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ATTN: Commander: "Inn of Drowning"

Some concerns have been raised in regard to the recently constructed water trap at your settlement.  Informants will remain anonymous but many fortresses have been lost to such devices, which is why regulations were put in place by her majesty the Queen.  We do not dispute the right of dwarves to build such devices, but the disregard for safety so common among our people can result in catastrophic failure.  Such failures not only endanger the security of the fort, but can render entire systems of tunnels unusable. 

As such, you may expect an inspector from the newly-commissioned Dwarvern Safety and Health Administration, DSHA, on the first of Granite.  Although danger of flooding is the primary concern, his visit will occasion a General On-site Occupational Safety Inspection and Enhancement, or GOOSIE.  Should any aspect of your settlement be found lacking, your DSHA inspector is hereby authorized to take command for up to one year.  Upon the First of Granite of the following year, further safety notes will be provided to a replacement commander from your own settlement.  Safety first, compliance is mandatory.

Baron Urist MacBewrokrat
Chief Administrating Officer, DSHA
Licensed Death-Trap Inspector
Member: Stonecutter's Guild

I would love to take the next open slot.  From what I gather looking at the OP, it looks like just a few days from now.

Can I go next?  I need a break from NaNoWriMo!
Also, if there are any mechanics/masons, I'd like to be Dorfed please.

I'll just go ahead and do it then.  I shall post the reclaim, unplayed, later this afternoon.

Figure it makes sense for the last player (me) to set up the destruction, and then next player (you?) to begin the actual reclaim.

I'm also curious about time of day, and time zone?

Although I should have it then, I tend to find myself messing with things up until the last minute.

Oh, and I forgot to mention: I got a migrant wave of 8, drafted 6 into the military, created a new squad so that low level trainees could be kept inside and not bring the trained squads down.  My plan is to rotate dwarves into the low level "teaching" squad first, and then when they have skills, put them in with the big boys to go out and fight.

Did some minor military reorganizing as well.  We had 2 Militia Captains who weren't doing any jobs, but weren't in any squads either.  I disbanded them, and attached them to the newbie squad.  Made an axe training uniform as well, and since the manager wasn't getting any managing done with all her time pulling the danger room lever, I changed the manager to someone else... me.  Now I just do managing and bookkeeping in my fancy office.  I'm clearly the bureaucrat of this game.

Oh, and we're well on our way to becoming the Capital, I paved most of the entranceway with microcline blocks, we need a bit more road value, but I made a dent.  Catacombs are greatly expanded, and underground entrances to my new walled in tree-gardens are in place, and able to be sealed off from our one all-purpose panic lever.

I say we just start over again now, since no one is signed up.  And one of you guys should harness the power of that stream for waterwheels and makes something with it.

Terry Gilliam, Lumberjack, has created Othsal Usen, The Sewer of Helping.

It is a cave spider silk vest, studded with nickel, decorated with mule leather and encircled with bands of giant cave spider silk, orthoclase, and red pyrope.  The thread is midnight blue with dimple dye.

On the vest is an image of goblins and dwarves in cave spider silk.  The goblins are fighting the dwarves in the attack on The Future Standards at Earthencastle by The Jackal of Venoms in the late winter of 504 during Umuz Sasp, "The Attack of Punches".  Classy.

On the item is an image of The Library of Goals, the black bear leather quiver in nickel.  Also an image of a four-pointed star in ash, and another image of the bear leather quiver in jelly opal this time.

The vest is worth a cool 57760 Uristbucks.

And now, a Vile Force of Darkness has arrived.  More on that in a bit.
16 Cave Crocodiles, 6 Giant Bats, 4 Giant Olms, 4 War Jabberers, 14 Lashers, 16 Pikemen, 16 Crossbowmen (1 elite), 1 Hammerlord and a Human Administrator ?!