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[sealclubber]

 

After I ordered the cages to be 'built' they ended up dying when placed. I don't have any idea what happened.

Immediately on placement, you mean?  Not sure.  But dwarves will starve in built cages.  Are unbuilt cages capable of starving dwarves but not to death, that happening as soon as they are built?

...if they get knocked out the get stasisified by the cage traps.  Would this work to save dwarves?

Possibly, but with only one cage trap allowed per tile you might find them being knocked out and the attack continuing because they fell on an already triggered trap-square.  (Though if they phase in and out with the enemy distracted they might crawl a bit and get further chances of being trapped.)

If bleeding out mortally, or semi-mortally, they may still die, of course, while you cannot yet get around to retrieving the trap, building it somewhere near the hospital and releasing them so they can get there in time (under their own power or through assistance).  And if sealclubber's deal is more serious than I first considered then it may speed their demise.

Science.  That's what you need!

Man oh man I totally gotta try this again.
Setup a burrow and lock in a couple of unsuspecting stunties in a room filled with cage traps. Brilliance abounds.

I'll do some testing later.

[ChuckWeiss]

If this works, I know what to do with my useless immigrants. Five legendary cheese makers my ass! You're goin' in the damned hole!

[sealclubber]

Well then.

I locked a bunch of my cutest little milkers into the dunce corner and locked the door and waited for them to fall asleep. I got impatient. I followed OP's lead and tried to do a cave-in on their wee little heads to make them fall into a stunned state but uh... yea they turned out to be made out of jelly and they all died. I sure hope they are ok.

Oh well, any dwarf that can't survive a cave-in of a couple tons of stone has no place in my fortress.

[Broken]

I was thinking at one point, fighting powerfull trap immune creatures in a hallway filled with cage traps would be good, as if they get knocked out the get stasisified by the cage traps.  Would this work to save dwarves?

This happened to me once. A Fb atacked by surprise a miner in a cage trap corridor. The dwarf ended lighly wounded and trapped in a cage instead of dying, and was rescued later by the military.