Dwarf Fortress Palelabor 2: 1053's Beginning, Page 5!

[Karza]

OK people, Immigrant Wave 3 has arrived in game. I need 7 lucky volunteers!

Of course, if we can't fulfill manpower requirements, I might be forced to keep some of them as dwarven-named Redshirts or something.

Ugh, how horrible.

Sign me up if there's still room. I love this story, I think I need to start playing this game myself .

[ColonialAdmiral]

You know, this means the humans are going to try to seige us for killing members of our race, evan though we didn't...If any die at your fortress they try and seige you...
How bout' some traps?

[Scottish Ninja]

I will sacrifice my dignity 1 for the sake of this awesome thread. It will be awesome.

1 As if I had any in the first place.

[Duckie]

Mini Roll Call!
Plebians of the Third Rank- The Reluctant
=Dargos, Metalsmith
=Scottish Ninja, Carpenter
=Karza, Fisherdwarf
=Acidburns, Jeweler
=MRDOD, Mason
=OPEN [Temporarily named "Redshirt"], Manual Labourer
=Spanky the Dolphin II, Miner

God damn it Dargos.

I need an old dwarf and a young dwarf.


Good news though- Expeditionary mining over Ford Prefect's somewhat rickety looking Shale Bridge has discovered, in order, within the same 30 seconds:
Shitloads of Gems, Rubies and Aquamarines with some Red Spinels too.
Hematite, AKA Iron Ore
Bituminous Coal, used in making Coke and thus Steel
A sinister looking Lava River

Good work Nepthys, the river didn't flood.


Now, the rush is to make a new Anvil and a Lava Forge so that Dargos won't commit suicide and instead do something productive.

For this we need:
1 Wood at Wood Furnace -> 1 Charcoal
1 Coal and 1 Charcoal at Smelter -> 2 Coke
Repeat Step 2 until you have 14 Coke
3 Hematite and 3 Coke at Smelter -> 3 Iron Bars
3 Iron Bars and 3 Coke at Forge -> Anvil
1 Hematite and 1 Coke at Smelter -> 1 Iron Bar
1 Iron Bar, 1 Limestone, and 2 Coke at Smelter -> 1 Pig Iron Bar
1 Pig Iron Bar, 1 Hematite, 1 Limestone, and 2 Coke at Smelter -> 1 Steel Bar
1 Steel Bar at Lava River ->Magma Forge

Yeah he's doomed.

OPERATION ZEITGEIST BEGINS

For this we need:
1 Wood at Wood Furnace -> 1 Charcoal
1 Coal and 1 Charcoal at Smelter -> 2 Coke
Repeat Step 2 until you have 14 Coke
3 Hematite and 3 Coke at Smelter -> 3 Iron Bars
3 Iron Bars and 3 Coke at Forge -> Anvil
1 Hematite and 1 Coke at Smelter -> 1 Iron Bar
1 Iron Bar, 1 Limestone, and 2 Coke at Smelter -> 1 Pig Iron Bar
1 Pig Iron Bar, 1 Hematite, 1 Limestone, and 2 Coke at Smelter -> 1 Steel Bar
1 Steel Bar at Lava River ->Magma Forge

BilateralRope looked up from the manual and turned to Wolveraptor, his apprentice.

"Okay, ColonialAdmiral made the Charcoal. Take the Coke and smelt some more for me from the coke in the mines. I'll get the Iron and we'll see if we can get Pick or someone to make the Anvil while we get the steel. This just might work."

Meanwhile, efforts to save Dargos intensified as High Master Miner Kuja and his slower compatriots headed out to find more coal. Kuja was nearly a living legend as far as mining came. When the tunnel to the Lava River was expanded, Kuja dug his half while Nepthys and Darksilver were only a quarter done, then took a drink at the dining room, came back and dug two thirds of the other side.

It was said the heavily muscled dwarf could mine faster than a person could walk, so if there was coal in the mountain, by Armok he would find it.

[Acidburns]

I don't know if I can handle the graphics, but damned if this game doesn't sound fun. I've gotta give it a shot .

[Duckie]

Dwarven Traders

The first we heard that the traders were coming was when they arrived without incident. In the chaos of the Steelmaker's Crisis, we didn't even notice. Coal production finished quickly, but

The merchant, Edëm Èrithdumat, greeted us. He stated our efforts were legendary there. Kuja snorted. If Palelabor was legend there, why had they no official status from the King?

Still, it was a kind gesture, and they had brought food to trade.

The Dwarven Caravans offloaded 5 Plump Helmet mushrooms, 10 Cave Juniper Bushes, 5 Giant Cave Strawberries, and a shitload of cheese- both the Human Kind from Aurochs and Cows and some Dwarven Cheese made from the milk of the Purring Maggot. Palelabor's denizens planned to brew the strawberries into Dwarven Sweetwine, and make the Juniper Bushes into Juniper Oil rather than Juniper Gin with which to scam more hapless Humans into unloading valuable goods here.

In return, we traded them about 370⌠ of stone crowns, rings, idols, amulets, and other art. [Author's Note: For record, an ⌠ is approximately 150 grams as near as I can tell, although the recorded weights of goods fluctuates wildly as they are assigned arbitrarily.]

[ColonialAdmiral]

I made charcoal

[GuppyShark]

Iron and coal! Fantastic.

[Duckie]

The Steelmaker's Crisis: 11 Sandstone, 1052; Dwarven Calendar; Mid Autumn

Dargos, despite the efforts of the entire Metalforge and all of the forgers, was unable to be saved.

Just as the Anvil was being forged by Wolveraptor and Pick was grabbing the Hematite to make the Iron for the steel from, he suddenly snapped.



Dargos, or whatever entity was controlling him, lashed out at us. He exploded into violence at an instant, punching a dog in the stomach. Seeing Lonestar and Lonestar's assigned War Dog in the room eating dinner, he entered a Martial Trance, the warlike beserk state that some Dwarven warriors enter when fighting for life and death.



There was a long pause and then sudden a sudden flurry of noises and shapes. No one could see what was going on in the pile of dogs and the swinging of the metalsmith's tools and fists, until finally the dust settled about them.






Dargos sat in a pool of his own blood underneath savaged legs, his right eye and throat ripped out, laying on the floor several feet away. His jugular spurted blood grotesquely onto the floor.

The dogs watched him steadily for several seconds, knowing they had won. The injured dog walked away, panting, as it sought out The Vortex Empire to help treat its bruised and painful abdomen. Lonestar lowered his crossbow, which he had barely unslung and loaded in the time it took for the battle to be over.

Dargos made a few plaintive noises and then grew very still.

[Duckie]

22 Timber, 1052, 3rd Age; Dwarven Calendar; Late Autumn

Dargos' tomb is finished. We carved a funeral hall into the mountain, near the chasm.

It starts out wide and vast, and slowly narrows to a small pathway. Beyond a door is the actual hall. So far only one room has been carved.

Davros' grave is a 3x3 room, with a raised, smooth central platform upon which is grave is, and a statue of a dwarf standing tall behind it.

The room and a few parts of the hall nearby are carved by The Dark, Darth Mordius, MRDOD, and Covenant.
They carved the following, some of it symbolic of Dargos, some of it symbolic of the fortress' history, and some of it random designs they thought would look good:

Darth Mordius:
=A Cockroach

The Dark:
=A Demon In Fetal Position
=Two Thrones
=Giants
=Two Diamonds
=A Labouring Dwarf
=An Anvil
=Two Mangrove Trees
=Traveling Dwarves

Covenant:
=A Dwarf Shooting A Dwarf With A Crossbow
=Two Thrones
=Dwarves and Humans Speaking With Eachother
=Giants
=Dwarves Speaking With Eachother
=Tall Boots O_o
=Traveling Dwarves

MRDOD:
=A Confused Demon
=A Flask
=Giants
=A Cave Juniper Bush
=Traveling Dwarves

Thank you for your wonderful contribution to the hall of our fucking ancestors, Mordius.

that's just fucking wonderful.

Instead of letting The Dark or Covenant put their wonderful art skills to work, now the hall of our ancestors has a crude representation of a goddamn roach on the wall forever.

A roach.

Thanks.

We have a Magma Forge running now, since the Steel got done just as soon as Dargos was buried and the carvings finished.

Pick is minting our first copper coins now! We have money! YAY!

[Vehrec]

I'll be that extra dwarf who you haven't named yet. Or the first of the next batch, whatever.

[Duckie]

I'll be that extra dwarf who you haven't named yet. Or the first of the next batch, whatever.

*coughs and points to earlier First and Second Plebian Roundup*

[Civil War Man]

So, is there any particular reason why I have a trend of being a dwarf whose primary skill tends to lead to violent psychotic episodes when I'm actually allowed to practice it, and so I'm put on military duty to provide a constant outlet for such homicidal impulses?

I'm not complaining or anything. Just wondering.

[Duckie]

The Artifact

Pick finishes the first thousand of the Copper Pennies. Each one is established to be worth 1/5th of the Dwarven Silver Piece.

The design Pick made for them is a bit odd.

The coin is the same on the reverse as the front. Do you disapprove of gambling, Pick? Is this coin's lack of un-labouring a message that you feel overworked?

Decision making has become even easier, howerever, as there is no Heads for these coins to flip on.

Meanwhile, after being taunted at his bad artistic skills in engraving a vermin into the walls of the burial passage, Darth Mordius is taken by spirits of vengeance.

Grabbing rocks he hurriedly labours at the Craftsdwarf Shop, shooing others out of it.

He makes an artifact, which I estimate to be worth about 12,000@. An @ is a trade currency. I couldn't tell you what it means yet because we don't have a finance noble to keep track of trading and exchange rates. Needless to say, 12,000@ is a lot since I have a sneaking suspicion 1 copper coin or 1 silver coin or something is 1@.


Ironically, despite being worth as much as probably the entire fortress, it is very bland and crappy for an artifact.

Even the Gods laugh at Darth Mordius' epic fail.

[Covenant]

Covenant:
=A Dwarf Shooting A Dwarf With A Crossbow
=Two Thrones
=Dwarves and Humans Speaking With Eachother
=Giants
=Dwarves Speaking With Eachother
=Tall Boots O_o
=Traveling Dwarves

Don't you get the MEANING!?

The Dwarf shooting the Dwarf is a record of the death of Dargos. The thrones represent where the battle took place. The Dwarves and Humans speaking represent the sorrow, and the telling of Dargos' death to others in mourning! The giants are the ferrymen of Dwarven souls to the Undermountain. There, Dargos speaks with his ancestors, no longer posessed. The tall boots symbolize the life he left behind, his mortal body--just the boots, not the man. The travelling Dwarves are Dargos and all our kin...

*sniff*

I think it's beautiful.

[Duckie]

Palelabor Seasonal News: Winter 1052
By Starglider, Senior PLSNN Correspondant

It's a Girl!
Third Impact has given birth to a baby girl, Third Impact Jr. Yes, I have made children the equivalent of Extra Lives for couples.

We don't know who the Father is. Perhaps once the Economy starts up they'll share a room and we'll find out. Money on it being ColonialAdmiral.

Kuja Awarded Promotion After Legendary Miner Status
Kuja, after expanding the Stripmining of the Near side of the Lava River, struck Gold, Tin Ore, some Gems, and Platinium in about 20 seconds, and simultaneously became a Legendary Miner. He now can mine at nearly the same speed as he walks, and further due to the strenuous nature of his job is at the peak of dwarven performance

Kuja modestly accepted the motion for him to become Acting Prefect of the Fortress in an official capacity until removed. He is promoted from Patrician to Equestrian in honor of his work in constructing the fortress. He claims to be a hands off leader and will continue to have the fort run as it has been.

"It has been going smoothly so far," stated the new Equestrian-Miner. "So I don't see a reason to change what's known to work."

Magnificó!
Ford Prefect has created a masterpiece, a Pumice Cabinet. It is such a beautiful piece of storage furniture that many wept just to see it. He plans on donating it to a Noble because "Nobody else could afford it". Ford Prefect is a Talented Mason at this time, making his Masterpiece quite a surprise as he is not particularly aweinspiring in his work even if he is quite good at it.

Local Man Kills Giant Rat
A giant rat came up from the Chasm several weeks ago and attacked BilateralRope, a Metalsmith.

"I didn't really think about it, I just hit it with whatever I was carrying and ran. The thing was huge, at least a meter and a half long with big teeth".

BilateralRope was holding a bundle of copper bars he was transporting to the magma forge. The Rat was knocked unconcious and wounded badly.

After a few minutes, PFA officials arrived to execute the downed invader with their crossbows. They warned that while commendable, this freak incident shouldn't be attempted.

In a statement to PLSNN, Commandant Lonestar stated, "If you see something from the Chasm attacking except a bat, you should run and get help. Weaponless dwarves shouldn't have to fight wild animals."

Jogurt the Janitor < Kuja the Legendary Miner
Grandmaster Jogurt announced a party in the incomplete Statue Gallery. Only 2 people came, Acidburns and BilateralRope. This is probably because Legendary Miner Kuja announced his own competing party in response. Half the fortress, at least a score of people, attended.

[Duckie]

New Artifact

Acidburns, the only non-military Jeweler, went insane. Surprisingly, she took control of the emergency structure I had built for just this inevitability, the Jeweler's Shop, and took only a single Red Spinel gem.



Estimated worth: 96000@

Unlike Mordius, who was possessed, Acidburns remembers how to do this. She is now a Legendary Jeweler and it is my pleasure to announce her now a member of the Equestrian Class for such outstanding Artifact Manufacture.

Mordius gets a leg up to Plebian of the First Rank for making an Artifact even if he didn't gain any skills.

A kitten drowned after falling in the river. Poor kitten.
16 Immigrants arrive, and none of them now have names oh noes.

Luckily, 3 are nobles so I get to name them for you.

NEW LEADERS OF THE FORTRESS:
Manager Darth Wong, Acting Mayor
Sheriff Dalton
Broker Pablo Sanchez
House Ber (Farming Guild) Representative fgalkin

[GuppyShark]

Damn, MRDOD. You're good at this.

We don't know who the Father is. Perhaps once the Economy starts up they'll share a room and we'll find out.

Shouldn't be necessary - even before the economy you should be able to assign a "Bedroom" to Third Impact, hubby will automatically be assigned to it as well.

[Dargos]

Well...I sure didn't last very long

[Duckie]

Well...I sure didn't last very long

At least you lasted better than the latest group of immigrants!

Make it 15 instead of 16 due to Elephant Assault (awesome story I'll tell tomorrow), since 4 are nobles that means I need 11 names.

That's probably not going to happen.

[Duckie]

Damn, MRDOD. You're good at this.

We don't know who the Father is. Perhaps once the Economy starts up they'll share a room and we'll find out.

Shouldn't be necessary - even before the economy you should be able to assign a "Bedroom" to Third Impact, hubby will automatically be assigned to it as well.

The father is Darth Mordius. Congratulations! Next child is your 1-up if it's a boy. ^_^.

That must suck for Third Impact, since odds are she only gave him pity sex for sucking so bad at life and ended up preggers.

[rhoenix]

So that means I'm doing most of the mining now?

Sweet.

[Academia Nut]

Oh, sign up for one of the new dwarves, I can't play this game put it is awesome as fuck to watch someone competent playing it.

[Duckie]

So that means I'm doing most of the mining now?

Sweet.

Indeed, you are a "Great Miner".

Which is almost at Legendary yourself. I can tell you apart from the other dwarves without even querying the computer because you sprint around faster than anyone but Kuja and other high-level individuals and you chew through rock like a blender compared to everyone.

Technically, Spanky Jr. and Nepthys have done the most mining because they take forever to mine so if there's a 1-wide corridor needing mining and one of them gets it they spend weeks on it instead of striding to the end of the corridor as if it were already in existance and daring it to disagree like Uberminers do.

Except Kuja, who still goes like 3x faster.

Ironically, Kuja is Very Strong, Very Agile, and Tough; but the strongest Dwarf in the entire fortress is Acidburns, whose Artifact Jeweler-induced Levelups made her instantly go from average to "Mighty". Which means she can, like, wrestle bears and shit.

TOMORROW ON PALELABOR: Elephants attack the Immigrants, Dealing with the new Nobility, and A Tour of Palelabor Circa Spring 1053

[bilateralrope]

Local Man Kills Giant Rat
A giant rat came up from the Chasm several weeks ago and attacked BilateralRope, a Metalsmith.

"I didn't really think about it, I just hit it with whatever I was carrying and ran. The thing was huge, at least a meter and a half long with big teeth".

BilateralRope was holding a bundle of copper bars he was transporting to the magma forge. The Rat was knocked unconcious and wounded badly.

After a few minutes, PFA officials arrived to execute the downed invader with their crossbows. They warned that while commendable, this freak incident shouldn't be attempted.

In a statement to PLSNN, Commandant Lonestar stated, "If you see something from the Chasm attacking except a bat, you should run and get help. Weaponless dwarves shouldn't have to fight wild animals.

My logic here is that I run faster if I'm not holding anything heavy, and chucking the copper at the rat might slow it down.

Also could you please stop capitalizing the R in my name, it just looks a bit wrong.