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[USP45]

* I've assigned her to a squad and set the squad to always defend a burrow on the surface.  She's not hanging out at the burrow.  Maybe I don't understand how squads/burrows work(?)  I've since assigned her specifically using the burrow menu and that seems to work.

* Is there any reason a vamp shouldn't be mayor?  One I can think of:  Doesn't the leader need to meet with caravan peeps every once in a while?  In a specific location?  The wiki and some threads seem to imply that vamp leaders should be killed but I don't see why.

[nickbii]

The standard practice when keeping vamps alive is to totally segregate them from the population at large. If they can get to somebody's bedroom they can kill that person, and since any dorf can go through any door that any other dorf can go through this means you got to lock them away.

The problem with vamp mayors is they have to do shit that interacts with other dorfs. Some dwarf gets pissed he'll want to meet with the Mayor. Diplomats have to be able to get to the Mayor. Which means if you want to ever have meetings your mayor has to have access to the whole fortress, which means that if she's a Vampire at least one or two of your guys is gonna be dead every year.

My proposal would be to replace her as Mayor from the nobles screen, make her captain of a suicide squad, armed well. Let her pick up all her equipment, then lock her in a room that has easy access to the entrance of the fortress. When Gobboes come you let her out to fight them, then lock her back up when they go away. No food or water is necessary. However frequently replacing her as Mayor may be if the dorfs like her enough.

Nick

[USP45]

(As an aside - I think I figured out why the suicide squad of 1 vamp wasn't patrolling the burrow.  I made the rookie mistake of forgetting to make the squad active in the Alerts screen).

:-(

[slink]

Vampires will leave their posts to feed, even if you never relieve them from duty.

[Sphalerite]

Meetings can take place through a 1 tile wide wall, so if you have your vampire mayor sealed up inside a room separated by a single tile wide wall from the rest of the fortress, they'll still be able to hold meetings.