Moonhome - 42 Late Autumn by Fleeting Frames

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Points of Interest

• Δ 142. Adventurer airlines into wide, harsh world
  The adventurer here would take the orange wood minecart, and drive south over the ramp and pressure plate, triggering green glass grate with bloodthorn cart on top.
  
  This drops it on z-level beneath, as the adventurer accelerates for 270k speed. Even that is not enough, and the additional z-levels are necessary to cross 48 tiles before landing in ocean.
  
  For those familiar with delays, the NS-EW-NS configuration the bloodthorn cart enters is familiar. ~288 steps later, the cart goes south, displaced 1 tile westward, and thus giving a kick to nether-cap minecart, sending it over the second pressure plate, lowering the southermost three-tile raising bridge. Bye bye, and visit again if you don't die! - Fleeting Frames
• Δ 139. Mid-air fruit glade
  As the population expanded, I decided to take advantage of every z-level of my fruit glade. Here, step-ladder wielding dwarves reached the head-messing 9z above the ground, mostly because they could. This is something that is not possible - and maybe not desirable - with less sky z-levels or younger trees. - Fleeting Frames
• Δ 131. Once, there was a cyclops and archery training because yes
  This cyclops got caught in cage trap.
  
  I decided to use them for archery training. The five-z setup enabled one to have almost no bolts hit the cyclops, all getting caught on floor.
  
  Unfortunately, rare few still hit, and combined with being chained drove cyclops haggard.
  
  A dwarf jumping down one day might have been a mercy.
  
  The cyclops still exists in my saves to test climbing-proof setups, however. - Fleeting Frames
• Δ 130. The Royal Red Moon teems with Life
  Ew, vomit. All the dark blue is vomit. I know it is usually green, but changing colours may make bue closer.
  
  The ash-glazed porcelain statues and clear glass bookcases delineate the location zones. For library, this meant building floors to build tables and chairs, then deconstructing those floors.
  
  All the artifact instruments are hosted in the tavern and temple to north and south, with wagon wooden and cobaltite statues. Sadly, being surrounded by ocean on multiple sides, I never got any invited visitors...Oh well.
  
  On the west, there is the library, boasting 88 written objects. Most are imported or copies, granted, but most of the starting seven have written a book there. An adamantine coffer Sardal, and Draltha bone table Omernabar are hosted there.
  
  And in the center, under the floors...Are the royal areas. The reigning queen is queen of the people, ruling alongside the rest of the original seven who hold noble positions and will be the ancestors of the entire dwarven race. Her artiact adamantine bed, native gold coffin, fungiwood table and gold animal trap are for everyone to see. As is the bone bed Inenud of outpost liaison. Altogether this z-level hosts 13 artifacts.
  
  Unfortunately, her lover turned out to be a cheating coward who fled the fortress after it was retired. - Fleeting Frames
• Δ 129. Bridge the width of embark tile
  Issue: Fortresses must not touch, lest goblins on southern island come and siege the fort, eradicating the mountainhome.
  
  However, an adventurer must be able to access all the wonderful artifact gear and the adamantine they're carrying conveniently nearby.
  
  How?
  
  With flying minecarts.
  
  This is not a bridge you walk.
  
  This is a MINECART AIRLINES LANDING STRIP.
  
  As the adventurer flies in from over 48 tiles away, they land on refreshing soap bridge and are brought to a stop by six-tile rollers pushing southward onto highest-friction track stop. The whole stopping setup uses 618 power, generated by 3 infinitely-dumping carts and 1 windmill, though the takeoff on z113 is powerless. - Fleeting Frames
• ¶ 129. The Moon glows with gentle light, surrounded by clouds

  ( 42 Late Autumn to onwards )
  When the old, soon to be dead king sent out an expedition out in southern island, it was to glorify Vutram, the deity of moon, death and suicide.
  
  Vutram brought about one of the three goblin civilizations in this world.
  
  After that, it's only natural that the fortress resembles an Underground Spire. Same thick walls, striking a profile through the soil.
  
  On the grass pasture and orchard level, the set of farms is significant for being only used for a season. Herbalism stronk!
  
  As you can see by the goblet in still, I use no goblet stockpiles.
  
  On the outer edges, fortifications bracketed by cage traps surround the fortress. These were intended to be a defence against werebeasts and later capturing of animals. You can see the dead corpses of former challengers lying on the ground.
  
  West of moon lies the almost-safe caravan entrance. Nether-cap, cobaltite and kaolinite clouds surround the moon.
  
  South of moon lies the early dodge training setup; single-dwarf variant. Repeating spears may be dead, but some danger rooms still live.
  
  Southeast of moon lie the initial kilns used for caravan good production. The original wagon area further southeast is delineated by the tower-cap walls - I thought I'd recover the logs, but never did. - Fleeting Frames

• Δ 128. The Purple-Green Moon handles what is Dead
  I made some efficiency sacrifices in this fort's layout, with 5 workshops surrounding 6 staircases.
  
  On this z-level, in counterclockwise order there are loom, butcher, tanner, leatherworker and clothier.
  
  In the larger moon ring, the main element is sets of 10 beds with cabinet sparring area, controlled to be inside smallest box with doors placed only for the duration of room sizing - this fortress was built around the idea of everyone training in military. Truly, the dwarves became mighty. Perhaps the hardest skills to train were student and concentration, where I only have 1 legendary+1 at best, held by Duke Minkot Oslanoram. I know not who is the mightiest, but queen herself boasts level 29 armor user and 95 fighting, may she live long.
  
  However, necessities be what they are, the north and south boxes were used for pairing people off instead. In both north and south, one can see one of the younger of third generation's playing. Their children won't ever know of a relation who was born in a time before time.
  
  In the northeast, the hydra currently blinked out of sight - but they're chained and about to be executed. The area was formerly for animal training, and where dragon used to live.
  
  In the southeast, there's bunch of empty coffins - Outpost liaison's corpse is only dwarf interred there. For some reason, the duke demanded a steel chest next to his artifact galena coffin.
  
  Lot of artifact furniture and equipment in this fort - the military uses picks, and on this long timescale I found this to be quite the downside for most dwarven of weapons. - Fleeting Frames
• Δ 127. The Cyan-Purple Moon is the Central/Wood/F1 hotkey point
  All this clear glass, all the soap, hundreds of floodgates, sharing a z-level with immediate wagon drop, holding levers for entrances...
  
  It's no wonder this was the main z-level for me. it also holds all the blocks and logs, for building materials.
  
  A continuing theme is malachite workshops. The working areas stand out perhaps the best like so, a tradition worth continuing.
  
  Another continuing theme would be the five honeymoon bunkers for second generation. In particular, the westmost dorm holds the marriage suite for one of the third generation.
  
  In the northwest, garish dark red breaks the color theme - the execution mechanism of dragon Ronux and hydra Racon uses artifact adamantine giant axe blade Iger Nefek, an impossibly sharp cutting implement with 100000 edge and penetration that never wears in 43.05. It is perhaps the ultimate weapon, though only an adventurer can wield it properly. - Fleeting Frames
• Δ 127. Where it all started
  As the wagon was lapped the shores of the ocean and pushed things around, it was clear it was no place to burn down the hundreds of sand and lye brought on embark.
  
  At the time, the entire-sea-sealing fire clay and wood walls weren't even dreamed of. Up went tower-cap walls, and then, a little exploit:
  
  Coins stockpile on the items on the ground, then digging ramps underneath. All the gear dropped down without breaking the floor for ocean.
  
  As the area was plentiful in kaolinite, beyond clear glass production I used this place for porcelain block and statue production. The minecart tracks you see above were used to transport raw materials to bridge. Altogether, I emptied 6 kaolinite large clusters in addition to the hundreds of clear glass blocks I made.
  
  This wasn't enough, but I found replacements. - Fleeting Frames
• Δ 126. The Gneiss Porcelain moon holds the teals and joy of children
  On the west, 23 children of the fort play burrowed around a well with soap stockpile. Mirroring north and south, there are barracks for two military squads followed by 2 honeymoon 3x3s.
  
  Perhaps most important room is in the northwest - the moderate-sized socialization room for the Eight Who Grandparent All. They go in, spend months at time in, and pop babies out later. The artifact black-cap risen helps play songs on the 5x5 dance floor.
  
  On this z-level, the area for underground tree farm is clearly visible. Getting over 50 spore tree wood wasn't easy with flooded cavern. - Fleeting Frames
• Δ 125. My favourite would be Purple and Burnt Orange Moon
  ...For these colors mix real well. The dug-out tile in the SW quarter is to my shame. This soil color isn't really replicable with natural walls, though the brown hatch covers come closest.
  
  Oh, what's this z-level about?
  
  Center hosts three smelters, ore and masterwork/non-masterwork stockpiles. The ramps hasten travel into forges while holding stockpiles.
  
  The outer rooms on the western side hold the supplies for hospital. I favour multi-zlevel hospitals, with hatches and supplies above dangerous criminals and werebeasts. The northwest area lever is significant for the entire fortress trained swimming there together for a time - once military alerted inside, the door with no floor beneath is locked and lever pull drops safe amount of water in.
  
  Afterwards, had to move it elsewhere, for they climbed out. Nonetheless, everyone but babies in the fort has some swimming skill.
  
  I elected to leave some gems undug in cluster to the right, electing to smooth and decorate instead. - Fleeting Frames
• Δ 124. The Gneiss-Magneta Final Moon Holds the Entrance where Moon ends
  Following their ignoring or domiance over both cage traps and floodgates, a guest would be greeted by a squad sparring in open air.
  
  Following that, they would stand on a cage trap as they see currently open artifact green glass grate, flanked by rutile bridges - controlled by the respective purple and green levers on this z-level.
  
  Should this pass, they'll be slowed down by the Giant Tortoises on chains.
  
  Nothing ever got so far as to descend in, though. The worst titans lie death on the beaches of tropical seas, the children eat the meat of dragons.
  
  In the center, magma glass Furnace and kiln produce trade goods for the depot below.
  
  And the western greater half-moon holds the hospital/jail area. Mist, statues, places to eat from, light tunnel tube beds...
  
  While injuries in tavern brawls are not unheard of, many love to eat here. I would agree myself. Shades of White, Gray and primary color seem to mix well.
  
  The ramps were initially intended for mining of minecart quarries. However, I concluded that it is better to import for what gold I need to mine. - Fleeting Frames
• Δ 116. FB trap to caverns
  I once read about a FB trap. FB destroys bulding, water goes onto pressure plate, they're sealed.
  
  "I want that." I thought. Replaced water with minecarts, though.
  
  However, either the diagonals or build order messed with things.
  
  Maybe it was all of them being open at once.
  
  Ultimately, what would happen is that FB would spring one trap, then go chase down another one.
  
  Alternatively, they went too close to building and got stuck.
  
  I still saw some great fights. And not so great ones, where my haulers get interrupted by FB, put them down before I can react, and continue hauling since everyone has been training for decades.
  
  In particular: In the northwest, there is the corpse of Radavi, inorganic webber made of black opal, champion of these fights, who positioned themselves as to destroy the artifact native gold hatch cover Kerligteling. They managed to weave and bob around the gold minecart, so I stationed my best squad under the hatch.
  
  I ordered them to attack.
  
  This is perhaps the only case where I know a non-fragile webber FB has been killed by a squad in melee combat without getting off any webs at all.
  
  I have a new favourite method of FB-slaying. - Fleeting Frames
• Δ 32. Inconvenient FBs in trees
  Cudistimust was an insect FB. A tree-climber, who fought off a webber in 32.
  
  I built a staircase for my archers to shoot him, and they literally jumped over to the tree and beat him.
  
  Luckily, also jumped back.
  
  Good B-genners. - Fleeting Frames
• Δ 32. Perfect Ambush
  No dust, no cloud, no pressure, miasma or breath can propagate through a diagonal.
  
  However, you can strike down diagonally onto a FB that is 1 tile away.
  
  An enormous turtle with deadly gas lies dead, for they tried to destroy a bed.
  
  If I were to change anything, it'd be perhaps using a forbidden door instead of a hatch, so that military wouldn't stand on hatch that opens with station order. - Fleeting Frames
• Δ 14. Flooded third cavern
  I needed to get some spore tree wood for woods.
  
  I had a cavern.
  
  Thus, the project to use cave-ins to seal off the water.
  
  An abandoned project in favour of a tree farm, due fbs and trees getting in the way.
  
  But I dared to dream. - Fleeting Frames
• Δ 9. Water flooding accident? In my powerless magma loader?
  I don't even remember how, now, year later.
  
  There was a powerless magma loader here, done in first year. Two opposing EW ramps. Great thing, I just placed down magma workshops whereever. No magma crabs, for a ramped-off statue blocks them.
  
  Somewhen, there was a water spill, going by the mud on ramps.
  
  *confused* - Fleeting Frames

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Map details:

• Fortress Name: Moonhome
• Map Year: 42 Late Autumn
• Author: Fleeting Frames
• Submitted by: Fleeting Frames
• Date Added: 02/08/2017