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[Tsuchigumo550]

It isn't a part of what makes Dwarf Fortress the game it is until we've done three things:

Dissected it molecule by molecule, learning all there is to know

Made megaprojects out of it, just to please Armok himself

Built it on top of the circus freak's heads.
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So we need to do all of this. I can imagine being just so ready with your one supersonic cart, tearing a hole in the big top's roof, and sending the cart down into clown town for massive carnage.

That, and I'd like to see other ideas for "megaprojects" and the like. For instance, making something in Fortress mode inaccessible without taking a ride (the most epic ride possible)  then tackling it in Adventure- I think DFhack can stop items from being thrown about by the angry wild badgers.

Such as a large pedestal that can't be scaled. After conquering the fortress, you find a minecart in the deepest part that can be ridden, then outright launched out of the fortress, onto the pedestal, where a prize becomes yours.

Basically, this isn't a "how to" thread, I've seen like three. This is a "what to do" thread.

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Ideas so far:
Hallway to Hell
Make your main entrance super inviting to the goblins. Trigger a minecart to launch when they enter, and use the hallway as a railgun barrel.

Adventurer Secret
Pedestal or secret area made by minecarts.

[Jacob/Lee]

Spoiler: real spoilers (click to show/hide)

Still using super-secret code words, though ().

The clowns spawn under one of the candy tubes and fly upwards, right? Rig the tube you're digging into with a cart dropping system (the carts filled with lead, of course), breach the circus then bomb them. Bonus points if you shatter their wings and make them fall out of the sky.

[Urist Da Vinci]

Mr Bones Wild Ride:
http://i.imgur.com/0p51Y.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/9IcvJ.jpg

Duplicate that in Dwarf Fortress.

Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile:
Manage to launch a minecart up out of a body of water and into the air. Minecart must be "flying" before exiting the water.

Stunt Driver:
A dwarf rides a cart on a long parabolic jump through the air, and lands safely. Players compete to see who can jump a longer distance without injury. Share tales of disaster for laughs! The challenge is the "safe landing" part.

[Broken]

Make a minecart rollercaster that goes down through a candy tube and goes up trhough another reaching a secret chamber.

[Tsuchigumo550]

I built Hallway to Hell, but unfortunately accidentally set it off, killing my Mason, my Brewer, and my Hunter, and I was already low on food.

I doubt I'll manage to get to the HFS stuff anytime soon, I'm still sort of on the learning cliff when it comes to military. I've survived some smaller sieges, but only ever that far.

[Urist McDwarfFortress]

Whale cannon.

[guitarxe]

Flamin' baby cannon.

[Mr S]

Huskified flaming baby cannon.  With kitten bone minecarts.  And the babies are in elf leather sacks requiring a second tier launch wall.
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Into THE CIRCUS!!!

Hey, if you're going to go at it, go big!!