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[Nilik]

I've recently embarked on a coastline, as its one of the places I've never tried building a fort on. I generated random names until I got an appropriately maritime sounding one; Boatschance. Naturally, this means my megaproject will be a boat 

I know this has been done before, so I want to try something a little different. I have a ridiculous amount of iron in my present fort, so rather than a traditional wooden ship, I want to build an 18th century style ironclad.







Obviously mine is going to be much bigger than any of those in order to remain sufficiently "mega". I'm envisioning at least 3 decks, with a skin of iron surrounding a wooden interior. It will have side-mounted ballistae, and possibly catapult "turrets" on top as well. As the entrance to my fort is right on the coast, I should be able to have it fire on any invaders if I position it right.

What I'm concerned about though is FPS death. Am I going to get a lot of slowdown if I block off the incoming waves? What about if I build below the waterline? I know i'll need a lot of pumps, but what will this do to my FPS? Also, can I use waterwheels along the shore to generate power?

Basically, I'm still at the brainstorming stage given that my halfway-trained army doesn't have their steel kit yet, and I haven't even breached the caverns yet. But I'd like to know from anyone else who has tried such a thing... what am I getting myself into here?

[Savolainen5]

Sounds ridiculously hard.  Which means almost dwarven.  (Dwarven meaning "impossible" with the quotes).  What would happen if you constructed it over the water and then dropped it in?  I guess that wouldn't work now would it...  Maybe you could drain the ocean enough to build the frame below sea level, and then let it refill?

[twilightdusk]

You could build it at a dock to give it support and connect it to land so dwarves can reach it.

[Max White]

I want to know how your going to do the confederate flag...

[AngleWyrm]

Basically, I'm still at the brainstorming stage given that my halfway-trained army doesn't have their steel kit yet, and I haven't even breached the caverns yet. But I'd like to know from anyone else who has tried such a thing... what am I getting myself into here?

If you have to ask, it's too much.

[Zrk2]

Dig out a dry dock and build it in there, then channel it out and let the ocean in.
BTW it would be 19th century.
Also, why build a scrawny little ironclad when you could build a whole battleship;
http://www.google.ca/images?q=battleship&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1366&bih=643

[Nilik]

Well that's the idea. I'm going to build an ironclad the size of a battleship.

Drydock is a good idea, my laptop's CPU will probably thank me. I just need to make sure the drydock is positioned such that it can still fire on invaders. The ship will of course be connected to land via a pier, unless anyone knows of a way to seal it off without turning off cave-ins.

[Savolainen5]

Build a clear glass support on the bottom and link it so you can pull the destruct-o-lever when you wanna finish with your fort.

[The Scout]

Just make a drydock then reflood it.

[CaptRory]

With enough glass you could turn it into a Ship in a Bottle...

Just sayin'

hehehe

[Savolainen5]

With enough glass you could turn it into a Ship in a Bottle...

Mega-mega-project:  Ironclad in a bottle!
Bonus: With a real removable stopper, preferably of corktree wood!