Introducing: Project SMEGMAThat's right, the
Solid
Magma
Efficient
Goblinite
Manufacturing
Apparatus
What did you think this would be about?
By combining
Fenwah's 1-way floors with a basic obsidian farm, I have a machine that can capture an entire invading force of goblins, incinerate their useless fleshy/clothy/leathery husks, and deliver that sweet, useful metal directly to my workshops area.
Screenshot:
Invaders are trapped on the bridge by the one-way doors. The magma reservoir above is filled, then the invaders are dropped 3 levels to my workshop area. Magma is dropped on top of them. Water is pumped in from 1 level above, forming obsidian, and any excess water overflows. The bottom level bridge is lowered and miners move in to harvest obsidian and goblinite.
Now that it's built, I see it's really not all that efficient; while it's almost dwarfproof (there's no timing-critical levers to pull), there's a lot of levers and the distinct possibility of flooding the inside of the fort with margma/invaders/both. And pumping magma all the way to the surface just to drop it down again seems a bit
silly dwarven. I'd love to see something that drops invaders/merchants down a 100z vertical shaft to the magma sea, and incinerate them there.
edit: pic not working? can I attach a jpg or do I have to upload it first?