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[Falc]

How about going for a trickle-down type fort?

First wave builds a fort using only the first 2-3 z-levels.

Second wave arrives, gets assigned the next few levels. You could have the first wave dump a very basic starting kit through a hole in their floor to the guys below.

Next wave goes under that one, etc.

[glopso]

Who's for a hydraulic chute-based delivery trading system?

Does water push items?

It depends on the force of the water.  Pushing along a roast would take water being forced into a small corridor, while rocks don't move without z-levels of flow.

So with a large reservoir you could make my hypothetical hydraulic mail system?

[Ravac]

Make the initial seven pure industrial types. Enough booze & food to last until the caravans, an anvil, and spend the rest on copper bars. Then embark, dig in a bit, and start making tools for the migrants. In time, the migrants' jobs are to keep the industrial center supplied, fed, hydrated, and defended.

[Lord Darkstar]

I've gotten to the first migrant wave, and as expected they showed up with no axes or picks. I don't have a metal industry up yet, so it comes down to whether I allow them to mooch till I can craft them some tools or let them sit around and starve till I craft them some tools.

Axes are easy to create. Have your original 7 making training axes. They chop down trees as good as any metal axe.

Picks will require metal or depot trading (for the picks themselves, and/or metal bars and/or metal ores).

[UnrealJake]

As it has been mentioned, burrows could be perfect for this, but when new migrants arive it would be a bit of a problem to get them settled if you have burrowless "Merchants" bustling around as well.

As for sieges path finding, I have no clue how it works, but if they spawn at different parts of the map they might change targets.

It would be cool seeing things "Evolve" as you elect a mayor, the baron arives, or one fort or tower is over run.

You could make each fort a mixture of underground and above ground, linked above surface.