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[vjek]

Challenge Context:
This is a military expedition to eliminate some very nasty creatures that have been plaguing the world for 1500 years.  Being a military expedition, all of the members are skilled military professionals.  As with any new embark, food production requires attention, as does securing fresh water.  A few animals have embarked with the expedition, including a breeding pair of alpaca.

Prospect report from the Scouts:
A 3x2 Badlands in the Wilderness.
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Liquids:
                    WATER :       324 Z: 131
               Has aquifer:      5251 Z: 135..141
Layer materials:
               LOAMY_SAND :       870 Z: 142
                FIRE_CLAY :     12954 Z: 142
                    CHALK :     33769 Z: 138..141
Ores:
                MAGNETITE :     17684 Z: 138..141
Wood in trees:
                TOWER_CAP :       170 Z: 121..133
                BLACK_CAP :       100 Z: 110..124
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The goal of the challenge is to exterminate any combination of fifty (50) Forgotten Beasts and/or Titans, as quickly as possible.
Any save uploaded showing that goal achieved will qualify as a potential winning fortress.  The overall winner will be the qualified fortress with the fewest number of in-game days played since the embarkation date. 
The challenge starts on February 1st, 2013 and ends on February 17th, 2013, at 11:59PM MDT.
Here is the saved embark, ready for extraction & placement into your data/save/ folder.

The Fine Print:
Three caverns. No Magma. Embark date is 8th of Sandstone, Mid-Autumn, 1501.
Embark level is 144.  Bottom of the world is 110.
This embark location contains all the resources necessary to arm and defend a fortress.  There are no restrictions on design, layout, defense, industries or production.

There will be no visits from any civilization.  There will be no caravans, no migrants, no traders,  nor visits from any liaison.
There are no goblins, nor any other surface civilization.  There are no necromancers, werebeasts, vampires, night trolls, or demons.
There will be no Titan attacks until 20,000☼ of wealth is created.  The first Titan can show up as quickly as 2 seasons after that goal is achieved.
TIP: If you dig down, breach and entirely explore all three caverns, the frequency with which Forgotten Beasts appear will be increased.

The embark starts with 22 dwarves, one anvil, one axe, one pick, plus a few other supplies.  All the dwarves have the same preferences and starting skills.
This challenge is meant for vanilla DF 34.11, with the following exceptions:  graphics packs are permitted, as is Dwarf Therapist.  No reclaims, no DFHack, no mods, no patches, etc.  If you download a fresh copy of vanilla DF 34.11 and extract the save, you're ready to go.  I have tested this challenge, and know 100% for certain it can be completed with the above parameters.

If you have questions, feel free to ask them below and/or to review the previous challenge regarding guidelines.

Spoiler: Don't click unless aquifers frighten you. (click to show/hide)

The aquifer does not cover the entire embark.  It is in fact, quite tiny.

May the best Overseer triumph!

[Dolwin]

Looks like fun, I definitely want to try!  I've never played a map with an aquifer on it though, so I guess I'll try an embark with one this weekend to see what they can do first.  I assume you can try the map more than once if you screw something major up?

[vjek]

... I assume you can try the map more than once if you screw something major up?

Yep, try as often as you wish, no limit per customer, no purchase necessary. 

[Gentlefish]

Is the aquifer in soil, or in stone?

[vjek]

For this embark, the aquifer is entirely in stone.  As per the prospect report, it is adjacent to soil, vertically.

[TheSharkable]

I hope it won't be as gloomy as the last one haha

[vjek]

The save is now available, enjoy the challenge!

[Gentlefish]

Vjek, you're pretty awesome. I think I'll give this a shot.

Are we allowed to eliminate titans/fb's via complex traps?

[TheSharkable]

Oh and by the way, I love these little challenge things; please do more of them

[vjek]

... Are we allowed to eliminate titans/fb's via complex traps?

Yep, whatever you can build, go for it.

[simonthedwarf]

Wood weapons only. come at me

[Dolwin]

Ummmm, I just got an outpost Liason and some merchants just bypassed my fort.  I walled in completely since I dont have my army ready yet and dont want to bother with a bridge until I can defend from building destroyers and I thought no one would ever come.  I havent got any migrants, but I probably will after the Liason leaves.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I've got a copy of my save where the merchants/liason just arrived.  http://www.sendspace.com/file/ymk01v

I also made a backup before saving and I'm going to play since the last seasonal autosave to see if they come again.

[vjek]

Well that's... interesting.  I haven't seen that happen before, and I play-tested the challenge with an unmodified fresh download of 34.11 with that save.

Anyone else seeing liaisons/merchants?

EDIT:  the raws in your uploaded save have been modified, Dolwin.  Any idea how that could have happened?

[Gentlefish]

Wait - is there really no bituminous on this map? I've been hunting for veins of the stuff and keep running into opals and magnetite. Plenty of iron, but no fuel - I burned my wagon just so I could get a few more dwarves in the ground.

[vjek]

Wait - is there really no bituminous on this map? I've been hunting for veins of the stuff and keep running into opals and magnetite. Plenty of iron, but no fuel - I burned my wagon just so I could get a few more dwarves in the ground.

There's lots of fuel... lovely renewable growing fuel, as per the prospect.