Angzas - Redcrystal - 207 Mid Autumn by Nyst

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Points of Interest

• Δ 15. Entrance
  For years there was only the hole in the ground. I'd wonder how the caravans even managed to find us, with everything looking the same. Sand everywhere. Only recently the wall and guard tower got built. The wall is fireproof. The bridge normally down for caravans is now raised, forcing goblins to walk the narrow wall to the other side. Not that it matters since my guards take too long to get to the tower. - Nyst
• ¶ 15. Middle of nowhere
  Sand. Nothing but sand for miles around. No trees, no shrubs, no rocks, no water. Except water. two z-levels down the entire map is aquifier. Animals will sometimes migrate through the map, but other then that the only life are giant scorpions hidden in the sand. - Nyst
• Δ 15. Passing herd
  A herd of camels passes through my map. This happens occasionally, though they never stay long. I didn't even notice them until after I uploaded my fort here. - Nyst
• Δ 13. Old fort
  For several years, this was the entire fortress. With no rocks or trees, it surived off of whatever could be grown in the sand soil and the export of dog bone crafts. Beds had to be shared, and workshops had to be demolished to make other workshops for the shortage of blocks. Surprisingly, my dwarves weren't that unhappy, and many of the friendships and relationships forged in this era survive to this day. Everyone has since moved down after the aquifier was breached, but some clothes and personal items got left behind, so the place won't get walled off yet. - Nyst
• Δ 13. Repurposed area
  This part of the old fortress found new life as a farm and power plant, as well as providing access to the guard tower topside. Before it was a failed first attempt at breaching the aquifier and a trade goods stockpile.
  For an area that can only be reached by taking an access tunnel, climbing a narrow staircase past the main power axle, it is surprisingly popular. Dwarves drink from the aquifier water as well, despite their being two working wells and a supply of booze below. - Nyst
• Δ 12. Unsung heroes
  Here lie my original two miners. My own unfamiliarity with both pumps and aquifiers cost them their lives. The loss of both picks meant my fort couldn't grow for close to a year.
  Even now I still cannot recover their bones for a proper burial. - Nyst
• Δ 11. Warning sign
  Warning to myself not to ever, ever, ever dig here, as the aquifier lies here. A single tile mined here will irrevocably doom the entire fortress. (so obviously I savescummed and did this, for Fun).
  This is the main access shaft to the fortress, and also the only access for caravans and invaders. Handy numbers by the side to remind me what level I am on. - Nyst
• Δ 9. Living area
  This is where the common dwarf lives. A nice bed, chest and cabinet for each dwarf, plus a door for privacy. You never really appreciate doors until you're forced to live without one for several years.
  All smoothed with engraved walls, this made my dwarves very happy...at least until the economy kicked in. Many can now not afford these anymore, so cheaper rooms are being made in a similar pattern below.
  Pattern taken from the wiki (http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/DF2010:Bedroom_design) - Nyst
• Δ 9. Machinery
  Loud. Dangerous. Filthy. These dark rooms in the ceiling of the glorious dining hall and statue garden house the machinery that is the mist generator, as well as the access tunnels reaching to the farms, guard tower and power generator.
  Despite this it is a surprisingly popular hangout. Why meet with someone where you're hidden in shadow and can't be overheard by the noise of machinery, when you could be downstairs joining the party? Ah well. - Nyst
• Δ 9. Military quarter
  Here the military arm of the fortress eat, sleeps and trains. They have their own dining room and food stockpile, as well as weapon, armour and ammo stockpiles above them. The barracks now also house a lot of empoverished dwarves since the economy kicked in, while more affordable bedrooms are being created. The military is situated directly above the centre of the fortress, allowing them quick access to vital areas. The archery range has fortifications allowing marksdwarves to shoot at anything in the entry corridor. The only way in and out of the prison is also through here. - Nyst
• Δ 8. Ballista defence
  A little paranoid perhaps, but before you can enter the fortress you have to pass this corridor. Just drop down below the ballistas and up out the other side. If you look up a z-level, you'll find that my archery training room has complete fire access to the corridor as well. No siege ever actually made it this far, so I've never seen this defence in action. - Nyst
• Δ 8. Catacombs
  Common dwarves get a coffin in an alcove, surrounded by rock on five sides, as is proper. The staircases go down into the tombs themselves who, admittedly, have gotten a little out of hand. The central tomb will be for the king, or otherwise a dwarf of legend who proves him or herself worthy. - Nyst
• Δ 8. Central halls
  The heart of the fortress.
  Entrance/exit to the north, catacombs to the east, noble quarters to the south, housing to the west.
  The main chamber houses the trade depot and the shops of the fortress, as well as many offices. Directly below lie finished good stockpiles, allowing for quicker and more efficient loading of goods.
  Next to it are the legendary dining room (nw) and statue guarden/zoo (sw). Both rooms have mist generators. Nothing but happy thoughts all around. - Nyst
• Δ 8. Fancy prison
  Dumb nobles; always sentencing dwarves for not crafting adamantite weapon racks. This high class prison allows dwarves to do their time in luxury and comfort. Foregoing bars, prisoners merely have their ankle chained to the floor, providing them with an open cell with engraved walls, a statue, a comfy bed and access to a booze stockpile (though for some reason my other dwarves like to take their drinks here as well) A nearby well provides clean drinking water.
  Escape is all but impossible as the only way out is through the military quarter. - Nyst
• Δ 8. Magma pocket
  Fuel for the workshops. I actually found this rather early on, though it took years before I could make use of it. I came up with a trick whereby I dug out a channel from above, combined with a one-use floodgate that allowed my miner to survive. This only works when the magma is placed a certain way however. Filling the channels managed to completely drain an entire level from the pocket. Not visible are the basalt grates that keep the fire imps out. - Nyst
• Δ 8. Nobles
  Decadent in the extreme, every noble has a three story house of his own, fully engraved by masters, laden with more furniture then they even demand. You would think this would make them happy, but alas, seeing a noble of 'lesser standing' then themselves own 'more then they deserve' makes them angry. There really is no pleasing them.
  They also refuse to ever tidy their rooms; leaving valuables lying on the ground like clothes in a teenager's bedroom. - Nyst
• Δ 8. Throneroom (under construction)
  I do not have a king yet, but when he arrives I want him to have a throneroom that will put his old one back in the Mountainhomes to shame. Cavernously huge, three z-levels high and supported with pillars, the entire place is completely engraved by only masterwork engravers (I turned off engraving on every engraver that wasn't maxed for this room)
  I'm still thinking on how to further improve it. - Nyst
• Δ 8. Workshop area
  Nothing special here. Magma workshops to the left, food and drink at the bottom right, closest to the food stockpiles. Material stockpiles directly above and below. - Nyst
• Δ 7. Riches of the craft
  Economy is a weird thing. Nowadays the caravan is little more then a glorified garbage collector, someone to unload these stores of riches onto just so that my fort can focus on production without having half the fort do hauling jobs. I want my dwarves to share in the fort's wealth, and hauling pays little. Every year the caravan grows larger and larger, and every year I still end up with surplus that I have no use for, and dwarves unable to afford their homes.
  This is not an allegory to the failures of capitalism or wanton consumerism, but if you like to believe otherwise, be my guest. - Nyst
• Δ 6. Ore vein
  While creating a reservoir for the fort's wells (in an attempt to save dwarves the long trip to the old fort for fresh water) I ran across this ore vein. I liked it's shape so I made the reservoir fit it rather then just make it square. The single mined square is where the king's tomb's hidden treasure room will eventually be (shhh!) - Nyst

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• Fortress Name: Angzas - Redcrystal
• Map Year: 207 Mid Autumn
• Author: Nyst
• Submitted by: Nyst
• Date Added: 24/07/2010