Icecastle - 107 Early Autumn by csebal

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My first uploaded map. It is in a southern, cold region of the map. It has many nice features, like a magma pipe, a really sweet underground river that also functions as a universal drain, an overground river and it even has some adamantite, but that is not revealed yet. Plenty of wood and some sand.

A perfect place to set up shop for a carebear like me :)

Point of Interest: The first chambers

These chambers were the first i dug out. The two rooms to the right served as general storage for wood and other stuff, while the two rooms to the left serve as the main farm / food storage of the fortress. The corridors in the middle used to house the initial workshops, now only the food related production remains on this level. Actual manufacturing has been moved to a more suitable structure.

Notice the 3x3 stairway that goes from this level to the very bottom of the fotress and serves as the central stair column. - csebal

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Submitted by: ZiggyEnt - 2010-01-16 to 107 Early Autumn

careful with locking animals in rooms like that... I'm pretty sure they trying to path their way out and bog the CPU down just a tad... though I'd double check that *shrugs*

Otherwise, looks awesome. I love the massive magma pool. Best be prepared, right?

Submitted by: csebal - 2010-01-16 to 107 Early Autumn

Right... :)

This was my first fort after a long time of not playing DF, so i had to re-learn quite a lot of things. This fortress also served as proving grounds for a few things i never really tried before (like the underground windmills, the defensive structures or even the magma pumps).

I've moved on to a new project in the meantime, so this fort is history now :)

As for the animals, i followed an advice from the wiki i think, which suggested that locking them into such 1x1 cells can reduce pathing issues.
(http://dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Meat_industry)
See the section about pens. Not sure how it would be possible to see what it actually does :) You would need an extreme amount of animals tied this way for it to work.

[Message edited on 2010/01/16 at 10:03 by csebal]

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Points of Interest

¶ 17. The starting point
This was the original starting point of the fortress. Since i wanted to create a decent entrance, i decided to work for the inside out, using this temporary tunnel to get the initial farming done. I also knew there is a underground river somewhere south of me.. ironically enough, the first exploratory tunnel managed to dig into it. - csebal
Δ 14. The first chambers
These chambers were the first i dug out. The two rooms to the right served as general storage for wood and other stuff, while the two rooms to the left serve as the main farm / food storage of the fortress. The corridors in the middle used to house the initial workshops, now only the food related production remains on this level. Actual manufacturing has been moved to a more suitable structure.

Notice the 3x3 stairway that goes from this level to the very bottom of the fotress and serves as the central stair column. - csebal
Δ 13. Battlements
This level is the initial line of defense for the fortress entrance, which lies a level lower. It allows the marksdwarves to shoot at those passing below. Also serves to protect the trade depot. - csebal
Δ 12. Main entrance
The main entrance of the fortress. Still under construction. The catapults were serving training purposes and are to be upgraded to ballistas for greater effectivity. The dogs are there to prevent thieves from entering the fort. The trade depot at the far left has the added benefit, that at times of trading, they provide a nice first line of defense with their guards. You can still see the remains of an unlucky kobold raiding party that happened to visit at the wrong time.

All the corridors can be fired to from the level above, making this level a very dangerous place to be for anyone not friendly to me. - csebal
Δ 11. Catapult ordinance recycling center
The firing range above contains no squares where the catapult (or ballista) shots can land, so they always fall down a Z level, allowing my dwarves to recover them. - csebal
Δ 11. Magma pump powerplant
Two windmills producing power for the magma pump below. - csebal
Δ 10. Manufacturing Center
Nuff said. This is where my dwarves work. Most of them. :) The magma based industry is a little farther out so that any mishaps can be kept contained.

Unlikely, but better be safe than sorry. - csebal
Δ 9. Magma Tank
I might have gone a little megalomaniac on this one :) basically serves as a controlled pool for my magma based industry that is overlapping on the level above.

Considering how little i need this much magma, i decided that i will use it for something creative, like a special magma based flooding defense on the entrance level. - csebal
Δ 7. Meat farm
Lots of boxes for the breeding animals and cages for the younglings / those waiting to be butchered. - csebal
Δ 1. Common Living Quarters
3x3 and 2x3 rooms for the common folk to live in. Not too heavy on furnishing yet. :) The only furnished room here used to belong to the expedition leader. He has now moved to the noble quarters one level below. - csebal

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Fortress Name: Icecastle
Map Year: 107 Early Autumn
Author: csebal
Submitted by: csebal
Date Added: 16/01/2010