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Skorpion

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Skipped caravans?
« on: March 01, 2009, 12:55:57 pm »
Part of a dwarven caravan is jammed on a set of ramps next to my fortress, thanks to an issue with spacing when building the emergency depot the previous year. It's still there, and one of the merchants just went insane.

Now I've drained the original depot, the dwarves just skipped me entirely. The humans showed up fine, however.
How do I get rid of them to get the caravan back?
(Without using magma; I don't have any.)
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The *large serrated steel disk* strikes the Raven in the head, tearing apart the muscle, shattering the skull, and tearing apart the brain!
A tendon in the skull has been torn!
The Raven has been knocked unconcious!

Elves do it in trees. Humans do it in wooden structures. Dwarves? Dwarves do it underground. With magma.

LegacyCWAL

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Re: Skipped caravans?
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2009, 01:04:12 pm »
Ballistae might work.
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Kanddak

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Re: Skipped caravans?
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2009, 01:04:31 pm »
Drown them.

Or deconstruct whatever they're jammed on until they've got a path to leave. That might work, too.
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Skorpion

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Re: Skipped caravans?
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2009, 02:03:26 pm »
Quote from: Kanddak on March 01, 2009, 01:04:31 pm
Or deconstruct whatever they're jammed on until they've got a path to leave. That might work, too.

Thank you! I build a floor under them, and they suddenly up and left!
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The *large serrated steel disk* strikes the Raven in the head, tearing apart the muscle, shattering the skull, and tearing apart the brain!
A tendon in the skull has been torn!
The Raven has been knocked unconcious!

Elves do it in trees. Humans do it in wooden structures. Dwarves? Dwarves do it underground. With magma.