Lancethinned - 1066 Late Spring by corc

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• Δ 91. Grand Arena

  ( 1066 Late Spring to onwards )
  I don't know if I ever want to make something this big again.
  There are 6 tiers of stadium seating around a protected glass domed fighting ring. The ring has 4 entrances to setup multiple opponents. Also, the entire arena is covered by a clear glass cross shaped dome.
  It took 6 years to create this. - corc

• Δ 19. Glass Ceilings

  ( 1066 Late Spring to onwards )
  I tried to make sure my dwarves wouldn't get afraid of the sun... most are OK, but a few still puke once they leave the fort.
  These go down to the main entrance, the main meeting area, and the center of the main hall as you enter the south wing. - corc

• ¶ 15. Main Entrance

  ( 1066 Late Spring to onwards )
  The main entrance to the Mountainhome: Lancethinned
  Even with all the traps, sieges would make it to the front door where they'd be promptly shot. - corc

• Δ 15. Storage Shaft

  ( 1066 Late Spring to onwards )
  Lately, I've designed my forts to have ramps around my main stock piles to increase stockpile efficiency.
  Having the workshop tower and trade depot nearby means less time walking for the dwarves.
  This fort's shaft wasn't thought through as well as previous forts so the dwarves don't have clear paths from the stockpiles to the trade depot or main hallways. - corc

• Δ 15. Workshop Shaft

  ( 1066 Late Spring to onwards )
  In my first fort with this setup, I had a waterfall down the center tile so that all the workers would be happied-up with mist
  I've got 2 levels of catapults collecting all the stone on the map which I can restrict access to or open up for crafters.
  I've got 3 levels for magma-works (uses up 6 levels of the shaft). - corc

• Δ 14. North Wing

  ( 1066 Late Spring to onwards )
  Barracks, Farms, Seeds.
  The initial farming was done a small section of soil near the northern border--later a small tunnel was made to the east bank for a larger farm. Until my farmers became legendary I needed all the farm land I could muster up to feed everyone... now all I need is about half of the east bank.
  I never liked people sleeping in the barracks so I set one up around my first artifact, a weapon rack. The rack is on the center tile on the south wall of the room with all the archery targets--a marksdwarf is standing on it. To feed and house the military, a few rooms and a dinning area were setup.
  All the seeds in the fortress are stored in the northern room. - corc

• Δ 14. Perils of cheating

  ( 1066 Late Spring to onwards )
  This is what happens if you use Tile Edit without setting the temperature... ice blocks and dead dwarves.
  I wanted to make all these rows into different plant farms. As you can see, the river tiles show loam, not rock, so I assumed the loam would go far enough in to be useful.
  I tried setting the tiles to the "promised" red sand from the embark screen. The dwarves that farmed there quickly froze, then every dwarf that touched them froze. If they were able to walk away the tile they died on... froze.
  I tried to remedy this by first flooding the area they wanted to recover items from, then by heating the area up from below with magma. The magma dried out before it could fill the room, but had served it's purpose. Everything is safe except that room, which I walled and flooded so no one would ever venture in.
  This is the extent of the cheating I did, hope it doesn't bother you tooo much ;) - corc

• Δ 12. Cell Block

  ( 1066 Late Spring to onwards )
  I thought engravings and masterwork platinum chains would help keep inmates content... but obviously not... as you can tell by the missing beds and chains.
  Best inmate yet was a 4x legendary craftsdwarf who went berserk while chained. A lye maker came to give him water and was immediately ripped apart... and then the next 10 dwarves that ran in to collect the pieces quickly had the same fate. I'm not sure who killed him since no guards or military ever stopped partying to go do anything about it. You can still see some blood stained walls where he stayed. - corc

• Δ 12. Creature Stocks

  ( 1066 Late Spring to onwards )
  Originally I was just going to have a livestock area to produce meat and bones, but I ended up capturing a lot of goblins as well.
  The ropes are for mating couples--the originals died of old age and I hadn't bothered to find new pairs. - corc

• Δ 12. Dinning Area

  ( 1066 Late Spring to onwards )
  Plenty of food and drink, and ample sitting area is dual legendary-engraved dinning halls.
  I usually put my stills and kitchens closer, but it still turned out all right.
  The extra food storage in the south was to prepare for the Arena food services. - corc

• Δ 12. Glass Magma Viewing Tunnel

  ( 1066 Late Spring to onwards )
  When I originally laid out my fortress, I didn't think to find out where the magma pipe was. I didn't feel like changing everything around so, I ordered for the magma pipe to be channeled into and to create an interesting structure for the dwarves to enjoy.
  A lot of lava was used up in the excavation, and it still has one more layer to fill up to be back at it's original height.
  Interesting hazard of this walkway is that if a tile is removed, the magma pipe tries to push up into the fortress. Luckily, I was able to get my dwarves to find safe adjacent tiles to construct new floors... then I had to wall off the area so pets wouldn't catch fire. - corc

• Δ 12. Hall of Honor

  ( 1066 Late Spring to onwards )
  These coffins are for the first dwarves who perished in the first seige... they protected the fortress with their lives... or they just wanted that new (narrow iron helm).
  The ramps lead down into the first royal tombs, then into the grand catacombs. - corc

• Δ 12. Noble Housing

  ( 1066 Late Spring to onwards )
  I never had enough nobles to fill these up... oh well. - corc

• Δ 12. Royal Living Quarters

  ( 1066 Late Spring to onwards )
  The Queen took so long to get here, that I didn't bother to fully decorate her area.
  Originally there were going to be drop off points to let her see goblins squirm in the fire around her throne (which is masterwork crystal glass).
  Her bed chambers were going to have all the megabeasts I could catch... only one hydra came, and it's in the northern chamber off of her heart-shaped bedroom, one level up. - corc

• Δ 12. Small Arena

  ( 1066 Late Spring to onwards )
  This small area was my first attempt at creating an arena for my dwarves.
  The lower level's floor is rigged with upright spikes controlled by a repeater.
  The access bridge is down because I had just emptied out 30 goblins onto those spikes--I'm not sure if it'll ever full get cleaned up.
  At first I didn't have the glass windows up, and any dwarf trying to eat at those tables soon ran away if there was a goblin on the level below. - corc

• Δ 12. South Wing

  ( 1066 Late Spring to onwards )
  This is where all the of the normal fort happenings occurs--living, sleeping, drinking, fighting, working, etc. - corc

• Δ 9. Grand Catacombs

  ( 1066 Late Spring to onwards )
  The Queen gets the hammer-shaped tomb as a symbol of her leadership over all the dwarves.
  The leaf and skull (life and death) tombs are unspoken for as of yet... possibly for the next king/queen if the current one bites it somehow.
  188 open coffins
  4 noble tombs
  2 royalty tombs
  1 king/queen - corc

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Map details:

• Fortress Name: Lancethinned
• Map Year: 1066 Late Spring
• Author: corc
• Submitted by: corc
• Date Added: 17/06/2008