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Awesome. I am finally in.

You can always alt-prtsc. That just saves the current window, then just edit in paint.

I noticed that in your SS, he shows as being insanely strong and tough... But very slow to heal Even if you do save him, he will never move again.

Even so, to survive that much, he deserves to be fused in spirit to a BC.

They removed what is actually there to make things harder. You can always muck around with the worldgen and volcanism in the chance to find more iron.

For the moment, I am dealing with a very fun embark.

I have nickel, lead, tin, copper, gold, silver, and adamantine, but no Iron   Other times, I find iron, but no flux. 

Just have a look around when you start an embark. You can often get a good idea of what to expect just by looking around.

11 Moonstone

Well, we got drinking water, but the reactor flooded. There is no way to turn it off now. Despite being fully underwater, the waterwheel is still turning, so I am not worried. On a secondary note, If I want to do more with this water, watch the pressure.

While digging out an area for the magma forges, which I expect to be running by the end of the year, we found tetrahedrite! Add copper to the list of metals we have!

15 Moonstone

Our plans for magma have hit a bit of a snag. No matter. We will find a way.

14 Opal

We have secured up a safe magma source, right above the magma flow, with guards against any unwelcome visitors.

13 Obsidian

The magma forges and smelters are in place, and we have started making use of some of this ore. Tin, Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Nickel. The only ores we don't have is iron and Zinc.

End of year



In all, not a bad year. Everyone is now deep underground, and most of the structure has been dug out. I still need more bedrooms, wells, rooms for the nobles, and I want to make a farm down here. All that is left right now at ground level is the dorm, the carpenter shops, the wood stockpile, the refuse/corpses pile, two farms, the butcher and tanner, and the Trade depot.

By the end of next year, on;y the refuse piles, the wood piles, and the carpenter should still be up here.

My economic growth has been fairly level, but I now have the glass and metal industries available to me.

Resolved

1 Granite

More working on general structure. Plans for a well on the lower ground are shaping up nicely, but I also want all valuable stone removed before we flood that chamber.

In addition, plans have been drawn up to create storage areas, bedrooms, an industry area, and the beginnings of a magma forge platform.

In other matters, I ordered the carpenter to make a few wooden axes. I have a few plans for the above forest.

Everyone is going to be busy this year. According to reports from the alliance, our fort is seriously lacking in wealth. We have just been far too busy with survival and construction to worry about wealth.

I want most, if not all of us enjoying the warmth of magma and hard stone by years end.


3rd Slate

Utterly insane number of migrants showed up today. I will need to find jobs for all of them.

18 Felcite

Elves have shown up to trade. Maybe they will have something worthwhile?

End of Season

Wealth 30829

4th Galena

This season has been Very slow, but we have been busy with work, I havent had much time to just sit down and write. There has been some very intensive work on the new well, but we are not quite ready to flood the cavern just yet. Down a bit lower, the magma platform has been dug out. We still need to put in the safety measures before making full use of that however.

Our number is now almost fifty, and though we have made strides in our wealth, I fear it still pales in comparison of the other forts in the alliance.

19 Galena

A weaver has been taken by mood. This might end badly.

End of Season



Even with several dwarves dedicated to building wealth, I don't seem to be gaining very fast. Currently, all 49 of my dwarves are kept busy most of the time, besides the children.

I was unable to get the map compressor to work, so here is a snapshot of my entire fortress as of 1 limestone in year 2, all 51 levels of it.

http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=4185