Towerclouted - 219 Early Summer by Quietust

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Lots of stuff happened in the last 3 years.

King arrived, tapped adamantine, then released and killed HFS (SoFs killed by legendary marksdwarfs with zero dwarf injuries, just a few straw war dogs chained up to sniff out the demons).

Finished the siege engine rooms (though the outer fortifications are too close, causing interruption unless they come from across the brook), and dug out (and filled) an auxiliary water tank by my waterfall generator for quicker refilling (which it currently needs).

Dug an artifact vault next to my coin vault, sealed with an artifact raw adamantine floodgate (currently opened, linked to a lever built from an artifact chalk mechanism).

Shortened the magma channels beneath my forge workfloor (via bucket brigade to make obsidian right behind the floodgates) so I could widen the hallway for increased traffic to the mine shafts, and filled in the other channels in the process.

Also dug some more stockpile rooms (and reorganized some existing stockpiles), mined out a bunch more lignite (and patched walls where necessary), built another archery range (mostly unused), smoothed a bunch of walls, and cleared away tons of rocks (mainly from my noble quarters, giving them more floor space to store their stuff).

Current project is enlarging all normal quarters from 1x4 to 1x5, removing stray rocks, and making sure everybody has at least 2 chests and cabinets so they'll gather up all of the loose coins and items strewn about the fortress.

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Submitted by: _nil_ - 2009-08-23 to 232 Early Autumn

The problem isn't really the economy, it's the coins, and you can have one without the other (dwarves will just use credit cards if there is no currency)

Submitted by: Quietust - 2009-08-25 to 232 Early Autumn

I actually solved the coin problem a few days ago through some modding - I melted down all of my gold/silver/copper items (replaced the silver chains in my prison with black bronze, replaced my guards' silver swords with bismuth bronze, and relocated some of my zoo creatures out of 4 gold cages), paved a few hallways with floors using all of the remaining bars, then set their boiling points to 10000 and watched every single coin boil away in an instant (plus about a hundred silver crafts; a few were masterwork, but everyone's still ecstatic).

Some might call this cheating, but I'm justifying it in the name of lag reduction - my framerate has since risen to 30fps with temperature off (with it on, it's still unplayable at around 13-14).

Submitted by: Markavian - 2009-08-31 to 237 Early Winter

It must have been fairy gold if its all boiled away.

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Points of Interest

16. Entryway

( 216 Early Spring to onwards )
The main (and only) entrance to Towerclouted. Lined with weapon traps and cage traps, my military rarely ventures outside.

In 228, the weapon traps were upgraded to 100% masterwork materials (mechanism plus 2 of each green glass trap components) and consolidated to the inner half, moving all of the cages to the outer half.

In 219, chained dogs were added at the inner entrance to detect kobolds more quickly, and in 237 they were replaced with cougars. - Quietust
16. Execution Chamber

( 216 Early Spring to onwards )
Captured goblins are stored here until they are dealt with, whether by shooting them from above or disposing of them elsewhere. - Quietust
16. Garbage Dump

( 216 Early Spring to onwards )
Usually resident to many slaughtered goblins.

A garbage disposal can be found to the south, where unwanted items can be conveniently smashed out of existence. - Quietust
16. Jail

( 216 Early Spring to onwards )
A lavish jail area, to ensure that any criminals are quickly rehabilitated.

In the entire history of Towerclouted, there was only one criminal: a leatherworker that was deemed to have violated an export ban, presumably placed into effect after the caravan had departed. - Quietust
16. Siege Battlements

( 219 Early Spring to onwards )
Siege operators are only civilians, and goblins scare them away if they get too close, so these barricades keep them just far enough away to allow killing them safely.

Another station can be found south of the entrance.

First built in 216, they became operational in 219 but were found to be too close. They were expanded in 221, but not far enough - in 223, they were expanded again and were finally proven to be effective. - Quietust
16. Versatile Obsidian Factory

( 216 Early Spring to onwards )
A simple 11x23 obsidian factory that also acts as a magma chamber (for burning elves), a drowning chamber (for drowning elves), and a swimming pool (oddly enough, not for drowning elves).

Drainage (water only, not magma-safe) can be directed either onto the (muddy) hillside or down the trap-lined entrance corridor.

In the year 221, the swimming pool functionality was made safer by using a smaller fill reservior, and in 223, an additional drainage channel to the edge of the map was added (and widened in 228). - Quietust
15. Artifact Vault

( 219 Early Summer to onwards )
Contains most of the artifacts in my fortress (aside from a few pieces of furniture built for my nobles and some armor being worn by my champions).

In the year 223, the vault filled up and another one was dug to the northeast. - Quietust
15. Catacombs

( 216 Early Spring to onwards )
The final resting place of my dwarves and their pets. Nobles get large tombs, while other dwarves simply get allocated to coffins. - Quietust
15. Waterfall

( 216 Early Spring to onwards )
An outdoor statue garden with 4 waterfalls, producing mist to keep my dwarves happy (and offset their nausea from the sunlight). - Quietust
10. Exploratory Mining

( 216 Early Spring to onwards )
Two entire Z-levels, fully revealed via exploratory mining. These are the main reason why this fortress became so laggy.

Beginning in the year 228, the upper level was fully excavated and all of its stones atomsmashed; plans were made to do the same to the lower level, but the fortress was filed away long before said task was completed. - Quietust
1. Noble Quarters

( 216 Early Spring to onwards )
Accomodations for all of the nobles of Towerclouted, sized carefully to avoid raising room values too high and making the nobles jealous of each other. - Quietust
Common Quarters

( 216 Early Spring to onwards )
Living quarters for ordinary dwarves. Originally 1x4, then expanded to 1x5 in the 221. - Quietust

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Fortress Name: Towerclouted
Map Year: 219 Early Summer
Author: Quietust
Submitted by: Quietust
Date Added: 31/07/2009