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[Urlance Woolsbane]

So, it's Autumn, and I've got a good mind to slaughter the Dwarven Caravan.

Tell me, would it hamper the experiment were I to rebel against the Mountainhome in a fit of pique?

[PyroTechno]

So, it's Autumn, and I've got a good mind to slaughter the Dwarven Caravan.

Tell me, would it hamper the experiment were I to rebel against the Mountainhome in a fit of pique?

The only reaction to destroying the dwarven caravan would be a note about its destruction and your suspected involvement in it in Legends mode. Our home civ will never attack us. However, the dwarves that attacked the caravan would become subject to a loyalty cascade.

More info on loyalty cascades here.

[Urlance Woolsbane]

So, it's Autumn, and I've got a good mind to slaughter the Dwarven Caravan.

Tell me, would it hamper the experiment were I to rebel against the Mountainhome in a fit of pique?

The only reaction to destroying the dwarven caravan would be a note about its destruction and your suspected involvement in it in Legends mode. Our home civ will never attack us. However, the dwarves that attacked the caravan would become subject to a loyalty cascade.

More info on loyalty cascades here.

That's good to know. Thanks!

I suppose I'll just seize their goods.

[PyroTechno]

So, it's Autumn, and I've got a good mind to slaughter the Dwarven Caravan.

Tell me, would it hamper the experiment were I to rebel against the Mountainhome in a fit of pique?

The only reaction to destroying the dwarven caravan would be a note about its destruction and your suspected involvement in it in Legends mode. Our home civ will never attack us. However, the dwarves that attacked the caravan would become subject to a loyalty cascade.

More info on loyalty cascades here.

That's good to know. Thanks!

I suppose I'll just seize their goods.

You can't directly seize the dwarven caravan's goods. Instead, deconstruct the Trade Depot (EDIT: After the traders have arrived, of course) - this forces the traders to drop all of their items and immediately leave, a sort of brute-force seizing. 

[DDDragoni]

This sounds interesting, I'd like a turn! And a dorf, if we're doing that.

And what exactly makes this a "pseudo"-succession fort?

[Camulus]

And what exactly makes this a "pseudo"-succession fort?

The pseudo part would be where the OP continues the fort if no else have signed up to do so.
Edit:Not a correct usage of the term, perchance... English be me second language... Ah yes: "Semi-Succession Fortress"


I shall claim a turn as well, it has been an interest of mine lately to fiddle about with genning to create more vibrant worlds, would be interesting to observe how this one pans out.

[Immortal-D]

Also 'pseudo' in that this isn't character/roleplay based like most Fortresses.  The goal is simply to survive long enough that we can conclusively determine if maximum Civilization/Population/Site/Beast numbers have any impact on Invaders.  I have added the turn requests.  Lastly, I advise caution in starting war with the Elves this soon.  The next Overseers should still be doubling down on our military preparations, so that should be ok, as long as we are careful.

[Urlance Woolsbane]

I'm done at last. I'm terribly sorry for not finishing sooner.

It was a rather unexciting year, all in all, as best evidenced by the summer report. Still, I made progress, without too many blunders, so it wasn't wasted.

Summer:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I don't recall seeing that announcement before. Decidedly ominous.

Military practice!

Got him. It's a shame his compatriot escaped.


Huuuuumaaaaansssssss!

Ah, yes, I'd forgotten that wagons don't path through cage-traps.

You know what this means: Time to build a second depot!

Huh?
It seems they were just being prissy. Very odd.

More cavies.


Woo-hoo! Need I say more?

More chilluns. Three, at least.

I set up a butcher's room, to deal with what seems to be a bug. Since caged, untrained beasties don't seem to be slaughtered alive, despite instructions for dorfs to do so, I have them pastured right next to a butcher's shop, where the military kills them.
It works like a charm.


I linked the drawbridge to a pre-existing lever, for some reason that I cannot at present fathom, instead of just building a new trigger.


Oh yeah, I started engraving the bedrooms, as you can see.

I built another magma smelter and a second magma forge.
I also built a well.

Here's the beginnings of my Giant Cave Spider-silk-farm.

I've never done this before, so it shall be interesting, to say the least.

Speaking of which, I tried to set up a minecart-path, for the first time, which I may well have biffed.





Population currently at 55.

Autumn

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Here we go again...


I cannot just stand by. This requires an answer.


Goody!




Spoilsfolded is dead. That's terrific!



It seems they are in dire need of walking-aids. Mildly fortuitous



If that's the way you want it...

To rebel, or not to rebel. This is a dilemma.

Bother, they left before I could seize their goods.

I raised the drawbridge, which only accomplished this:


They left through the caverns. Cheapskates.

Caged a honey-badger. Cool.



Intriguing. I wonder if we've got a nosferatu on our stubby, sinewy hands.

Which reminds me, we lack a shire reeve. Upon inspection, it seems I'm incapable of appointing one. Bother!

Assuming that a vampire did it, we've got ourselves a probable culprit.



Welp, the silk-farm is nearly done. All that's left is to place the beastie and its bait, and wait for !!results!!

Hmmm, that didn't work as intended. The bridge was supposed to stay up.

That could have been fixed, had the GCS not suddenly died on its way towards the cage traps. Do GCSs have short lifespans?



Well, I suppose this qualifies as excitement.

Dang, she got away.

Time to exterminate the caged trogs.


And that's the last one! Sadly, there are still several on the map. Here's hoping they keep away from the traps.

And that's the honey-badger slaughtered

Winter

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More caged trogs. Arrrrrrrrgh!

All the cadavers in the buthcer's room were getting rather malodorous, not to mention giving the dwarves nasty thoughts, so I dug out a proper corpse room.


There's a fishery worker, name of Uzol Kilruddled, sleeping in the mayor's bed. What's going on? Is Eshtan Ralsinsot (whose wife was slain by Spoilsfolded) looking to remarry?


Ooh, cave-adaptation!


Alas, poor soul.
Perhaps it's time to make some flasks...


Looky looky...
I wonder if he's brought a contradiction stick.

Is it just me, or has our resident tree-hugger been taking a while with his strange mood? He's been at it for nearly a month.



That's cool. I don't believe I've seen any of the fair folk in Fortress mode before.


It finally occurred to me to try to get some adamantine. Woo hoo!


The effort gleaned only seven wafers, but that's better than nothing.

Darn, the crundles have arrived.

On the bright side, we caught a bugbat! Time for some animal training...


It's my last month! I'm sure you're all quite happy about that...


Snap.

That shouldn't have happened. I'm a mite puzzled. He didn't seem to lack anything. Can someone more experienced than I explain?



I managed to lock him in a bedroom. It's the one in the lower far-right-hand corner.

We caged a troll, for what that's worth.


That's it for me!

I've set up three new hotkeys.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Work on the grand mayoral chamber proceeds apace.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Also, I've got a siege workshop set up, building the requisite components for, at most, three ballistas.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Final stats for the year:
Created Wealth: 173000?
Imported Wealth: 55384
Exported Wealth: 5057
Population: 63
Births: 8
Livestock: 29
Dead units on map: 76
Total dead Dwarves: 5
Total other units on map: 30

I've probably forgotten to mention some things, so feel free to query me.

Here's the save.

Best luck to my successors!

[DDDragoni]

For the mood, was he looking for cloth, or perhaps burrowed? Cloth moods require a specific kind (silk, plant, or wool) which the game doesn't tell you, and burrows interfere with moods as well.
And are you using a texture pack? Some of the stuff in your screenshots looks off.

[Immortal-D]

Looks like you were quite busy, despite being a 'uneventful' year, lol.  Also it's been less than a week, so you needn't apologize for time   Anyways, I have not played with ASCII in years now, I can't tell if anything is off or not.  By the way, how is our military looking?  When I tried this setup in a solo Fort, I began seeing small raiding parties about half-way through year 3.  I will pm the next in line.  Hopefully we will see hostiles start ramping up over the next 2-3 turns.

[Urlance Woolsbane]

And are you using a texture pack? Some of the stuff in your screenshots looks off.

Immortal-D was using Phoebus, which lead to some things being off in ascii. I could have fixed it, but I didn't really see the need.

EDIT: Our military is decent. It's a simple, ten-man job, which I've been using primarily as exterminators, but they'll do, in a pinch. They definitely need more weapons and armor, though.

[Gwolfski]

im started

[Gwolfski]

sorry, had memory stick breakage, lost progress.
please bump me down the line a bit.

[Immortal-D]

Aight, will send a message to De, and linked save files in the OP.

[Gwolfski]

move me to turn after de pls.