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[Saiko Kila]

I don't have expendable dwarves. I treat the colony as the last spaceship of their species.

So what do you do when there's a hull breach, the atmosphere is venting, and the radiation level is too high for anybody attempting repairs to survive the experience?

I press the button… I mean pull the lever to turn the graviton beams  on No, seriously I usually have heavy artillery, which means cavein traps on supports, surrounding area. I build these underground too, before digging too deep. My dwarves take their enemies with them. Some casualties may be unavoidable, but they're never in vain.

[TheCoolSideofthePIllow]

What makes you decide if a dorf is automatically expendable? For me, it's anyone not of the magnificent starting seven.

That's pretty much the same for me. Although I always expect to lose a fisherdwarf; I just hope the Expedition Leader isn't one of them.

[Jalen]

None of my dwarves are expendable. NONE

[Loud Whispers]

None of my dwarves are expendable. NONE

So you wouldn't send one off to certain peril in order to save the fort?

[Friendstrange]

I have teams of 3 for everything and limit my population to 100-150. This has the benefit of always having a spare in case something goes horrily wrong.

It comes with the downside of always having too many "useful" dwarfs and too little "voluntaries" for things like training the doctor´s skills or sacrificing to the vampire.

[Corai]

It seems everyone hates cheesemakers and fishcleaners, those two are the backbone of most of my forts. Cheese is alot of money!

[Splint]

For kobolds maybe....

It's mainly because one fish cleaner and one cheese maker can fuel those industries even at a low level, unless there is a rediculous demand for cheese and fish.

[CodexDraco]

I find that I can get more cheese from the caravans than what I'm bothered to produce within the fort.

I try to keep everyone alive, but if something goes wrong, the cheese makers, beekepers trappers, etc are the first to fall.

[fakechuck]

Any dwarf migrant who does not exceed in skill some existing dedicated dwarf of the same profession and who is not either a mason, miner, or metalworker of some sort gets put into the military or is made into an engraver/hauler. Until I have a soap/lye maker, dedicated medical staff, and farm workers (thresher, weaver, clothesmaker mostly), I dump 'expendables' into those jobs. Anyone who has a more skilled replacement show up gets dumped into the conscript category.

[Hanslanda]

Cats, any grazer, all pets, peasants, nobles, pump operators, beekeepers, potash makers, kobolds. Oops, sorry Corai.