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Can't help with the japanese translations (very short on free time), but some suggestions (more like crazy ideas) for the Alchemy reactions:

Silver => Truesilver (more valuable silver)
Blacksteel + Redsteel + "catalyst" (Philosopher Stone?) = Felsteel (Adamantine-light? Ultra-valuable metal?)
Weapon + "catalyst" = "Magic" Weapon (don't know if weapons with fire-attributes won't actually set the Dwarves themselves on fire)

Defense Grid it is.

Do the Ironhand and Phoebus versions of the mod have the same Dwarf graphic tiles? Because they appear the same. Not a problem if the Dwarfs are supposed to look the same.

Perhaps brighten them up just a tad? The barrels, that is. Might be my laptop, but they look a bit dark. Other than that, they look seksi.

This mod isn't compatible with the latest release. And I'm quite confident the progress of this mod is "sleeping". Not dead. But that's something only Ronin can answer.

I have been wondering if it is possible to have a true "militia"? I mean, is it possible to have dwarves train a few months a year and then go back to smelting / butchering / strangling the mayor?

The reason I'm asking is because I'm a bit confused as to when a dwarf is considered a soldier or not. For instance, when they get "drafted", they get a negative thought. But when are they drafted? Once they get military schedules (alerts?)? How would one avoid those negative thoughts? And how would I make sure that dwarves go back and forth between training and civilian jobs? Would skill rust even make it a viable plan to have a "militia"?

I did check the Wiki, but I'm just a bit too green with the DF2010 military to fully understand it. And search gave me some clues, but I still can't paint the full picture.

Sweet!

Once I play some DF (Still haven't played DF 2010 ... "Just one more release so I can have the best experience!"), I'm gonna try the mod. Been keeping an eye on it for quite some time.

While Shogun 2's AI is fabulous, it does have a drawback: It cheats on the campaign map. I don't mean money bonuses, but actually spawning new stacks out of thin air. And those stacks tend to have some experienced units in them too. This "spawning" happens on Normal difficulty and once on Hard, it really gets noticeable. I don't mind the AI getting some crutches, but this is ridiculous.

I'm not that upset though. If the AI gets a few small stacks on Normal (although it does suspend belief) extra in exchange for giving me an AI that actually plays half-way decent, I'll take that deal and run with it.