Citadel - 352 Mid Autumn by Ambivalence

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With great power comes great temptation, and the vast train of elves laden down with endless rope-reed cloth was just one tiny step too far. The dwarves had hauled all their bins of silk cloth to the trade depot, only to find the elves had brought only cloth themselves (and no nice caged giant eagles). As the elven caravan made its way out of the fortress, it plunged into the magma pit. Lesson learned: elves vanish into magma as if they had never been. No metal...
As the original suites of rooms were starting to become a little full, a new and exceptionally furnished suite has been opened above the main hall.
Extra plumbing has been added to activate an experimental cow-drowning chamber, and hopefully to resupply the wells, although that's proving problematic. Lesson learned: water flows like shit off a shovel in straight lines, but the diagonals *really* cut the water pressure.
Work on the lower levels has been less intense, but a fair amount of excavation has been done (gold stocks were running low) and a chamber constructed above the HFS pit.

Point of Interest: New Suites and Pet Sematery

Those statues and coffers ain't microcline. Fortress wealth leapt by several million dwarfbucks as these rooms were furnished. So far, there doesn't seem to have been any adverse effect upon the nobles (I'd been expecting them to get a bit peeved by their subjects having nicer rooms than them).
The hatch covers and stuff in the centre are miscellaneous artifacts. I mean, seriously, *hatch covers*. Like we're gonna use them.
In the bottom right is the Pet Sematery, iron sarcophagi stuffed with the corpses of the first batch of zoo animals and of those pets which died of old age instead of plummeting into the abyss. - Ambivalence

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Submitted by: Dakira - 2008-09-03 to 319 Early Autumn

I'm in awe of how large and grand your plaza really is. It's practically eight city blocks for those dwarves.

Submitted by: Lord Dullard - 2008-09-03 to 319 Early Autumn

Simply awesome.

Favorited.

Submitted by: Lord Dullard - 2008-09-07 to 325 Early Summer

Double comment, woohoo.

The magma/water systems you've got set up in this fort are insane, way better than anything I've ever managed to design.

Submitted by: Ambivalence - 2008-09-08 to 325 Early Summer

Thank you both - I'm flattered. I've got a couple more projects to be trying once the water level finally recedes. :)

Submitted by: banna - 2008-09-09 to 325 Early Summer

Now this is an example of a good fortress.

Submitted by: Markavian - 2008-09-09 to 325 Early Summer

wuuh..oaah.

This is an example of a grand fortress :p

Submitted by: Dakira - 2008-09-12 to 325 Early Summer

What is the intention with the large, water filled room? Tower Cap farm?

Submitted by: Ambivalence - 2008-09-17 to 325 Early Summer

Yes, it's a tower-cap farm. Works quite well too... I've not done much more than plumbing since this map was last updated, so I'm holding off on posting another update for the time being.

Submitted by: sneakeypete - 2008-10-02 to 340 Mid Autumn

Ahh... HFS. You should be able to get some of it out without bringing hell down upon your fort. All i'll say is this: the carnage doesn't start after you reach a certain count of things being dug out. So don't be paranoid. Just afraid ;)

Submitted by: Erathoniel - 2008-10-03 to 340 Mid Autumn

Ultra epic. Even cooler is the intricate lava and water. It's scenic.

Submitted by: Claus Aranha - 2008-10-07 to 340 Mid Autumn

This is a inspiring map :-) I liked the "walk of faith"C

Submitted by: Salmeuk - 2008-10-12 to 346 Late Autumn

This map has spawned 2 favorite poi's for me.

Simply awesome, you have to update to tell us about the HFS.

Submitted by: Duke - 2008-10-12 to 346 Late Autumn

There are only two solutions to the HFS problem.

1. Turn off mining and turn on masonry on all the miners and construct a rough stone wall in the passage to the chamber, sealing it.

2. Recruit everybody, and mass them at the pits!

Submitted by: Ambivalence - 2008-10-15 to 347 Mid Autumn

Oh dear. FPS is down to 1-2fps as the water flows out... :(

Submitted by: sneakeypete - 2008-11-04 to 361 Late Spring

40+ years old? holy heck

Submitted by: Ambivalence - 2008-11-05 to 361 Late Spring

Yup, 61 years young. 'Gemmy' the Duke and 'Rosie' the Duchess have 16 kids between them...

Submitted by: Jebraltix - 2009-02-14 to 361 Late Spring

A bottomless pit, chasm, volcano, underground river, and adamantine. This is true beauty.

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Points of Interest

Δ 16. New Suites and Pet Sematery
Those statues and coffers ain't microcline. Fortress wealth leapt by several million dwarfbucks as these rooms were furnished. So far, there doesn't seem to have been any adverse effect upon the nobles (I'd been expecting them to get a bit peeved by their subjects having nicer rooms than them).
The hatch covers and stuff in the centre are miscellaneous artifacts. I mean, seriously, *hatch covers*. Like we're gonna use them.
In the bottom right is the Pet Sematery, iron sarcophagi stuffed with the corpses of the first batch of zoo animals and of those pets which died of old age instead of plummeting into the abyss. - Ambivalence
Δ 16. Noble Diggers All
I can't believe I hadn't thought to use an airlock system on the trade depot, anyway, I had to steal it when I saw it on another map; you can see the extra bridges here in position to seal off the depot from the inside of the fort.
The dwarf caravan here was ambushed by goblins on their way in, but crushed them without any serious injury. They brought a huge amount of cheeses and leather, and the vital supplies of unusual metal cages, plus a couple of caged dogs. Dog production will resume shortly. - Ambivalence
Δ 15. Complete Success
The pet-disposal device has a perfect operational record: every single pet disposed of, no accidental dwarf casualties, no effort required.

I *think* that war dogs won't trigger the bridge once I get them bred up... we shall see! :) - Ambivalence
Δ 15. Magma-B-Gone
The open mouth of the magma pipe was looking at the Duke funny, so he ordered it bricked over. However, noone has had any bright ideas as to what to replace it with. - Ambivalence
Δ 14. Gone to be Wasted in Battle
Chopping down all the trees here was a mammoth operation, and hard-working craftsdwarfs turned them into thousands of wooden bolts. The fortress guard are delighted, and "Catty" the siege engineer is coming along nicely in the quest to build the ultimate catapult. - Ambivalence
Δ 14. Water Ne'er Sprung, Nor Drop Of Rain Fell
The wells are dry at present; cleaning out the dead bodies was long overdue, but at last the remains of those early suicides have been laid to rest. Also, the floors of the wells needed to be blocked over to prevent tree growth. Unfortunately, refilling the wells is harder than expected due to the lack of pressure on the level below. - Ambivalence
Δ 13. Experimental Cow-Drowner
Cows can be thrown into this pit from the main level. The first test subjects were two bulls, two cows and eight calves. Oddly, when the waters came rushing, rushing in the adult cows were drowned, while the calves were all mysteriously washed up onto the floor above. It was peculiar, and I will be observing the next batch keenly.
The purpose of the room is to investigate what causes bones to vanish from sight when creatures drown or die and are flooded - I noticed this happening when the remains of the HFS creatures downbelow were flooded, and I intend to drop creatures into the pit and try various combinations of water, dismemberment, and rot.
...this is getting a little macabre. - Ambivalence
Δ 13. Under Pressure
This was unexpected. The channel at top left leads to the cave river. When it was opened, water jetted down it at very high speed and filled it right to the end in perhaps 30 seconds. After that, when it was going round the diagonal, the water pressure fell away completely and it took forever to fill the rest. Now there isn't enough water for the pump on the level above to be effective.
I guess plumbing should be done in straight lines. :( - Ambivalence
Δ 12. Red Forest in the Reactor Pipe
This was an unexpected boost after the earlier-than-expected inauguration of the magma sheath project - lots and lots and lots of lovely mushrooms! The several layers here ought to be easily enough to be going on with while the main farm grows back. - Ambivalence
Δ 7. *spoiler* Life after the Event
The large cavern centre right is over the mouth of the pit. No idea what to do with it yet though. Anything that wasn't nailed down has been removed from the pit. - Ambivalence

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Fortress Name: Citadel
Map Year: 352 Mid Autumn
Author: Ambivalence
Submitted by: Ambivalence
Date Added: 20/10/2008