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[armeggedonCounselor]

I was beggining to do this when my dorf went berserk. You'll need wood, however. Try to salvage some from that pack-animal corpse not far from the fort (underground, not on the surface). It's exposed to the air, however, so watch out for fliers.

AC, we have no skilled medics or soap. The muck's symptoms take some time to kick in, the zombies probably got to them before that.

Moot point. The year's done. Nothing much happened. I'll be uploading the save.

[Eric Blank]

Well that was a fast damn turn!

[Teneb]

AC, sorry for that. That message was directed to Spish. I edited it now.

[armeggedonCounselor]

Well that was a fast damn turn!

Yup. Nothing much happened. I just let it run in the background while I did other stuff. Checked it every few minutes. Had a lot of migrants get killed by the wilddeath. Or by running pellmell into the swamp of fetid muck.

We did have an offshoot timeline. I saved, copied the save, then tried to let in some migrants. Instead the fort got swarmed by undead and we all died. In like a minute.

The save.

[StLeibowitz]

Would a long, trap-filled tunnel with some pools of water for cleaning be enough to get some immigrants safely in? At this rate, I don't see any chance of many dorfings for a good, long while.

[Spish]

I do believe that a simple airlock system would suffice. Two doors (or better yet, hatch covers), with a meeting hall zone in between them for migrants to gather when they're not getting munched on by undead. Keep one door locked, and the other open for migrants to enter through, then lock the first and let them through the second once they're safe and detoxified. I believe zombies will prioritize killing reachable dwarves over gathering at meeting halls, so they should keep out for the most part. If zombies start heading inside, just lock them out.

Just make sure the zombie force doesn't include building destroyers or lockpickers. Otherwise things could get messy.

[Mr Space Cat]

Geez, we're a few turns in and we have little over 4 resident dwarves?  This fort is glorious.

[ThatAussieGuy]

Would a long, trap-filled tunnel with some pools of water for cleaning be enough to get some immigrants safely in? At this rate, I don't see any chance of many dorfings for a good, long while.

I do believe that a simple airlock system would suffice. Two doors (or better yet, hatch covers), with a meeting hall zone in between them for migrants to gather when they're not getting munched on by undead. Keep one door locked, and the other open for migrants to enter through, then lock the first and let them through the second once they're safe and detoxified. I believe zombies will prioritize killing reachable dwarves over gathering at meeting halls, so they should keep out for the most part. If zombies start heading inside, just lock them out.

Just make sure the zombie force doesn't include building destroyers or lockpickers. Otherwise things could get messy.

All we need to keep secure is a floor hatch as the main entrance.  Nothing can break through a locked hatch from the underside.  As to quarantine, A floor grate over an aquifer breach and a shower from above just outside said floorhatch should keep us clean and new migrants happy as they travel through the waterfall.

[Deviled]

Woo, It's my turn. I'll download the save and see what I can do.

[Spish]

All we need to keep secure is a floor hatch as the main entrance.  Nothing can break through a locked hatch from the underside.  As to quarantine, A floor grate over an aquifer breach and a shower from above just outside said floorhatch should keep us clean and new migrants happy as they travel through the waterfall.

Problem is the moment we open it to let the migrants in, the zombies will immediately sense our dwarves. Need to have something blocking them from being able to path inside.

[Mr Space Cat]

Have we hit stone yet?  We could make the airlock include a drawbridge to further seal off the fort and line the airlock with traps.

Example (not drawn to scale):

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------------#### { (^ is the ramp/stair leading up to the surface hatch. # is a tile of the drawbridge. { is the waterfall which migrants can pass through. )
^----------#### { (- can represent the floor plus a trap of your choice.)
------------#### {

               +++^ (Here's the optional channel one level down which will keep creatures from getting too close to the bridge while it is raised.)
               +++^ (+ represents channeled floor, ^ is ramps. Remove the ramps on the outer side.)
               +++^


Instead of traps you could easily line the airlock with atom smashers connected to an alternate bridge lever. Less cleanup that way, but building destroyers or creatures immune to atom smashing will stall the "cleaning part" of the lock completely.

[Deviled]

We havn't hit stone. Some migrant's arrived, in the non haunted part I think. They may be able to make it to the fort, who knows.

Edit: Fuck. So I managed to get a few dwarves in, not sure of the exact amount, because preaty soon after I did just about every goddamn dwarf decided to haul something and go out side. Despite the fact that I had everyone in a burrow, and that I had everything outside forbidden. So now a undead harpy is running around inside the fort, that's the only thing that managed to get in I think. I'm gonna see if a dwarf can lead it out side then I'm locking the door, and walling the corridor off for good measure. Jesus fucking Christ I hate the dwarves AI sometimes.

[Greasemunky]

If it's not in the reanimating part, you might be able to mob it to death with unarmed dwarves.

[Deviled]

Nah it got out, and I was able to get some dwarfs in. I'll have to count the exact amount later. But for now we have gained some migrants and made some progress on the aquifer.

The aquifer has been broken through. Current dwarf population is ~19. With the stone I will work on a airlock.

[Volfgarix]

Give screenshots!
Maybe my willingness to be dwarfed is reason of Fortress dying?... nah, impossible.
Do not give up! You are Dwarves - the mightest race on this world! These undead are stupid!

My example of small plan to kill few zombies.

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Red squares are Atomsmashers, the green one is bridge/door for saving Bait from being eaten if zombs get close.
Dark green circle is shortcut for Miner, who will run in that route, when he dig out LAST TILE [Blue circle].
Black stripes are doors/bridges for catching Undead to give possibility to smash them.
Yellow circle is a route to Fortress.

You have mechanisms, right?