Steamdrill - 203 Early Autumn by Jorgon

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One of many fortresses, except I'm actually happy for once with how it's going. We'll see how long that lasts.

Point of Interest: Primary Defenses

Just to stem the flow of expected intruders. I've already amassed quite a collection of would-be thieves and snatchers. - Jorgon

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Submitted by: Caranha - 2008-11-04 to 203 Early Autumn

Nice, tight fort. I think you can easily wall off the grotto where your trading depot is and remove those ramps for a natural defensive spot.

Submitted by: Jorgon - 2008-11-04 to 203 Early Autumn

Thanks, and that's not a bad idea, I'll probably end up doing that. I also plan on building outposts in the wilderness, just to keep everything locked down because traders have been getting slaughtered by ambushes.

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Points of Interest

Δ 16. Wilderness Cage Traps
I put out a bunch of these, randomly scattered throughout the map. I didn't really expect them to catch anything, but they've been quite successful.

I'm going to start a mountain goat breeding program with the ones I've captured so far, and I plan on taming some of the ones I breed to make meat out of them. Others I'll release into the wild, just for kicks. - Jorgon
Δ 15. Animal Stockpile
This animal stockpile has about 7 goblins, 1 human, 3 unicorns, and 5 mountain goats in it.

I need to figure out something fun to do with them. - Jorgon
Δ 15. Primary Defenses
Just to stem the flow of expected intruders. I've already amassed quite a collection of would-be thieves and snatchers. - Jorgon
Δ 15. Rain of Death
Here is where my marksdwarves shoot arrows at unsuspecting intruders. I can't wait to put this to the test, especially because my two Marksdwarves are already Legendary. - Jorgon
Δ 15. Upstairs
This is, hands down, the ugliest part of my fortress. It's been cobbled together out of necesity, and it's just not pretty to look at. I think that it's made out of dirt anyway, so it's not that important, right? - Jorgon
Δ 14. Artificial Waterfall
I love this thing, and so do my dwarves. Everyone walks through the mist on a regular basis, so they're all clean!

The red bar in front of the mist is a red diamond gem window. The dwarves also like that, but who wouldn't? - Jorgon
Δ 14. Barracks
Here's the barracks, guarding the interior. There is another mirror image barracks on the other side.

Every single dwarf in the military (20-30) is outfitted in full copper plate mail. They are all Legendary Wrestlers, and they will soon begin training as Swordsmen, using Obsidian rock short swords.

Three are more than enough to stop an ambush already, but I'm preparing for the worst. - Jorgon
Δ 14. Foodworks
Here's where food is created, though I'm afraid I've overfished everything on the map, and I've cooked it all already, so I'm hoping the fish come back soon. I'm not worried though, I have enough food to last a long, long, time. - Jorgon
Δ 14. Hall of Ages
This is my Hall of Ages. A pillar is carved every time a particularly important event happens in the lives of my dwarves. The ring of history moves from this pillar in a clockwise motion. This allows me to expand the hall in the event of... more events. - Jorgon
¶ 14. Main Hall
Welcome ladies and gentlemen. This is a two story tall hall that is open to the air, so as to avoid cave adaptation. I hope to create an outdoor statue garden in the near future as well, to provide even more outdoor activities.

Before that plan is able to come into effect though, I'm going to need to beef up security outside my fort, as ambushes are happening a little too close to home to warrant outdoor activities at this particular time. - Jorgon
Δ 14. Random Stockpiles
Cluttering my halls... Damnit. I need to work on a plan to move all this stuff out soon, before I get an aneurysm. - Jorgon
Δ 14. Stoneworks
Same as the woodworks, except with stone! I never need to worry about not having enough stone, it's everywhere you look, which is my only real problem with the fort so far. - Jorgon
Δ 14. The Grand Hall
Here's the entry hall, as you enter, you immediately see in front of you the artificial waterfall, tinted red by the red diamond gem windows. Along the hallway, there are statues, monuments to Steamdrill's heroes. Above one Z-level, the coffins of the fallen dwarves peer down on those who are privileged enough to step foot into this grand fortress. - Jorgon
Δ 14. Woodworks
Here's where wooden things are made! Everything is kept fully stocked at all times, so as to not slow down production. - Jorgon
Δ 13. Cloth stockpile
Temporary stockpiles plague my fortress, but I hope to have them in a more permanent location ASAP. - Jorgon
Δ 13. Legendary Dining Hall
Many a happy though has been generated from this dining hall, I plan to add some golden statues in the future. - Jorgon
Δ 13. Sleeping area
I've got enough room for most of my dwarves, and all dwarves who do have rooms have rooms of at least decent quality.

This is most definitely better than the mountainhome. - Jorgon
Δ 11. Metalworks
The metal works. Fueled by magma and dwarven lust for all things shiny. This helped outfit my entire 20-odd dwarf military with full copper plate mail. - Jorgon

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Fortress Name: Steamdrill
Map Year: 203 Early Autumn
Author: Jorgon
Submitted by: Jorgon
Date Added: 04/11/2008