What does a Dwarf Day consist of? Let us check the records.
The Mostali use decimal time, in which a day consists of 10 decimal hours, each
decimal hour is broken down into 100 decimal minutes, and each decimal minute is
broken down into 100 decimal seconds. This means a Mostali hour is equivalent to
roughly 2.4 human hours.
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Surely dwarves use base 8 for all their counting. Makes it much easier to interface to the binary system of the world machine.
Each day is broken into 8 chunks, esch chunk consists of 8 bites and each bite is divided into 8 bits and so on to the level of precision the dwarf requires.
I love the rest, I have just added Chunk times rounding to the nearest quarter (2 bites) :-))
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This schedule is for a 1st Shift Dwarf. There are five work shifts in a dwarven
day, each offset by two hours.
Chunk 1-2 (03:45)
Hour 1.666 - Awaken and report to regional processing for daily announcements
and orders. Dwarves being reassigned to fill personnel gaps from preceding
shifts or responding to unexpected maintenance needs are given those
reassignments now. Dwarves who are selected for "mortar and pestle" duty are
pulled from the ranks at this time. Some dwarves are set to reserve duty to
cover gaps in the shifts later in the day.
Chunk 1-4 (04:30)
Hour 2.083 - Begin Shift. Each dwarf begins its duty at this time.
Chunk 4-0 (12:00)
Hour 5.000 - Worker refueling. Dwarves report to enormous communal voratoria
wherein the Quicksilver Food Processors dispense the designated consumables for
that day. A Dwarf that expresses delight at an Alpha Red day versus a Monthly
Stew day is marked for indoctrination, as there is a significant chance of
malfunction.
Chunk 4-2 (12:45)
Hour 5.104 - Resume Shift. Most dwarves return to their duty, but those who
indicated signs of malfunction in the previous five hours are pulled from duty
and sent "down" for testing and re-education.
Chunk 6-6 (20:15)
Hour 8.333 - Worker refueling. This period is a more sedate activity than the
mid-day refueling. Information from one assignment that is relevant to another
assignment is shared between dwarves at this time.
Chunk 7-0 (21-00)
Hour 8.541 - Begin Shift Completion. Clean-up of shift casualties occurs during
this time. Dwarves attend to equipment that needs periodic shut-down to maintain
ideal functioning and begin the shut-down processes.
Chunk 7-6 (23:15)
Hour 9.688 - Free Time. Dwarves are released to pursue individual pursuits and
interests in their quarters.
Chunk 8-0 (00:00)
Hour 10.000 - The Dwarf worker enters mandatory torpor.
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