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[HandFullOfCheese]

So I just had some super great FUN that was the cause of something I forgot about, so I of course wanted to share. Hint, it involves building destroyers.

The current fort I was working on had a giant dwarf made lake connected to a minor river to supply the water and in the center was my fortress entrance. I built it so the first few layers were mostly ornamental. You know, a zoo, some statue gardens, bridges and stuff over some water. On the outside of it, there was a ring of crystal glass with the water on the outside so the dwarves were basically living in a big aquarium where they could see the fish and such (the such being a group of crocodiles) that made their way over. I thought it was pretty cool.

Well, my defenses weren't exactly tight as they should have been and a troll managed to get inside while my Urist McMilitary dwarves were ineptly fighting goblins. After smashing up a few statues and haulers, he saw the glass (with I'm sure a glean in his eyes). The rest is history; a drowning troll, an abandoned fort, and a FUN lesson to not forget building destroyers.

So, say I wanted to try this idea again. What would be a good way to protect the glass from building destroyers? Maybe a channel or two separating the glass and walkways with the ramps removed?

[Mageziya]

Stone walls lining the glass.

[Scruffy]

Well, you could try using glass walls (building destroyers won't target them nor can they destroy them) instead of windows and build it so that you have a way of sealing parts of it incase you get an unwanted creature wandering around. (a bit like in resurrecting fortresses with numerous doors, alternative staircases and gates separating different parts of the fort. This will easily lead to a fort with 30 mysterious levers though.) In this case perhaps raising bridges behind the glass in order to prevent the water from flooding in if the window gets broken. Then you can just drain the room from the water that managed to get in and fix the windows before lowering the gates again.

Personally I think that no fort is perfect unless it has a slightly flawed defence so that there always is a small chance of FUN.

Edit: You can also use workshops/furniture as a bait for the destroyers. Also, invaders aim for your meeting hall so make sure the the way there doesn't go straight through your project. That way they shouldn't come there unless they are chasing your dwarves. (Though a statuegarden will attract them) Otherwise you could ofcourse keep the area separated from the rest of the fort but that would be boring.

[HandFullOfCheese]

Great, thanks much. I'll try that all out when I get enough umph to try it again haha. Appreciate all the suggestions and help, Scruffy. I saw the troll wailing statues and was like "...wait, do building destroyers go after windows too?....no no no NO!" haha

So destroyers won't go after walls at all then? Noticed people taking about mazes of walls with random statues in them to keep destroyers busy but wasn't sure if it was just a think of priority or what.

[GoombaGeek]

They're incapable of destroying walls and fortifications.

[keyreper]

when i read the fortress is underwater and its all made out of glass i instantly think
dwarf cancels kill troll, attacking carp

[Volfgarix]

Building destroyers will destroy Supports? I have idea for Troll Trap.

[Loud Whispers]

Building destroyers will destroy Supports?

No

[GreatWyrmGold]

Glass walls. Sure, dwarves can't technically see through them, but that just means that milkfish and sponges and such on the other side of the glass won't freak them out.