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[Lagslayer]

I was thinking about how to cause a series of consecutive cave-ins. Would it work if I put a support down, then build a single floor tile on top of it, and another support on top of that, and another floor tile ad infinitum? or could I use the force of the first cavein to destroy a nearby support and make it collapse?

Theoretically, I think this could launch a target at frightening speeds if it is timed properly. The first cave-in throws the target away, then when it goes far enough, the dust triggers a second cave-in and launches it even farther and faster. Or does it not work like this? Do I need to conduct some science?

[MrShovelFace]

DO IT FOR !!SCIENCE!!

[GaxkangtheUnbound]

I think you've come up with an idea for a dwarven particle accelerator.

[MrShovelFace]

what would happen if two dorf particles collide at close to the speed of light?

[Organum]

You don't need to buy paint for that room?

[Lagslayer]

i wonder if you could demolish a steel FB with this. I mean, assuming you could contain it that is.

[Urist Da Vinci]

Make a 1-tile-wide hallway that will flood with water from one end. Place water-sensitive pressure plates down the length of the hall.

Connect each pressure plate to a corresponding support somewhere else.
Then, when water flows down the hall, the supports collapse in order.

Since cave-in dust will scatter objects and creatures, it is theoretically possible, though unlikely, that the dust wave will transport stuff to the far end of the hall.

[GreatWyrmGold]

I can imagine this as a game dwarf children play.

This way, they will drain your resources for less time.

[Aachen]

NEED MOAR PITCHBLENDE

[Oliolli]

If we manage to find the Higgs Boson with this, not only will I make a public announcement that DF is actually a pocket universe, I will also go to CERN and laugh in their faces.

[SirAaronIII]

NEED MOAR PITCHBLENDE

This. The dwarven nuke needs to happen RIGHT NOW.

[Girlinhat]

Pumps can be used to generate some very very specific timing events.  You can accurately measure events down to the single tick.  It's well within the capacity of pump-timing to sequence your cave-ins.

However, I suspect an old nemesis will raise its head.  Creatures in unnatural flight are immune to normal effects.  This is why you can drop a creature through a magma pipe unhurt, floating spike traps don't target falling foes, and other small oddities.  I suspect the creature will become invulnerable to the second cave-in while still under the effect of the first.

That being said, some speed:0 and a lot of pumps should produce sizable amounts of science.

[612DwarfAvenue]

Cave-ins won't destroy buildings they don't directly hit. Only things a nearby hit affects are creatures and items.

[Kay12]

If we manage to find the Higgs Boson with this, not only will I make a public announcement that DF is actually a pocket universe, I will also go to CERN and laugh in their faces.

A bit off-topic, but I find it odd they're trying to find it in the Cern particle accelerator. C'mon - if it was there, it would've probably been noticed when the machine was being built.

[Lagslayer]

If we manage to find the Higgs Boson with this, not only will I make a public announcement that DF is actually a pocket universe, I will also go to CERN and laugh in their faces.

You have discovered the Higgs Boson! Praise the engineers!