on the next level down (which is the lower limit due do the aquifer); after that I'll construct rooms on the surface. Eventually the dining room will go on top of that, and maybe some really nice bedrooms on higher levels. - FunkyWaltDogg
¶ 14. Moat access

( 205 Early Spring to onwards )
This room and two others like it (so far) provide access to the moat that can be locked down via floodgate. - FunkyWaltDogg
14. Perpetual motion test run

( 204 Early Spring to 206 Late Winter )
The aquifer made constructing this power plant quite simple. It is a pretty glaring exploit but I intend to make use of it nonetheless. - FunkyWaltDogg
Δ 14. Sealed pond
I managed to wall off this pond and pave over the muddy pond tiles that protruded into the moat. Only five or six more ponds to go! - FunkyWaltDogg
Δ 14. Sneaky ambush
A squad of goblins used one of the aquifer staircases (access has since been removed from ground level) to get into the moat, where they could easily get out via the emergency access ramps. I had realized the problem moments earlier and designated the stairs to be removed, so there was a legendary miner in the moat to meet them, who unfortunately did not live. - FunkyWaltDogg
Δ 14. Tapping the magma, take two
So far, so good. I haven't turned it on yet, though... - FunkyWaltDogg
Δ 13. Dead baby
The miner who was digging the ramps to tap the aquifer for draining the moat left her baby here, but she doesn't seem to care. - FunkyWaltDogg
12. Tapping the magma, take one

( 204 Early Spring to 205 Late Winter )
While digging out the intake pool for the perpetual motion power plant to run the magma pump stack, I got impatient and breached the aquifer without checking to be sure the mason who started building this wall actually finished it rather than stopping for a nap. Fortunately I hadn't installed any pumps yet (I was still collecting sand for the glass furnace) so my only loss aside from the mining time was a single basalt door.
I've roofed the whole thing over and hopefully everyone will forget this ever happened. You can see the access stairwell for my next, hopefully more successful attempt to the south. - FunkyWaltDogg

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Fortress Name: Wadedcastles v2
Map Year: 205 Early Spring
Author: FunkyWaltDogg
Submitted by: FunkyWaltDogg
Date Added: 25/04/2009