Shadelabors - 1058 Early Spring by Quietust

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Points of Interest

• ¶ 43. Entry Level

  ( 1058 Early Spring to onwards )
  The top floor of the fortress.
  
  To the north is the hospital, so far used only twice - the first time was with a mechanic that was beaten to within an inch of his life by ambushing goblin macemen and eventually succumbed to infection, and the second time was with a glassmaker who was shot in the arm by ambushing goblin crossbowmen but escaped, had his arm sutured, dressed, fitted with a plaster cast, and went right back to work.
  
  To the east is the barracks, where 4 melee soldier (1 mace lord, 1 swordmaster, and 2 axe lords) and 1 ranged fighter (elite marksdwarf) practice and kill the occasional prisoners. The next scheduled execution (as of early Spring, 1058) is a Giant, for the crime of toppling an orthoclase statue.
  
  To the south is the fortress's farms, both underground (shown) and aboveground (1 Z-level up and enclosed by walls, though not yet protected by a roof).
  
  To the west is the garbage pit, currently littered with seemingly useless crundle scales. Between the garbage pit and the farms is an atom smasher for disposal of the dozens of useless invader skeletons.
  
  Also visible to the far west is the fortress's water supply, used primarily to operate the flooded entrance. - Quietust

• Δ 42. Floodable Entrance

  ( 1058 Early Spring to onwards )
  The fortress's primary defensive mechanism. Both ends are sealed by lowering drawbridges from above (covering the ramps), and a glass hatch opens above to fill the entire tunnel in a matter of seconds thanks to a pump stack sourced by a highly pressurized water supply. A pair of pumps above can drain the passage reasonably quickly.
  
  A row of cage traps near the entrance serves to reveal any ambushes that might try to sneak inside. - Quietust

• Δ 40. Power Station

  ( 1058 Early Spring to 1061 Late Summer )
  The fortress's main mechanical power supply, currently consisting of 20 Dwarven Water Reactors and generating a handy 4000 power.
  
  Plans have already been made to build an additional bank with more consistent architecture (all shutoff hatches and refill gates made of the same material, preferably glass) and a means to more effectively deter plant growth (paved green glass roads to replace the blank custom stockpiles used here). - Quietust

• Δ 39. Underground Tree Farm

  ( 1058 Early Spring to onwards )
  Rather than put my dwarves at risk by sending them into the caverns (whose edges have not been sealed off), this area will be flooded to promote the growth of all manner of colorful trees.
  
  While it's a bit on the small side (almost exactly 1/4th the size of Wasprag's massive underground forest), there's plenty of room for downward expansion.
  
  Around the year 1065, a second Z-level was added, and in 1069 it was further expanded to cover six floors. - Quietust

• Δ 31. Upper Caverns

  ( 1058 Early Spring to onwards )
  The first layer of caverns beneath Shadelabors. The bridge raises to the south, providing an effective seal to keep any unwanted cavern critters out of the fortress, even forgotten beasts. - Quietust

• Δ 28. Noble Quarters

  ( 1058 Early Spring to onwards )
  Top, left to right: Mayor, reserved for Tax Collector*, Manager/Broker/Bookkeeper, reserved for Dungeon Master*, Baron, reserved for Baroness Consort.
  
  Bottom, left to right (excavated after 1061): Jail, reserved for Hammerer*, and Captain of the Guard. No rooms are reserved for my monarch - according to Legends, my civilization's Queen is currently 170 years old, so she'll die of old age once she enters the map, and her husband died in the year 1000.
  
  In the year 1067, the Queen was summoned, and in the Spring of 1068 she arrived and predictably died of the old age of 180 years.
  
  * should they ever actually arrive, anyways... - Quietust

• Δ 27. Common Quarters

  ( 1058 Early Spring to onwards )
  Where all of my non-noble dwarves live. - Quietust

• Δ 24. Middle Caverns

  ( 1058 Early Spring to onwards )
  The second layer of caverns beneath Shadelabors, sealed by a drawbridge covering the entrance ramps. - Quietust

• Δ 15. Lower Caverns

  ( 1058 Early Spring to onwards )
  The third layer of caverns beneath Shadelabors, also sealed by a drawbridge covering the entrance ramps. - Quietust

• Δ 13. Uninvited Guest
  A great eyeless harrier. It has three short tails and it has a bloated body. Its dark pink feathers are downy. Beware its noxious secretions! - Quietust
• Δ 12. Magma!
  24 Z-levels below the planned permanent magma workshop floor, this should suffice to get my industries running to the point that I can construct a pump stack to bring the magma closer to the surface. Local stockpiles of metal (top) and coal/pearlash (bottom) give my metalworkers easier access to their materials, but the glassmakers are out of luck, having to get their sand bags from up above. - Quietust

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Map details:

• Fortress Name: Shadelabors
• Map Year: 1058 Early Spring
• Author: Quietust
• Submitted by: Quietust
• Date Added: 23/08/2010