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Looks like its wlerin's turn.  Edosurist, were you saying that our fort has migrants?

Otherwise, it's time to set the population cap above zero and get new dwarves for the next four turns.

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Did you remember to send dwarves to operate the screw pumps?

Also, have you tried using GIMP for screenshots?  (Create > Screen Shot, crop out whatever you don't need)

So microcline, how's it going?

Sorry about that.  I was expecting to have internet yesterday, but I wasn't able to get it until today.


1 Slate 5

My first month at Inkyrampart has taught me many things.  I spent almost an hour trying to find out why my fellow miners and I were unable to dig.  I had never been forced to use burrows when constructing a fortress.  Here, their reason is readily apparent.  Fourteen dark stranglers stare at us from across our bridge and a squad of nightwing crossbowmen sit on the edge of our territory, waiting for one of us to step over the line.

Our bookkeeper, Ushat Alathzephon, crafted an artifact, a cheap useless thing.


Regardless, I have undertaken a project that will be neither cheap or useless.  I began by mining quartzite for components.


Also, the old depot was vulnerable to aerial threats, so I moved it to a safer, more airtight location.



1 Felsite 5

There was a minor accident with the magma reservoir for the new entrance hall.  Fortunately, there was only one minor injury, and we were able to replace the flooded tunnel.


We hit the first cavern layer.  We'll have some temporary defenses up soon and send out our woodcutters to gather.



1 Hematite 5

We just received a huge invasion force of furies, harpies, dark stranglers, and naga.  This is convenient, as I just completed the new entrance.



6 Galena 5

We wiped out a squad of stranglers and a squad of frogmen with the new entrance.  While we waited for the magma to drain, we expanded down to the second cavern layer, exposing the underground sea.

We were also attacked by a forgotten beast.  He was promptly clubbed to death with wooden crossbows by two marksdwarves.



1 Limestone 5

Fighting the frogmen and stranglers seems to have scared off the others.  New besiegers have arrived, though: raptor men and war elephants.  They don't seem to be ready to attack yet, so I've been using the opportunity to improve our magma defenses.


I'm going to call it a night.  I'll post more tomorrow.

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I'd like to sign up for the next available turn.

I'll take turn 4 to keep things moving.

Final report of 'Microcline' Keskalinod

Changes at the fort have been small.  We've tamed a herd of gazelles and continued work on expanding the fortress.  A giant eagle was sighted in the north, so we finished building the roof of our entrance.

Note: Keskalinod was removed from command when the liaison found the tombs of the migrant waves.  We haven't ascertained a motive, but the fact that his bedroom and dining room were carved from veins of galena may shed some light on the question.  He was originally sentenced to death by hammering, but managed to weasel out of it by exploiting an old law about killing soapmakers.  Instead he has been sentenced to life in exile at Shashmomuz.


The fortress as of spring 252

The lever room next to the dining room contains three bridge controls.  One controls the front bridge (labeled S Bridge), one controls the caravan bridge, and one controls the exploratory mining bridge (i.e. if something gets into the tunnels, pull this switch to raise the bridge and keep it out of the fort)

The levers in the room on the far right do nothing.  They are a way of luring in dwarfs for unfortunate accidents (locking the door after them).  It's probably the least elegant solution to the problem.

The fort is still missing a lot of features.  It lacks a hospital, plant processing, and a livestock and metal industry.

I asked the liaison to bring every metal except lead and silver.

Summary of the dwarfs