Firegear - 1053 Late Spring by Markavian

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Ocean fort underconstruction! Perhaps oceangear would have been a more appropriate name for this map, but that was a previous, failed, undertaking.

Through the last year the pumps have done their duty, a seawall has been constructed, and an entrance down to the lower levels dug out. The windmills on the shore have been dismantled and the area around the beach is being tidied up, eventually so that the the dwarves can be moved into their permanent residences out in the ocean.

Point of Interest: Ocean fort (side)

( 1053 Late Spring → onwards )

Side view of the ocean tower entrance, and statues in the bedroom layer. - Markavian

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Submitted by: Chayfox - 2008-01-15 to 1051 Late Summer

I love the way you just move in and merge fortress and landscape so fluidly. This is such a unique layout for a fortress; I'm always building stuffy little square ones, so you have my applause and admiration for taking on something so unique.

On a side note, what is the tileset you're using for this? I don't think I've seen it before.

Submitted by: Jackard - 2008-01-16 to 1051 Late Summer

Bedroom layout is stylish.

Submitted by: Markavian - 2008-01-18 to 1052 Early Spring

Hey Chayfox, the tileset is my own, available off my user page on the wiki or from the graphic tilesets page with a revised version of Sphr's object graphics for 12x12.

[Message edited on 2008/01/18 at 07:55 by Markavian]

Submitted by: Lacero - 2008-01-19 to 1052 Late Spring

Ambitious! I love it :)

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Points of Interest

Δ 88. Beach fort (side)

( 1053 Late Spring to onwards )
This view shows how each layer of the beach fort is built progressively deeper into the rock below the overground. - Markavian
Δ 88. Ocean fort (side)

( 1053 Late Spring to onwards )
Side view of the ocean tower entrance, and statues in the bedroom layer. - Markavian
Δ 20. Entrance Bridge

( 1053 Late Spring to onwards )
A short bridge that connects the floating path to the entrance platform. - Markavian
¶ 19. Ocean Entrance

( 1053 Late Spring to onwards )
The ocean entrance, built by draining the ocean out and walling in the gap, before digging down, now stands sturdily above the surface. Waves this far out don't cause problems like construction by the beach, but the foundations of a protective wall fence off some of the elements. - Markavian
21. Quarry Lookout

( 1051 Late Summer to onwards )
This small lookout tower is built alongside the quarry wall, separating the stripmine from the beach. The wall was originally to prevent ocean waves from splashing water down into the excavations. The wall now serves two purposes; as a defensive barrier, and as a shortcut between the highlands. Marksdwarves can keep watch over this route and possibly cut off attackers making their way off the map. - Markavian
Δ 15. Food Storage

( 1053 Late Spring to onwards )
The first useful layer of the underground, under-ocean fort, the food stores. Prepared food is the #1 tradable item in this fort. - Markavian
19. Mason Workshops

( 1051 Late Summer to onwards )
The mason worshops lie directly next to the quarry, provided stone blocks and rock items as necessary for the construction of the fort. At the moment the quarry is all but empty except for cursed microline stones that are waiting to be dumped into the ocean. Spare alunite, a whiteish material (not as crisp as marble or limestone) has been used to construct the masons workshop, a personalisation perhaps to please themselves. - Markavian
19. Metalsmith Area

( 1051 Late Summer to onwards )
The nominee mechanic/architect/woodcutter has also been drafted in as temporary metalsmith. Wood burning, smelting and weaponsmithing has all been peformed here in order to turn the hematite into iron weapons for the defense of this outpost. Iron battle axes and swords have sofar been constructed and installed in traps along the borders. - Markavian
Δ 12. Split Stairwell

( 1053 Late Spring to onwards )
After decending six levels vertically, this is the first part of the fort that breaks off in different directions. This split separates three areas of the fort. To the north, bed rooms and stuff, to the east workshops, and eventually in the west, farming and food processing. - Markavian
Δ 11. Bedroom Blocks

( 1053 Late Spring to onwards )
The first large feature of the underground fort, a three story set of bedrooms. (To be furnished). - Markavian
15. Quarry

( 1051 Late Summer to onwards )
The midsection of the quarry, dug out through several layers of sand, has provided the majority of the rock used throughout the fortress. Where possible stone is excavated and rebuilt into walls, but it soon ran out. The quarry has halted now at the bottom level since the discovery of microline, all of which has been marked for dumping into the sea. A decent sized seam of hematite has also provided the first weapons for the fort. - Markavian

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Map details:

Fortress Name: Firegear
Map Year: 1053 Late Spring
Author: Markavian
Submitted by: Markavian
Date Added: 25/01/2008