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[OtaconPliskin]

So, I finally did it. I finally reached HFS, and my units screen swelled to over 100 for a little while in the others section; I noticed that I didn't yet have a direct walking path into my fortress prior, so I continued to poke around a bit more--The new friends of my fortress eventually found a way into my exploratory tunnels, due to their ability to fly; I'm assuming.

Anywho--The number of units from this newfound place of friendliness dropped down to 6, and while I was following one watching him introduce himself to my dwarves; The number dropped down to 2. I checked my dead count to make sure nobody had caressed him too hard, and he wasn't there.
What's happening to all of my newfound guests?

A similar situation happened with a siege some time ago, don't know if it's related. They attacked, I vaulted up and sealed them outside, and after awhile of kicking rocks and staring at my closed door, they just up and left (I'm assuming, I didn't actually SEE them leave)

So what's going on with these new friends of mine?

[Tirion]

They are either off the map, or in the unrevealed parts of it.

[Azated]

You can tell if they're still alive by the ungodly lag you'll be experiencing.

[GreatWyrmGold]

If you can still play your fortress, they've wandered off.

If not...they are hiding somewhere...

[OtaconPliskin]

This same thing happened with a  goblin siege though, a 72 goblin army breached my fortress; I sent a single squad (albiet well trained) to repel them while I was working on trying to finish my project before the inevitable end; I wasn't watching the battle  but there weren't alot of dead bodies in the unit viewer, but the siege was over and they were all gone. I wasn't watching but I find it pretty hard to believe that my men repelled all 72 of them.

[GreatWyrmGold]

I suspect you killed someone important and the rest skedaddled.

[highmax28]

I suspect you killed someone important and the rest skedaddled.

I can't reallreference the same thread, but I had a seige where I WOUNDED one guy and they booked it. It was just a bolt to his stomach and they booked it. Yeah the guy died before he left the map, but they all left WHEN he was hit

[GreatWyrmGold]

...
THE GOBLINS HAVE ESP?!?!?

[highmax28]

...
THE GOBLINS HAVE ESP?!?!?

Is ESP is escaped, then yes, a caravan showed up and I ran to go defend it and the caravan guard shot the one goblin and they ran away. I guess a trading caravan that shot bolts at you was too scary for them

[GreatWyrmGold]

No, they knew that their leader would die from the bolt so they, pardon the pun, bolted.

[highmax28]

No, they knew that their leader would die from the bolt so they, pardon the pun, bolted.

Quite literally, they managed to evade dragonfire when they ran off

[Markus]

^They evaded dragonfire because they bolted from having a bolt shot at them by a random caravan while blood thirsty dwarves are charging them.

You lost me at Dragonfire. Was a dragon having a vacation in the area at the time?

[highmax28]

^They evaded dragonfire because they bolted from having a bolt shot at them by a random caravan while blood thirsty dwarves are charging them.

You lost me at Dragonfire. Was a dragon having a vacation in the area at the time?

My dragon just got released along with the army because they were all melee goblins. I actually managed to do so much with that fortress, especially with my army of wolverines that gaurded the enterance (20+) led by a grizzly bear and a dragon. How I got the dragon is another story though, involving HUNDREDS of traps, the slaughter of hundreds of goblins, and a giant sword

[highmax28]

Crap, double posted