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Danaru

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Another impressive Dwarven Paradrop
« on: November 13, 2008, 06:27:43 pm »


(Taken just after embark, just long enough for all the dwarves to move)

The wagon was completely destroyed. it's not there. the only wood I have is the stuff I brought. I'm personally taking this as proof of the "paradrop wagon" theory

of all th-- I have to wonder if they AIMED for the peak.
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Odd how "Experiment" in DF is often synonymous with "Raging inferno of death and dispair"

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Re: Another impressive Dwarven Paradrop
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2008, 06:52:02 pm »
Magically retarded.

Dwarves today... what's next, fire spirit kings.
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Re: Another impressive Dwarven Paradrop
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2008, 06:52:45 pm »
Thats just awesome. You should build a tower around that spot to commemorate the event.
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Re: Another impressive Dwarven Paradrop
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2008, 07:33:34 pm »
Didn't you know?  It's dwarven tradition to conquer the peak with their wagon before they can settle there.
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If ignorance is bliss, why are my dwarves all tantruming?

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Re: Another impressive Dwarven Paradrop
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2008, 07:45:22 pm »
My most recent fort had the same issue.  No wagon, all the supplies on one tile.

I built an inverted pyramid over the site (each z-level of the tower being 3 tiles wider than the one below it), and dug out a pyramid below.

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Re: Another impressive Dwarven Paradrop
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2008, 08:00:50 pm »
you had a very active tectonic movement at the moment of your arrival. SURPRISE MOUNTAIN PEAK!

you your vengeance- mine the gold from its belly!
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Re: Another impressive Dwarven Paradrop
« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2008, 08:15:12 pm »
Unfortunately, within about four minutes of starting to dig out the area, I found the chasm, and a giant cave swallow flew out and proceeded to go to town on my very vulnerable dwarves.

I might reclaim. oh GOD I have giant cave swallows.

(better than the other GCS though)
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Quote from: Smitehappy on March 12, 2009, 05:30:44 pm
Odd how "Experiment" in DF is often synonymous with "Raging inferno of death and dispair"

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Re: Another impressive Dwarven Paradrop
« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2008, 08:55:18 pm »
I had one of those. Something about having no wood and no axe kinda sucked...

Thankfully I mined out the magma and was able to forge myself one!
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Seems to work fine with my copy. As soon as I loaded the human caravan came by and the world burst into fire.

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Re: Another impressive Dwarven Paradrop
« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2008, 10:32:33 pm »
I have this all the time, i suspect my dwarves aim for the 1 tile peaks at embark.
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Re: Another impressive Dwarven Paradrop
« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2008, 12:08:56 am »
The same thing happened to me. My current fortress is on a mountain. The expedition landed on an area pretty far from the chasm, but it was right on a slope so they had no wagon and their stuff was spread over 2 z-levels. Fortunately, this version has ramps all over the mountains, so this wasn't a big problem.
In the absence of a wagon, I'll build a monument there one day.
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Re: Another impressive Dwarven Paradrop
« Reply #10 on: November 14, 2008, 01:30:06 pm »
My current fortress started with a wagon on the very edge of a magma tube...it took me two reclaims to get the dwarves indoors before the fire imps noticed they were there.
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