Axegear - 1054 Mid Summer by Markavian

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Points of Interest

• Δ 35. The highest cliff

  ( 1054 Mid Summer to onwards )
  Down from the high slopes of this mountain, this cliff overlooks the whole the map. From this vantage point I intend to build a lookout tower accessible only from deep within the mountain. - Markavian

• Δ 27. The middle cliff

  ( 1054 to onwards )
  Still largely inaccessible from the main valley, there are many tress and plants growing here. If need be, I will extend the fortress here to provide a protected zone for farming and wood cutting. - Markavian

• Δ 22. Top of the Tower
  By 1054, this was the top of the tower, two floors above the natural surface, covering an area of over 250 tiles all hand built from nothing by the dwarfs of this outpost. The walls of four rooms can be seen below; roofs have yet to be built. - Markavian
• Δ 20. Seiging Goblins
  Goblins have come for a picnic. I'm still training up marskdwarves. Then they can play 'shoot the apple' off their head's until someone gets hurt. - Markavian
• ¶ 20. Surface Entrance

  ( 1054 Mid Summer to onwards )
  Starting at the surface, surrounded by a moat, this is where the fort started. Four stockpiles for the essentials, and stair cases leading down. Several enclosed rooms have been built now and a protective wall to shield dwarves from the wind and attackers. - Markavian

• Δ 20. The grass outside
  Not just any grass, no, a sectioned off part of my fort for growing outdoor plants. A moat, two levels deep, has been dug for protection. Later, a wall will be built around the inside, and probably around the outside. At the moment its possible to fall into the moat and climb out (past a series of traps) via stairs dug down the hill. - Markavian
• Δ 18. Drainage Channel

  ( 1054 Mid Summer to onwards )
  The infamous spot of the Will he or Won't he Fall? movie, where a dwarf found himself fighting against a torrent of water from the pools above. - Markavian

• Δ 17. The windmill of death
  The X's are scaffolding staircases built to help construction of the windmills. An entire slice of the cliff has been removed here in order to remove an overhang.
  
  Sadly, it is also the site of a horrendous death. A child worker who was helping remove support flooring did so while kneeling on the floor he was detatching. As the final chisel hit, the child fell three floors into the spinning windmill and was found dead, the first casulty of the fort. Another dwarf, a carpenter, was fortunate to fall directly ontop of the windmill, but had to be let down by constructing a special ladder for him. - Markavian
• Δ 15. Trade Depot, Pump in, Pumps Out

  ( 1054 Mid Summer to onwards )
  The trade depot in the middle is basically an unofficial 'back door' to the fortress. The real fortress started at the top of the cliff. The northern channel from the brook feeds water down a floodgate controlled passage. Three floods gates on the south channel lift water out of the basement farm and push it outside. The south channel is wider to avoid bottle necks and shift water as fast as possible. - Markavian

• Δ 14. The Basement Farm

  ( 1054 Mid Summer to onwards )
  Deep, well, just below the level of the brook, within the cliff, is my first sucessfully flooded and drained farm. And its not even winter yet! Water is fed from above to the north east tile by a single pump. On the floor above, three pumps help take the water out to be pushed onto the grass outside. A number of flood walls and channels have been built there to stop the trade depot filling with water.
  
  In 1054, rocknuts and plump helmets were on the menu. - Markavian

Related Maps:

Axegear

• 1054 Early Autumn
• 1054 Mid Summer [R]
• 1052 Early Spring

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Related Movies:

• Pool Drain Farm
• Using a Pump
• Will he or Won't he Fall?

Map details:

• Fortress Name: Axegear
• Map Year: 1054 Mid Summer
• Author: Markavian
• Submitted by: Markavian
• Date Added: 08/11/2007