Trials and tribulations of Earthrasp, a giant brown fortress that utilizes the river that its original gorge entrance was carved from. Right now I've got 40 dwarves, one injured in attack and probably as good as dead, currently trying to figure out how to power my pump stack so I can finally set in motion my waterfall in Dwarf Fortress. Goblins attacked, defenses held out, caught 4, killed 2, injured one, other than the one valuable mechanic I lost just a couple valiant but stupid pups, not too shabby for a surprise ambush .
The one goblin that survived ran away bruised and defeated, but so far all I have are automated defenses, need militia and soon. Established huge indoor farming operation, making the fortress completely self sufficiant, except for wood, though it does have a lot of outdoor space. Thinking about installing Arena when my waterfall's finally functional, I want to make it run by Waterwheel power but I don't understand how the waterwheel works at all.
Just gonna show the nifty parts, so not too many photos:
This is the upper level of the outside of the fortress, trading post, kennel, watchtower are all here. My first farm was up here too, didn't do squat.
And then the lower part. I used a natural sort of bowl that had formed by the river and basically just hollowed it out, adding the drawbridge and wall, the big ol' statue garden is where the original little hole in the wall was, though its pretty unrecognizable now. Carved a moat, moat worked really well, better than I was expecting.
This is my farm, which has a section of the moat dug deeper than the rest so that I could irrigate it. Wasn't sure if I would need to again over time so I built the floodgate thingy, which I suppose as a last ditch act could be opened and flood the whole fortress, along with the pump stack I'm making if it ever seems like all hope is lost.
And last my royal dining hall, with the waterfall ready to go, just needing power. Or so I hope, if not then I'll have a very impressive death trap.