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ThtblovesDF

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Operation Birdhouse
« on: April 23, 2010, 06:53:51 am »

Dear Gentledwarfs and Utrists,

I have giant eagles out the *** and no DM to tame them. What to do?


I'm considering just digging a nice, say 5 Z levels high, cube into the earth, with a access shaft to it. Release the wild beasts in there and every now and then I'll drop down a goat, cow, mule or kitten to see if it touches the ground before it gets ripped apart by angry oversized chickens.


Any Idears?

Other info: No magma yet, military good enough that eagles are no probleme to kill.

(Also what is it with the blood /everywhere/, like, everywhere? Each single watersource I have is full of slugman blood and god knows what, so is every road and Ewwwwwww...

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Warlord255

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Re: Operation Birdhouse
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2010, 07:38:30 am »

Make sure you have an airlock for both releasing the eagles (or new eagles) into the aviary, and for dropping in food. Since some miasma's going to be involved, be sure to put some grates at the top as well.
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Re: Operation Birdhouse
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2010, 07:51:51 am »

Make a fighting arena.

ThtblovesDF

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Re: Operation Birdhouse
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2010, 08:21:06 am »

I do have one, but as said the dwarfs have no issue one hitting the eagles at this point...

Year #1: All 7 dwarfs barly manage to harm a goblin and have to beat on him for a month with pickaxes and axes

Year #3: Dwarfs one hit Giant Eagles

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Satarus

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Re: Operation Birdhouse
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2010, 08:55:47 am »

1.) Wait for a baron so you can get a DM
2.) ???????
3.) WAR EAGLES!
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You need to make said elf leather into the most amazing work of art.  Embed it with every kind of gem you have, stud it with metals, and sew images into it.  Erect a shrine outside your fort with that in the center.  Let the elves know that you view their very skin as naught more but a medium for your dwarves to work on.