Redpages - 1053 Early Spring by FunkyWaltDogg

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As the third year of the fort begins, there haven't been too many major expansion in fort area. About the only difference to speak of in that respect is the workshop area, which was badly needed to clear out the entrance tunnels.
I built a well and tunneled up to a murky pool to feed it, but I'm currently trying to arrange for a steadier water source. Once that's done, my number one priority is going to be finding a sensible way to irrigate my planned farming area, so that my dwarves can finally stop having to walk hundreds of steps back and forth between the farms and the stockpiles.

Point of Interest: Bloody bridge

( 1053 Early Spring → onwards )

I had a planter with a fey mood take over the nearby craftdwarf's shop, and naturally he wanted shells, which I have no way to provide until I get into the caverns thanks to the missing fish bug. Once he went berserk my axedwarves made short work of him, but of course he just had to die outdoors, and on my bridge no less. Thus far I've been pleasantly surprised at my dwarves' ability to keep things tidy in the fort proper (the remains by the barracks are some kind of raccoon part that got stuck to a glitch a while ago), but there's blood all over in the tunnel and on the surface. - FunkyWaltDogg

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    <map-description>As the third year of the fort begins, there haven't been too many major expansion in fort area.  About the only difference to speak of in that respect is the workshop area, which was badly needed to clear out the entrance tunnels.
I built a well and tunneled up to a murky pool to feed it, but I'm currently trying to arrange for a steadier water source.  Once that's done, my number one priority is going to be finding a sensible way to irrigate my planned farming area, so that my dwarves can finally stop having to walk hundreds of steps back and forth between the farms and the stockpiles.</map-description>
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    <poi-description>I had a planter with a fey mood take over the nearby craftdwarf's shop, and naturally he wanted shells, which I have no way to provide until I get into the caverns thanks to the missing fish bug.  Once he went berserk my axedwarves made short work of him, but of course he just had to die outdoors, and on my bridge no less.  Thus far I've been pleasantly surprised at my dwarves' ability to keep things tidy in the fort proper (the remains by the barracks are some kind of raccoon part that got stuck to a glitch a while ago), but there's blood all over in the tunnel and on the surface.</poi-description>
    <poi-author>FunkyWaltDogg</poi-author>
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Submitted by: Markavian - 2010-05-03 to 1053 Early Spring

The aqueduct is cool, not seen one of those in a while :)

Submitted by: FunkyWaltDogg - 2010-05-03 to 1053 Early Spring

Thanks! Since these shots were taken, I've constructed a "dwarfduct" in close to the same position on the fortress levels so that I can go mining on the west side, and hopefully find a decent supply of an ore of something other than silver.

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Points of Interest

157. Tunnel access

( 1052 Early Spring to onwards )
The tunnel that starts here leads to the fort's only entrance, for now at least. - FunkyWaltDogg
¶ 156. Aqueduct

( 1053 Early Spring to onwards )
Having tapped a murky pool only to find the rainfall in this area was woefully insufficient to properly supply my well, I decided it would be a shame to waste all the effort involved in digging the drain passage (which was significant I can assure you, thanks to glitchy pathfinding causing my dwarves to think they were stuck when they weren't). So I tunneled to the cliff's edge, built an aqueduct, and continued the passage right to the edge of the river, which will be breached very soon. I also plan to breach all the ponds the tunnel passes, because every little bit helps, right?
Fun fact: the eastern half of the aqueduct is red because it's coated with the blood of a dwarf who died 200 tiles away or so. - FunkyWaltDogg
156. Temporary farming

( 1052 Early Spring to 1053 Early Summer )
I knocked a hole in the side of a pool for irrigation, then drained the water over the cliff.
Despite appearances, the section of the entrance tunnel you can see here is not farmed; that's a rough schist road. - FunkyWaltDogg
152. Trade Depot

( 1052 Early Spring to onwards )
Later on the depot will be located in the fort proper, but it's right here for the moment. - FunkyWaltDogg
Δ 150. Bloody bridge

( 1053 Early Spring to onwards )
I had a planter with a fey mood take over the nearby craftdwarf's shop, and naturally he wanted shells, which I have no way to provide until I get into the caverns thanks to the missing fish bug. Once he went berserk my axedwarves made short work of him, but of course he just had to die outdoors, and on my bridge no less. Thus far I've been pleasantly surprised at my dwarves' ability to keep things tidy in the fort proper (the remains by the barracks are some kind of raccoon part that got stuck to a glitch a while ago), but there's blood all over in the tunnel and on the surface. - FunkyWaltDogg
150. Main entrance

( 1052 Early Spring to onwards )
To construct this entrance, I built floors out into open space just barely in range of the eastern cliff, installed the two retractable microcline bridges to get to the wall, dug out a bit of space, and then built the primary drawbridge.
In the future this is going to be the first of several military checkpoints, but right now it's serving as a temporary home for furniture storage, sleeping quarters, dining area, and several industries including metals and carpentry.
The room with the notches in the walls will hopefully be used to display artifacts.

- FunkyWaltDogg
149. Bedrooms

( 1052 Early Spring to onwards )
I think I'm going to put in some windows for the rooms at the cliff's edge. - FunkyWaltDogg
149. Checkpoint 2

( 1052 to onwards )
I'm thinking of putting the depot here. - FunkyWaltDogg
149. Checkpoint 3

( 1052 Early Spring to onwards )
Quarters for the soldiers here are one level down. - FunkyWaltDogg
149. Primary food service

( 1052 Early Spring to onwards )
My soon-to-be lavishly decorated dining room is to the left; quite a few of those dark grey tiles are constructed floors over soil. Food processing is in the L-shaped room with the stockpile, and the slightly smaller room to the right will be farms once I sort out how to irrigate it.
The area that has been designated but not dug out may end up as part of a pumping operation, if I decide the best way to get water to the farm is from below. - FunkyWaltDogg
Δ 149. Totally sweet well

( 1053 Early Spring to onwards )
This well was built with my fort's very first artifact, a bucket created by the carpenter I brought on embark. Unfortunately, said carpenter suffered an injury from a sniveling, sneaking kobold while he was cutting wood, and he's currently on bed rest. The hospital is in the smallish-medium room between the well and the bedrooms, but my carpenter was injured before it was set up, and I haven't yet arranged to have him transferred (by deconstructing his bed). - FunkyWaltDogg
Δ 145. Workshop area

( 1053 Early Spring to onwards )
This dedicated space is a significant improvement over having workshops crammed into the halls, obstructing traffic. Stockpiles are currently on the next level up, and will likely be expanded to adjacent levels, above and below. - FunkyWaltDogg
Δ 144. Tombs

( 1053 Early Spring to onwards )
I had no coffins placed or even constructed when I had my first fatality (see this PoI), but my miners and masons managed to get something serviceable set up in quite a hurry. - FunkyWaltDogg
Δ 143. Well cheatery

( 1053 Early Spring to onwards )
I feel a little bad about taking advantage of a diagonal connection to depressurize the well water, but I wasn't about to go to the trouble of running power from the surface, and I couldn't very well set up a pump to be operated manually since the rear of the pump would be underwater. - FunkyWaltDogg

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Fortress Name: Redpages
Map Year: 1053 Early Spring
Author: FunkyWaltDogg
Submitted by: FunkyWaltDogg
Date Added: 03/05/2010