Wasprag - 49 Mid Winter by Quietust

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Points of Interest

• ¶ 17. The Pyramid
  Now up to 6 Z-levels, and complete with a subterranean access tunnel, allowing me to remove any unwanted trees before it comes time to fill it. - Quietust
• 16. Back Entrance

  ( 38 Mid Autumn to 62 Late Winter )
  When Wasprag was first settled, this was the front door. It has since been sealed off, serving only to grow the occasional Tower-cap. - Quietust

• 16. Farming Area

  ( 36 Early Spring to onwards )
  Eight 5x5 farm plots, 4 for surface plants (left) and 4 for underground plants (right), all fully irrigated.
  
  The surface farms required a bit of trickery - surface farm plots normally cannot be built within 5 tiles of the map edge. However, underground ones can be built right up to the edge, and channeling out the roof makes them work fine for surface crops. In this particular instance, the roof had been removed in advance, so dtil had to be used in order to place the upper 2 plots (a separate test was done in order to prove that removing the roof afterwards would work correctly). - Quietust

• 15. Entryway

  ( 36 Early Spring to onwards )
  To the west, the fortress's "moat", a 32-tile gap across the magma pipe - a pair of raising bridges on each end (for keeping out unwanted guests), three retracting bridges in the center (for removing unwanted guests), and a set of magma pumps (for immediate removal of unwanted guests).
  
  In the middle, the trade depot. Enclosed on either side by floodgates to form an airlock, though it tends to be left open most of the time.
  
  To the east, the main control room. Levers here control the bridges, magma pumps, and the trade depot airlock gates (plus walls around the road as of year 49 and the magmafall as of year 54).
  
  To the north, barracks and archery ranges. - Quietust

• Δ 15. Hammerdwarf Training Area

  ( 49 Mid Winter to onwards )
  One of my soldiers managed to become a Hammer Lord, then subsequently claimed an artifact crossbow when I switched her back to being a marksdwarf. Since her Hammerdwarf skill hasn't reached Legendary, she refuses to become a Champion, so each time I capture a goblin siege, I lock her in here without any bolts.
  
  At year 65, I decided enough was enough and simply turned off her brain (and everyone else's in the fortress) so she would drop her artifact, then equipped her with a proper war hammer so she could finally spar her way to becoming a Champion. This room is now mostly unused. - Quietust

• 15. Suicide Booth

  ( 36 Early Spring to onwards )
  Should any dwarf become unruly, simply order the dwarf to pull this lever (using the workshop profile to ensure the correct dwarf uses it). Initially built as a contingency for an early Mayor with a preference for crystal glass, it proved to be unnecessary and remained unused until the year 70. - Quietust

• 13. Leisure Areas

  ( 46 Early Spring to onwards )
  On the top, two legendary dining halls, the left furnished with gold and zinc, the right furnished with steel and copper.
  
  Bottom left, my museum. Housing all of my artifact furniture, the atmosphere is further enhanced by a mist generator (of AncientEnemy's design).
  
  Bottom right, my vermin zoo. Populated mainly by red squirrels and chipmunks, also resident to a fox squirrel, three olms, and four moghoppers, and an artifact cave lobster shell cage containing a tamed Dragon as the centerpiece. - Quietust

• 13. Mist Generator

  ( 36 Early Spring to onwards )
  Using AncientEnemy's design, this sculpture garden is perpetually filled with mist, keeping my dwarves happy. 2 levels up, a lever linked to an additional pump allows me to shut off the mist generator at a moment's notice to permit renovation without job interruption. - Quietust

• 11. Milking Room

  ( 38 Mid Autumn to onwards )
  A nice quiet room for milking purring maggots. As of year 54, completely furnished and stocked with food and drink for extended milking sessions. - Quietust

• 8. Power Plant

  ( 42 Early Summer to onwards )
  All of the machine power the fortress will ever need, conveniently fed to a drive shaft that extends all the way to the top level. - Quietust

• 8. Underground Forest

  ( 42 Early Summer to onwards )
  A dense tower-cap farm. Irrigation comes from an array of pumps on the east edge (pulling water from the extended underground river) and drains through fortifications along the west edge.
  
  A magma channel at the north edge permits drying out all of the mud, though at the cost of leaving ashes strewn everywhere.
  
  In year 67, an additional farm was dug out directly below. - Quietust

• 5. Obsidian Factory

  ( 42 Early Summer to onwards )
  If you've got unlimited magma and unlimited water, you need to have an obsidian factory. All of the levers are color-coded - Red fills the lower level with magma, Blue fills the upper level with water, Purple drops the bridge and allows the two to mix, and Gray opens the front gates for mining access. - Quietust

• 4. Catacombs

  ( 36 Early Spring to 62 Late Winter )
  On the left, burial for my citizens.
  
  On the right, burial for their pets. - Quietust

• Δ 2. Misc Storage
  To the left is my Duke's relocated anvil stockpile. Just ten more anvils (another year or two) and I'll have to extend it into his dining room. Alternatively, I could just start melting down all of the non-masterwork ones, but what's the fun in that?
  
  To the right, in the room that would have been his consort's throne room (except that she doesn't require one), all of my non-furniture artifacts rest (except for the few pieces of equipment that have been claimed by my champions). - Quietust
• 2. Noble Housing

  ( 49 Mid Winter to onwards )
  Quarters for all of my nobles.
  
  Top, left to right: Mayor, Tax Collector, Hammerer, Dungeon Master, Duke, Duchess Consort. The Duke's anvil stockpile is also located here, and the Consort's office space contains all of my non-furniture artifacts.
  
  Bottom, left to right: Administrator (office only), Philosopher, Captain of the Guard, Advisor, King, Queen Consort.
  
  The jail is also located on this level, though it has never been used - my dwarves are all law-abiding citizens (or at least know how to circumvent the loopholes in the laws). - Quietust

• Common Housing

  ( 36 Early Spring to onwards )
  Living quarters for all of my non-Noble dwarves. - Quietust

Related Maps:

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• 59 Early Winter
• 58 Early Winter
• 56 Late Autumn
• 54 Early Spring
• 49 Mid Winter [R]
• 46 Early Spring
• 42 Early Summer
• 38 Mid Autumn
• 36 Early Spring

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Map details:

• Fortress Name: Wasprag
• Map Year: 49 Mid Winter
• Author: Quietust
• Submitted by: Quietust
• Date Added: 17/09/2009