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[Kel]

Heh. My semi-serious post about launching minecarts at eagles developed into the dwarven shotgun, and then the dwarven wall, and then FTL travel.
Oh what hath I started...

I don't imagine it would work though. They'd probably just dodge into the path of the other cart and get promptly squished. Or your legendary dodger rolls a 1 and gets squished by failing to dodge.

Hm... I wonder if we can put non-dwarves into carts somehow... catch a few fire imps, put them in carts and send the squadron barrelling towards your enemy whilst launching fireballs left, right and centre. Or this might make a good bronze colossus delivery system.

[Wimopy]

Heh. My semi-serious post about launching minecarts at eagles developed into the dwarven shotgun, and then the dwarven wall, and then FTL travel.
Oh what hath I started...

I don't imagine it would work though. They'd probably just dodge into the path of the other cart and get promptly squished. Or your legendary dodger rolls a 1 and gets squished by failing to dodge.

Hm... I wonder if we can put non-dwarves into carts somehow... catch a few fire imps, put them in carts and send the squadron barrelling towards your enemy whilst launching fireballs left, right and centre. Or this might make a good bronze colossus delivery system.

"But how do we get this dragon to fly? It's too fat to take off."
"Throw it in a minecart and kick it down the mountain. If it flies, we have anti-air defence, if it doesn't, the minecart will squash a few goblins."

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Flying machines, take off problem solved...
Also, can you load magma into carts? Oh, the !!SCIENCE!!

[Girlinhat]

We've yet to hear a verdict on liquid-filled carts, but I feel that Toady would like this if he could work it in without a lot of trouble.

[Kel]

Heh. My semi-serious post about launching minecarts at eagles developed into the dwarven shotgun, and then the dwarven wall, and then FTL travel.
Oh what hath I started...

I don't imagine it would work though. They'd probably just dodge into the path of the other cart and get promptly squished. Or your legendary dodger rolls a 1 and gets squished by failing to dodge.

Hm... I wonder if we can put non-dwarves into carts somehow... catch a few fire imps, put them in carts and send the squadron barrelling towards your enemy whilst launching fireballs left, right and centre. Or this might make a good bronze colossus delivery system.

"But how do we get this dragon to fly? It's too fat to take off."
"Throw it in a minecart and kick it down the mountain. If it flies, we have anti-air defence, if it doesn't, the minecart will squash a few goblins."

Most importantly, it looks damn cool whilst doing so. 

[runlvlzero]

dies horribly in the attempt.

nothing wrong with that. if they failed, THEY SHOULD HAVE BROKEN THE LAWS OF PHYSICS IF THEY WANTED TO LIVE!

also, minecarts: the new danger room?

Its what all good sci-fi writers do to solve their problems, perfectly reasonable.

[Urist Da Vinci]

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If this works, it would mean the discovery of dwarven faster than light travel.
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I'm sure we could dfhack ourselves some "mass relays" by editing the cart velocity or momentum numbers.

[runlvlzero]

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If this works, it would mean the discovery of dwarven faster than light travel.
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I'm sure we could dfhack ourselves some "mass relays" by editing the cart velocity or momentum numbers.

Modding in "Mass-omancer" reactions =P

[Mrhappyface]

Our minecarts will blot out the sun?

[Lielac]

Our minecarts will blot out the sun?

That'll be deliberate. ‼Science‼ is more comfortable in the shade.

[Chagen46]

Stuff like this is why I love this forum.

We learn of a new feature, and we immediately come up with the most ridiculous ideas for it EVER.

[Niccolo]

The side effect of a hauling system is a railgun.

The side effect of a minecart railgun is incredibly efficient corpse hauling.

[Mrhappyface]

Our minecarts will blot out the sun?

That'll be deliberate. ‼Science‼ is more comfortable in the shade.

I wonder. If we can keep a perpetual minecart launcher in action, will the flying minecarts cause enough shade over the map to make sure that dwarves won't get nauseauted by the sun?

[Lielac]

Our minecarts will blot out the sun?

That'll be deliberate. ‼Science‼ is more comfortable in the shade.

I wonder. If we can keep a perpetual minecart launcher in action, will the flying minecarts cause enough shade over the map to make sure that dwarves won't get nauseauted by the sun?

If not, we know what we'll need to suggest to Toady.

[Tharwen]

The side effect of a hauling system is a railgun.

The side effect of a minecart railgun is incredibly efficient corpse hauling.

And creation.

[Tharwen]

Ooh, another idea!

Has anyone suggested easier dwarven computing using minecarts? If not, I just did.