Wasprag - 62 Late Winter by Quietust

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Three years have passed since the demons were slain.

All of the raw Adamantine has been mined out and awaits either processing or masonry.

To pass the time, I've begun constructing a clear glass chamber above my entrance bridge to serve as battlements for my marksdwarves, who no doubt are growing restless from having nothing to kill.

The Elves have begun to misbehave, bringing nothing but cloth. In response, I have begun murdering them, once by magma (dropping them into my moat) and once by cave-in (allowing a single "Friendly" donkey to escape).

Point of Interest: Battlements

My marksdwarves grow restless, never having the opportunity to participate in combat due to my defense mechanisms taking care of any and all threats, so I have begun constructing battlements from which they will rain hell down upon the Goblin hordes.

For additional style, the magmafalls will pass through the battlements (surrounded by clear glass windows, for safety reasons). Once the front half is connected to the rear entrance, the access stairs and support (underneath) will be removed. - Quietust

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Submitted by: Durin - 2009-09-12 to 42 Early Summer

Awesome.

Submitted by: Servu - 2009-09-15 to 46 Early Spring

Holy crap thats cool. How are you gonna get all that magma there? construct a big pumping tower?

Submitted by: Quietust - 2009-09-15 to 46 Early Spring

I'll build a pump tower extending all the way to the top of the map, then direct its output into a tube that goes down to ground level, through a short tunnel, and into an opening at the bottom of the pyramid. Pump pressure should allow it to fill all the way to the top.

Submitted by: Markavian - 2009-09-27 to 58 Early Winter

Needs more points of interest!
Holy-crap that pyramid is awesome.

Submitted by: Caranha - 2009-09-28 to 59 Early Winter

That's a fantastic fortress. Do the fortifications in the tower cap farm actually drain water?

Submitted by: Quietust - 2009-09-28 to 59 Early Winter

Absolutely - in fact, that's exactly why I built them.

Submitted by: Obsidian - 2009-11-02 to 75 Mid Spring

Sweet jesus this is epic.

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Points of Interest

37. Magmafall

( 54 Early Spring to onwards )
Two nozzles sprinkle magma down into the moat. Cannot be operated while the magma pipe is completely full, otherwise it overflows. - Quietust
Δ 17. Battlements
My marksdwarves grow restless, never having the opportunity to participate in combat due to my defense mechanisms taking care of any and all threats, so I have begun constructing battlements from which they will rain hell down upon the Goblin hordes.

For additional style, the magmafalls will pass through the battlements (surrounded by clear glass windows, for safety reasons). Once the front half is connected to the rear entrance, the access stairs and support (underneath) will be removed. - Quietust
17. The Pyramid

( 58 Early Winter to onwards )
23 Z-levels tall, made of clear glass blocks (over 3700 total), and filled with magma using a pump stack and pipeline built from over 1300 steel blocks. The front face of the pyramid is appropriately decorated. - 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
Δ 16. Depot Smasher

( 62 Late Winter to onwards )
The elves have started bringing nothing but bins of cloth, so I've devised a means of smashing them in such a way that I can use their bones afterwards (and also butcher their animals). Both the floor and support are made from cougar tallow soap; for extra flavor, the platform is also covered with anvils. Down below, cougar tallow soap walls were constructed in the hallway to prevent the cave-in from punching a hole through my lovely fortress.

The lever to the right of the statue on the level below (originally cinnabar, but then replaced with metal Adamantine) activates the trap. It has been successfully used several times. - 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
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
¶ 11. Moody Leatherworker
When I breached the glowing pit, several fires were started inside, preventing me from immediately looting it, though after a year had passed, two cages were seen to contain yet unrotten elf and human skins, which were promptly tanned into leather. At that point, I decided that they would be used for a great purpose.

One of my leatherworkers was recently taken by a fey mood, so I ordered her to use the elf leather as the main component of her artifact. As much as I would have preferred that she make a piece of leather furniture, she absolutely refuses to make anything unusual from it, aside from a musical instrument. Once I decide what the artifact shall be, I shall build a shrine at my fortress's entrance. - 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
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

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Fortress Name: Wasprag
Map Year: 62 Late Winter
Author: Quietust
Submitted by: Quietust
Date Added: 04/10/2009