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[flarn2006]

So I just got my first wave of migrants in a new fortress, and something weird happened. Three migrants came, but one of them appears as an @ sign (like the outpost liaison) instead of a smiley face. She's not doing any work, and when I open the Units list, she doesn't show up under Citizens, but under Other instead. She had probably come from a previous fortress I made, as her profession name is a custom one I sometimes use. In addition to appearing under Other rather than Citizens, instead of listing her current job, it just says Friendly. Is this a bug, or just something I hadn't seen until now?

[Sutremaine]

It's a bug. What you've got there is a migrant who's one of the merchants you've had on the map before, but her flags haven't been set properly to make her a proper migrant. She should leave with the next caravan.

The major irritation with these migrants is that they don't move from their starting tile, meaning that other migrants can't get through. They'll move if attacked by something, but then you'll possibly get a whole load of proper migrants running headfirst into whatever spooked the @ dwarf.

You can fix this with DFHack and its 'tweak fixmigrant' command.

Edit: Or maybe they just have Appraisal as their highest skill. Either way, the game confuses them for traders.

[thegoatgod_pan]

Just consider that one`s labor preference to be "goblin ambush spotter"'

[laularukyrumo]

Haha, migrant plugs.

I recommend constructing a support as close to her as you can, then build constructed floors above it. Then link said support to a lever far away, and pull it. That'll get her moving. Or dead. Either way, plug pulled.

[Quietust]

Edit: Or maybe they just have Appraisal as their highest skill. Either way, the game confuses them for traders.

You had it right the first time - there's nothing special about the Appraisal skill other than merchants seemingly getting a lot of it.

[hops]

She's a merchant, though I have no idea why she has a custom profession.
Just let her stay around the map for an ambush spotter, or kill her if she block other migrants' path.

[flarn2006]

Haha, migrant plugs.

I recommend constructing a support as close to her as you can, then build constructed floors above it. Then link said support to a lever far away, and pull it. That'll get her moving. Or dead. Either way, plug pulled.

That does sound fun, but unfortunately she's right next to my food stockpile. Also, the idea of a cave-in in my main dining room isn't that appealing. I have DFHack, so I'll just use that command. Thanks!
EDIT: That didn't work. Also, she is moving, just not much.

[wierd]

Drawbridges falling into place make an excellent substitution for a cave in.

If she is moving, see if she will obey a burrow. (Worth a shot.) If she doesn't, just direct her migration path with obstacles, and lead her into the "unfortunate accident machine". (A drawbridge placed over a small room's floor, right on the floor, with 2 lockable doors. Dwarf seeks path through the room, due to obstacles. Pause game as soon as she enters, lock the doors. Pull the lever. Also useful as a designatable burrow for suspected vampirical undead migrants.) Just be aware that this method of death prevents discovery of the body, and can lead to scary ghost merchants and vampire ghosts.  Have slabbing teams standing by.

[Sutremaine]

In what way didn't it work? Did you get any sort of error message from the DFHack console?

[flarn2006]

It just didn't give me any message at all.

[Garath]

might be 'tweak fixmigrants'

iirc if you type 'tweak' you get a list of possible tweaks and fixes

or maybe it was just 'fixmigrant(s)'

[Eric Blank]

Nah, it's "tweak fixmigrant" I use it all the time on broken migrants.

Make sure you've got the culprit selected in-game with the 'v'iew unit cursor before you run the command.