Sorry, things came up, adn I wasn't able to do as much as I wanted. Heres something anyway
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5th of Malachite: Well, I Decide its time to get this fort ready for a major military conflict. I just want the military to be strong enough to last until someone thinks of a better solution.
Well, Right now, I divide tasks into 2 groups: Fix theobvious glaring holes in defense, and move towards greater industrilization. Industrilization requires wood, And I have to say, I'm stuck between a rock and hard place with that one. Choice one: Outside, where the snatchers are. Choice 2?
By the by, Thats all gold in that picture. We have a masive amount of gold in this fort, so much I haven't been able to smelt even a fraction of it. Frankly, our only metals at this point are gold and copper. Rose gold megaproject in the works? Only time will tell.
Other problems include the LOS necro problem, where a necro can get on the hill and raise all the corpses in our yard, and the Dreaded Caverns, which are currently unguarded.
To help increase morale, a project has been suggested by one of the less Sane council members, a "BFEL" Birdstowers. She says we should build a great big tower and fill it with corpses. I wasn't entirely sure how to respond, but construction builds character, so I let her do it.
You know, looking over the citizenship records here, I'm surprised by the numbers of killers we have here. A few examples:
Killed 43 males elves did ya? Uh, okay. Are we at war with the elves or something? Not to my knowledge. They seemed friendly as the zombies surronded them, and when in the chaos our best dwarves ran after them to cut them down and steal their stuff, they didn't take it too hard. Elves are weird.
Our esteemed mayor...
And his lovely wife. Who, might I add, is also of Snail artifact figurine fame.
Here is our Militia commander, who recently took on the name of her dead lover to aid her in battle.
I was wondering who killed that guy. I suppose I can let it slide. But who to pin the murders on?
Do me a favor and die will you? Look, you're not getting time off, either hurt yourself more, or get over it.
Was there a Large cat and elf shooting range up in GlideSnarls?
Efforts to deforest continue. I expand smelting and general metal-working capablilities. Efforts to incease general living stadards continue.
Seriously, what? You want a prison or something? She doesn't like chains, so I have no clue how this is manifesting. BTW, guess what she has in her kill count? if you said a number of large cat kills in a multiple of 5, you'd be right.
Troll attack, cavern-dwelling. Miner was in the area, ran over and beat it. Bunch of others showed up and did the same thing. At this point, it occurs to me that The main problem afflicting our armed forces is lack of weapons. I set out for some copper ones, at least until I melt down the goblinite. Right now we're using it in its raw form. Oh, and the marksdwarves joined and beat it with their laptops. It was a sad picture, I'll tell you. Especially when they started biting it. On the plus side, they' got some good fighting experiance.
I decided that, since we lack bolts, we may as well use bows. I've set up a bow-sqaud to this effect. Its hard finding the former-marksdwarves, since they don't want to join a bow squad, and while I don't blame them, It is vital for the fort. In addition, a Zombie-only Force will be created, soon as I get the materials.
Many are upset, but there has been no tantrumming. Tension bubbles below the surface. I can only hope our luck holds out a bit longer, till people start to forget our losses. There is one exception, a angry ghost who possesed someone into tantruming, but that doesn't count.
It would appear a kidnapper stole a lolcat. I'm not entirely sure why, and no one wants to explain it to me. To increase security, I have added a few hooved grazing animals to our defenses. Trololololo right back at you guys.