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[Chagen46]

Unless carts impart 100% of their energy to whatever they hit (not that unlikely), that won't run forever. The carts will impart smaller and smaller amounts of energy to each othe runtil they stop, unless there's some kind of rollers on the track.

[Geb]

I'm expecting that one of the fluid/cart interactions is going to be friction while going through water. It would be seriously wierd if you could run carts at full speed underwater or in magma.

So yeah... rollers needed.

[Girlinhat]

Fill rollers along the bottom of a pool and set carts to run in circles.  Dwarven Whirlpool Tubs?

[KodKod]

The only use for an underwater cart I can think of is harpooning Giant Sperm Whales. You only need one in order to feed a fortress for the next ever.

Come to think of it, would a cart going at high speeds gib something it hits? If so it could be used to generate usable bones from certain sentient creatures underwater that normally aren't prone to waltzing into weapon traps.

[Girlinhat]

That shall have to be seen.  We know Toady plans to add damage, it's just a question of if the damage will injure or jib.  If we've got proper jibbing, then we can farm all the bones!

[nightwhips]

The only use for an underwater cart I can think of is harpooning Giant Sperm Whales. You only need one in order to feed a fortress for the next ever.

Come to think of it, would a cart going at high speeds gib something it hits? If so it could be used to generate usable bones from certain sentient creatures underwater that normally aren't prone to waltzing into weapon traps.

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[Geb]

If you can get mist from a cart just moving through water, not dropping into it, then even better!

If not, you can have some carts pointlessly circling around in the bottom of a pond.

I like the pointless version better.

[KodKod]

That shall have to be seen.  We know Toady plans to add damage, it's just a question of if the damage will injure or jib.  If we've got proper jibbing, then we can farm all the bones!

All of the prospective minecart weapons are what truly gets me exciting, assuming that they are feasible. An execution chamber which could ferry the corpses of nobles straight to your coffins mass corpse pits would be a thing of beauty.

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[Girlinhat]

I would never make any allusions any topic which may or may not cause upset within figures of authority in this community. Anything you infer from my statement is purely your own speculation and entirely fictional.

Girlinhat, Baroness, has been content lately.

[KodKod]

Girlinhat, Baroness, has been content lately.

Do you truly desire to be a figure of authority considering what we generally do to them here?I can't say that it seems entirely wise.

Far be it for me to question, oh magnanimous Baroness Hat. I exist only to serve; the inane ramblings of the peasantry ought not distract you from your nobler pursuits, such as pulling suspicious levers.

[dreadmullet]

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LudicrousGibs

The minecart hits the dwarf in the everything, and the severed part sails off in an arc!

[Eric Blank]

I would challenge you to a duel for the title of Baron, but your request wasn't sent before another diplomat came around offering to make the forum a dutchy. Guess who I chose for the position of Duke? Me!

I fully intend to use minecart tracks to murder giant sperm whales.

The spinning platinum minecart strikes the giant sperm whale in the lower body, tearing the muscle, ravaging the guts and breaking the lower spine. x5
The giant sperm whale has bled to death.

[KodKod]

Guess who I chose for the position of Duke? Me!

Death to the oligarchs!

[Geb]

If we're choosing noble positions for ourselves, I claim forgotten beast law-giver ambassador of the humans.

Diplomacy, admiring forts, holding pointless meetings, farting corrosive slime all over a fort. This is what life should be like, always.

[rtg593]

Diplomacy, admiring forts, holding pointless meetings, farting corrosive slime all over a fort. This is what life should be like, always.

Wait, when did we start talking American politics?