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[Fleeting Frames]

Exciting grab of plumps and expedition leader being grabbed by demons. (Some story potential there.) I'd have figured you would cave in a small wall section to isolate the helmet.

I'd probably have used diagonal pressure break + n-bend to break water flow, but that wouldn't have muddied the meeting area floors for farm.

[Spriggans]

Yay. Cave-in could work. But I can't figure out a way to cave-in without exposing myself to flyers.
These demons have some 6th sense when it comes to finding hole to your shelter.
So... I had to risk the wall rush and it paid off

[Fleeting Frames]

"Safe" cave-in:
Before:
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2 bottom levels after

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[mate888]

ptw

[Zuglarkun]

Breath of fresh air here! Interesting concept and nice execution there with the plump helmets.

[FakerFangirl]

Good luck May the God of Fortresses bless your passage.

[crazyabe]

PTW.

[Spriggans]

DeathPit - To the surface !

So, I must pierce the aquifer, it's 7 layers thick. I dug a gutter to expel the water off-map.


And started digging up !


The water goes through the stairs, and the miner can dig ever up safely.

Yay ! Iron !



I eventually reach Ice ! Surface is near ! I can smell the air !


In the meantime, water's flowing through the gutters.

It is not flooding my fortress this time.
I'm learning !



Woops ! 7/7 water stairs...


Maybe something's wrong after all.

Yeah, the gutters are overloaded...

7 z-layers of aquifer are just a lot of water for one gutter I guess...

Well I think I trapped my dorf above the aquifer.
He will be lonely out there. Away from his 4 survivor friends.


I will make him mine a bit. Maybe there is a way to get him out of there. If not, I'll wall him off and kill him, so he doesn't end up like this guy

Kivish ! That was the miner's name who first discovered the aquifer ! Ahah


Meanwhile, in the depths, the demons are multiplying.

I definetely lost the caverns to them.


And my FPS are dropping as they fight endlessly.

30FPS 1st year. Impressive...

Yay, so demons + FPS won the caverns.
But I'll still claim the surface at least. I hope.



Time passes...

...


Sudenly ! Idea ! The aquifer walls are made out of Conglomarate / Hematite.
So I can smooth them to stop the water.
Let's do this !



It works !

Only 2/7 in the stairs !

Water's going down...


...And Dorfs are going up !

We found our way through the water !!

Achievement get ! Ice found !

We are now only meters away from the surface !
So the next th...



Ahh !!

[Fleeting Frames]

7z of aquifer, for that gutter? Heh, knew ahead this would happen.

the ice...I take it the stairs disappeared on digging? Nonetheless, it's so convenient to pierce aquifer from below.

...Hm, wait, your pierce has conglomerate in it. No leak, I take it, but still, jeez.

Terrible FPS.

I don't think the FB can get in, of course.