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[Vehudur]

Started a new fort, it's already over a year in and I got ambushed with four goblin squads (12 melee, 10 archers).

I've got no military yet, but that's ok, I've got a long causeway full of weapons traps leading up to my fortress.  They won't get in.

But, about 12 goblins have died (and jammed up the first 3 weapons traps but there are 25 so I'm not concerned) and the rest are maruding around at the base of the ramp, above the level of my (under construction) magma flood mechanism but out of range of anything I might shoot at them.

What's the best course of action?

Oh, and I have 75 cage traps in the hallway just inside the door in case they do get in.

Edit:

Oh look, an elven caravan.

EDIT2:  No longer an elven caravan.

(this image is modified a little - I reduced the distance between the start of the horse blood and the dead elf)



EDIT3:

I got sick of them and dropped a 20x20x3 block of magma on them using DFhack liquids

[AWdeV]

Well, you could've sent in your military to finish them off or to try and lure them into the rest of the traps.


But dumping magma on them works too. Divine intervention.

[Vehudur]

No trained military yet, they'd get eaten.

[Psieye]

No trained military yet, they'd get eaten.

Irrelevant if crossbowdwarves. They just need to stand there and let them come to the traps.

[Vehudur]

The crossbows are still in queue.

(or were, I have a fully equipped crossbowdwarf squad now)