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[Dwarvinator]

I've been reviewing the town. Found this building quite interesting...

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[W0lfBane]

I've been reviewing the town. Found this building quite interesting...

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Oh yeah the barracks or I thinks that's the barracks. I have no idea what is up with that building. People just stand there and be miserable.

[Dwarvinator]

Oh yeah the barracks or I thinks that's the barracks. I have no idea what is up with that building. People just stand there and be miserable.

What's up with this building is that  a few of these heavily armed dorfs are on the point of going berserk  Their comrades are well on the way, too. Seems I arrived in the nick of time, because I have mad skillz when it comes to military re-organisation.
Weapons aside, the armour situation is in a real pickle, I'm afraid to say. No worries, I'm going to make good use of the weaponsmith/armoursmith and sort all that out.
As for the makeup of the squads, I'm going to do a major re-shuffle of personnel - I'll make sure the Dragonslayer keeps the spear etc...can't forsee any major hiccups there. Certainly, everyone will be relieved of duty, temporarily at least. Hollibobs...yay 

Moving on to architectural musings...I'm presuming that (1) is the stump of a tower that can be used as an alternative entrance to (2), in time of trouble. 

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I can see how that might work...funneling invaders through a guardroom, cute. I can definitely make use of that anyway.

As to minecarts, I kno nuffin. However, I think TheDarkStar's magnificent magma minecart megaproject definitely deserves finishing off.

Soooo...my objectives are these:

• Rationalise the military.
• Sort out the textile industry.
• Do some work finishing buildings...I thought pitched roofs might be nice.
• Finish Darkstar's megaproject.

That should take up a year, but I think I can definitely help with the town's long term life expectancy.

[Lightningfalcon]

2 was actually a section of wall I took out so that a markdorf position could fire into the flank of an invading army.  I also started construction on some bridges near that place so that it could close up some of the routes under there. 

[Timeless Bob]

Out of curiosity, I downloaded the year 134 save and retired the fort.  By spawning a "human outsider" hero, I may have solved the mystery of why no-one's been sieging you:

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The next shop over, are goblin and dwarven leatherworkers working quite cheerfully together.

It was originally the capitol of a goblin civ called "The Tactical Horror", but The Bodices of Paint began attacking them in 51, joined soon after by the humans of The Geared Empires in 94.  Unitespider fell in 105 and was annexed by The Bodices of Paint.  The governor installed there instituted a massive digging project called "The Mansion of Mining" and had built the "Cathedral of Starvation" to remind the goblins what happened to those who tried to rebel.  A former slave of the humans from Savedtrees journeyed to Unitespider in 106 and was hired as both cultural liaison and General of their combined dwarven/goblin forces.

The Geared Empires continued to persecute a "War of Skinning" against the goblins, pillaging Unitespider several times more in their zeal, which led to some dwarven conflict with the governor there as well.  Any adventurer wishing to hire a mercenary from either the dwarven or human camps within the city should be aware that tensions are still fresh from the constant pillaging and enslavement of any goblin, dwarf or human that makes Unitespider their home...

It's interesting to note that all goblin resistance had pretty much ended by 113.  A militant camp far to the southwest of Unitespider called "Witcharrows" attempted to maintain their independence from outside rule, but frequent attacks by humans bearing skinning knives and elves bearing murderous bows contested that attempt quite strenuously until by the winter of 113, the elven assaults met no resistance whatsoever. Succeeding sweeps by human and elven forces mopped up any stragglers until by 121, they'd successfully destroyed that camp, the Geared Empire annexing a couple of the free-gob hamlets nearby into the Empire.

Stokershoots may indeed be ahead of its time trying to be more human-like.  If The Geared Empire has its way, it'll try to annex everyone else before too long.

[Lightningfalcon]

Out of curiosity, I downloaded the year 134 save and retired the fort.  By spawning a "human outsider" hero, I may have solved the mystery of why no-one's been seiging you:

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The next shop over, are goblin and dwarven leatherworkers working quite cheerfully together.

...what.  I've never had that happen.

[Kolnukbyne]

Dwarves have conquered the goblins. It all makes sense now. With nothing better to do they decide to try to imitate humans and sneak their way into human society to bring them into the fold too.

[Dwarvinator]

...If The Geared Empire has its way, it'll try to annex everyone else before too long.

Perhaps the human caravans are not really traders at all...but SPIES!
I'm thinking maybe I should massacre thoroughly investigate the next one that arrives.

[W0lfBane]

...If The Geared Empire has its way, it'll try to annex everyone else before too long.

Perhaps the human caravans are not really traders at all...but SPIES!
I'm thinking maybe I should massacre thoroughly investigate the next one that arrives.

Or perhaps stokershoots itself is a hidden military base of dwarves trying to pretend to take on the human way of life but instead acting as spies for our dwarven counterattack

[Dwarvinator]

Spring 134

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Stokershoots is one hell of a rough town. As soon as I arrived I noticed someone getting duffed up near the city square. I checked the public order records...a sorry list of one punch-up after another. A lot of citizens appear to be wearing rags so I set the clothiers to work immediately, sending bins of cloth up to the factory floor. As quickly as they produce items they are whisked away by the threadbare populace. Hopefully this will have some positive impact on morale.

Next on the agenda - the military. A total re-shuffle. We now have squads which each specialise in one weapon. I demobilised everyone. Much of the arms and armour in the city will be melted and replaced. We have enough steel to armour the Earthen Boulders Guard, copper will have to do for the rest for now. Adamantine swords and battleaxes, silver hammers and possibly steel spears are all on the list.

Wheels are set in motion, apart from a brief encounter with a kobold, nothing happens until...a guest arrives...



Live and let live, I say. Particularly when the adversary has the capacity to exude poison gas.

The excitement of that has hardly died down when...



Worth a whopping 321600!

The elves arrive. Whilst the dwarves were rummaging through all the jumble for items to trade, they came across this item which may be of interest to historians...



Bought a load of rope reed cloth and a pair of dingos. As you do.

The hospital was a little meagre for a capital city, so a replacement has been constructed. Two storeys high, it has a ward, a well, storage and...dingos. It is operational but as yet unfinished as I am undecided as to how the roof will be topped out. Nearby is a hastily put together soap industry producing the lovely foamy stuff.

This is the status of the city at present...



Plans for the summer include building a cookhouse, a municipal waterfall and finishing equipping the military.

Hopefully.

[Timeless Bob]

Why not stick a big red cross up on the roof of the hospital for the eventual "emergency-airlift" dragons?

[Dwarvinator]

Summer 134

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The sporadic fighting that has marred the otherwise tranquil environs of Stokershoots seems to be finally tailing off. Much effort has been invested in replenishing clothing supplies - and this does indeed seem to have had a positive effect on morale.

Only one dwarf is currently unhappy - one 'alphaBeta' Edtulnish. Oh, did I say unhappy?...I meant to say miserable, actually...



Amazed that he is actually pleased to have had a mandate deadline met recently - all the little toad does is continually order mini-forges. Unfortunately, I fear that this time he is about to go off his rocker - there's a possible house arrest on the cards. Not a problem, as aside from marksdwarves, the military has been fully outfitted - and is quite ready to counter any civil unrest. Fingers crossed anyway.

There were a number of projects on the drawing board, however progress was slow due to stone and workshops being all over the place. To solve this, the Stonemasons' Guild has been constructed in a newly walled-off area on the eastern side of the city.



It houses stone and block stockpiles with a dozen masonry workshops and a few bedrooms. We now have a massive blocksplosion occurring, which will fuel the next stage of urban growth.

Human traders have arrived. Sadly we do not actually have much to trade due to overseer oversight myopia. I am hoping to find solutions to that particular embarrassment prior to the dwarves arriving in autumn.

So all in all a fairly quiet watch...possible tantrum spiral in the making though...

Watch this space.

Edit: further musings and typos.

[Dwarvinator]

Autumn

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I didn't think we could stump up much in the way of tradeable items for the human caravan. The city was scoured from top to bottom and all extraneous miscellany was piled into the depot. Besides the usual toys and crafts, we piled on ropes, splints, crutches, large gems. Everything. I was pleasantly surprised when we managed to crate up about 21000 of stock.
 
I was hoping for a greater showing in the 'old sock' department but, eager beavers though they are, the clothesmakers are struggling to cope with demand. Clothes are literally falling off peoples backs. With this in mind, practically all the trade budget was spent on securing thread and cloth, with a little left over for some gold bars and sundry metal items.

The population is, on the whole, happy - with a couple of exceptions. alphaBeta threw a couple of tantrums in early autumn, fortunately calming down before venting his frustrations on fixtures and fittings..or citizenry. Amost Sumunkol is very unhappy.



Man, there is no need for him to be wandering around the place with his undercarriage hanging out. Copper greaves are waiting to be collected. Hopefully he won't flip out, since like the rest of the military, he has been re-mobilised and is armed and dangerous.



To deal with the question of morale in the military, the Ducim Boltcontests Memorial Fountain and Guard Room has been inaugurated.



The centrepiece of which, standing in a torrent of water...



Tasteful, yes?

There's also Odgububal the artifact coffer and some silver grating to help brighten the place up.

Just as Autumn draws to a close...



A web spinner! I feel a cunning plan beginning to hatch...

[Dwarvinator]

Winter

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It was a crazy plan that just had to work. A megaproject undertaken in a single season - the Forgotten Beast Silk Extraction Facility. All projects, aside from the World of Leather building, were dropped in order to free up manpower to complete the task. It has to be said, function has been favoured over form.



It is by no means perfect. Due to a glaring design flaw, Thine Wenioyifo does not always stand in the correct position. It can be encouraged back to its station by means of the sacrifice of small animals. Now I know no-one likes to harm kittens, but...

During the capture process, a lucky turn of events saw the beast Nar Tholavuz incarcerated in a copper cage. This was excellent news, since Nar is an exuder of poisonous vapours. His reign of terror has been brought to an end. Currently languishing in the Beast Separation facility, he is waiting to be retrieved and exhibited.

Meanwhile...Erith Anrizkubuk, carpenter, met a grisly end due to an encounter with a Magma Crab. No-one is certain exactly where this creature sprang from. The general consensus of opinion in the City's dining halls points to the possibility that it emerged from the magma sea, close to the forges on the lowest level. Nothing has been done to remedy the situation so far, as everyone has been much too busy elsewhere.

Moving on to the situation with the Count. Unfortunately, despite the best efforts of this overseer, he is still proving to be a bit of a liability due to mood. He has been re-outfitted with armour, to help negate the effects of rotting clothes and placed under house arrest in his tower. Hopefully this will prevent him murdering anyone. Indeed, I believe there may be a superfluous vowel in his title...however, I managed to resist making alterations there.

Kogan Zulbanlilar, mechanic, became possessed by strange forces...



Certainly, the design theme is a fair reflection on the state of intrapersonal relations within the city. One can only hope that the situation improves. Although much has been done to improve the general mood with replacement armour and clothing, possibly the standard of accommodations within the city needs reviewing.

Never did get round to putting a cross on the hospital...

I leave all that to a future overseer, as I am now signing off from my tour.

'Dwarvinator' Oltarkubuk, The Daddy - previously known as the Captain of the Guard.

Save file here:

http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=7938

[Dwarvinator]

Stokershoots Tourist Map

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Yeah, I've probably got too much time on my hands...