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[bennerman]

Soapyboar, 3rd Felsite, 553, Late Spring.

Two Years ago, Vampire Queen Erib Momuzem Thalalkizest Ottan mandated the use of Prisoners of War and Lesser Species in scientific testing. This Journal will document these tests.

Today, we began what we call "drop testing". This will tell us the odds of broken bones from various heights. Test one involved 8 goblin babies, from a height of 11 Dwarf Measures.

Results follow:

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Snobub Zolakose, Goblin Baby:
His right upper arm is broken. His right upper arm is bruised. His right lower leg is broken. His right lower leg is bruised. His left lower arm is broken. His left lower arm is bruised. His left foot is broken. His left foot is bruised. His upper body is bruised. His left lung is bruised. His lower body is bruised. His guts is bruised. His right ear is bruised.

4 Breaks.
9 Bruises.
Survived.
Incinerated.

Bosa Amxuzot, Goblin Baby:
Her right lower leg is broken. Her left lower leg is bruised. Her right hand is broken. Her right hand is bruised. Her upper body is bruised. Her pancreas is bruised. Her lower body is bruised. Her right upper leg is bruised. Her middle spine is broken.

Lower Body Paralysis.
3 Breaks.
6 Bruises.
Survived.
Incinerated.

Statost Ultaarstuk, Goblin Baby:
His left lower arm is broken. His left lower arm is bruised. His left lower leg is broken. His left lower leg is bruised. His lower body is bruised. His upper body is bruised. His guts is bruised. His right upper leg is bruised. His middle spine is broken.

Lower Body Paralysis.
3 Breaks.
6 Bruises.
Suffocated.
Incinerated.

Utes Duzobkutsmob, Goblin Baby:
His left foot is broken. left foot is bruised. His right foot is broken. His right foot is bruised. His right upper arm is broken. His right upper arm is bruised. His upper body is bruised. His right lung is bruised. His right upper leg is bruised. His right ankle is broken. His upper spine is broken. His left ankle is is broken. His right shoulder is broken.

Full paralysis.
7 Breaks.
6 Bruises.
Suffocated.
Incinerated.

Usbu Urarsnuddu, Goblin Baby:
Her left lower arm is broken. Her left lower arm is bruised. Her left upper leg is bruised. Her heart is bruised. Her upper body is bruised Her lower body is bruised. Her right upper leg is bruised. Her right lower arm is bruised. Her lower spine is broken.

Lower Body Paralysis.
2 Breaks.
7 Bruises.
Survived.
Incinerated.

Utes Emnusm, Goblin Baby:
His left lower leg is broken. His left lower leg is bruised. His right lower arm is broken. His right lower arm is bruised. His upper body is bruised. His stomach is bruised. His lower body is bruised. His right false ribs are broken.

3 Breaks.
5 Bruises.
Survived.
Incinerated.

Zolak Lodmato, Goblin Baby:
His left hand is broken. His upper body is bruised. His left lung is bruised. His skull is shattered. His head is bruised. His right upper arm is broken. His right shoulder is broken. His left upper arm is broken. His left shoulder is broken. His right lower leg is broken. His left upper leg is broken. His lower body is bruised. His stomach is bruised. His right hand is broken. His right upper leg is broken.

9 Breaks.
5 Bruises.
Killed on impact. (skull through brain)
Incinerated.


Bax Slatsusmunstu, Goblin Baby:
Her right lower leg is broken. Her upper body is bruised. Her left true rib is broken. Her left lower arm is broken. Her left lower leg is broken. Her left foot is broken. Her lower body is bruised. Her guts is bruised. Her right upper leg is broken.

6 Breaks.
3 Bruises.
Killed on impact. (Left true rib through heart.)
Incinerated)

Blood spray appears random. Reaching anywhere from 1 - 3 tiles in random directions from point of impact (point itself inclusive).

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

http://mkv25.net/dfma/movie-2598-soapyboartest1experiment1

Promising Results so far. Our incinerator, a dragon, will not seem to target these test subjects. We hope this will change in the future.

Together, we will usher in a new age of Scientific Discovery.

Doren Degelken, Manager and Head Researcher,
Soapyboar

Raw data: Results from a single test, not properly processed. A show of concept, but not proof.
Final data is the results of multiple tests averaged together. Better proof of concept than raw data.

Practical Information Gained:
Raw Data
-From an 11 Z-level, there is a 100% chance of broken bones.
-There is 25% chance of dying on impact, and a 63% chance of dying overall.
-The amount of broken bones ranges from 2 to 9 with an average of 4.625 (5) bones broken.
-Of the breaks, almost all were "shattered" (as opposed to chipped or fractured), and the rest were "jammed through" muscles, and, in the case of the two who died on impact, the heart and brain.

-Blood splatter did not appear to be discriminate, ranging anywhere from 1 (directly at the point of impact) to 3 tiles away in any direction

-Of note, my captured tame dragon incinerator will not target the remaining babies. I believe this is because I used dfusion to impregnate captured goblins, and thus they were born in the fort. This DID work with a test run of a troglidyte. They will be incinerated following test number two, where a video will be given.

Insufficient Data to State final findings.

[bennerman]

Soapyboar, 14th Hematite, 553, Early Summer.
Second Test. 8 Troglodytes from a height of 10 Dwarf Measures.

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Troglodyte a:
Her left lower arm is broken. Her left lower arm is oozing troglodyte blood. Her left lower arm is bruised. Her right lower arm is broken. Her right lower arm is bruised. Her stomach is bruised. Her lower body is bruised. Her upper body is bruised. Her left elbow is broken.

1 Cut.
3 Breaks.
5 Bruises.
Survived.
Incinerated.

Troglodyte b:
Her left upper arm is broken. Her left upper arm is bruised. Her right hand is broken. Her right hand is bruised. Her right upper leg is bruised. Her splean is bruised. Her lower body is bruised. Her left lung is bruised. Her upper body is bruised. Her left shoulder is broken.

3 Breaks.
5 Bruises.
Survived.
Incinerated.

Troglodyte c:
His left lower leg is broken. His left lower leg is bruised. His left upper arm is broken. His left upper leg is bruised. His spleen is bruised. His lower body is bruised. His liver is bruised. His upper body is bruised. His left cheek is bruised. His left shoulder is broken.

3 Breaks.
7 Bruises.
Survived.
Incinerated.

Troglodyte d:
His left kidney is bruised. His upper body is bruised. His left lower leg is bruised. His left upper leg is bruised. His right lower leg is bruised. His lower body is bruised. His right lung is broken [cut]. His right lung is oozing troglodyte blood. His right false ribs are broken.

1 Cut.
1 Break.
6 Bruises.
Survived.
Incinerated.

Troglodyte e:
His left cheek is bruised. His right upper leg is bruised. His skull is broken. His brain is torn apart. His right upper arm is broken. His right shoulder is broken. His lower body is bruised. His pancreas is bruised.

3 Breaks.
4 Bruises.
Killed on impact. (Skull through brain)
Incinerated.

Troglodyte f:
His right upper leg is bruised. His upper body is bruised. His left lung is bruised. His left foot is broken. His left ankle is broken. His lower is bruised. His guts is bruised. His left hand is broken. His skull is broken. His brain is torn apart.

4 Breaks.
5 Bruises.
Killed on impact. (Skull through brain)
Incinerated.

Troglodyte g:
Her left lower leg is bruised. His lower body is bruised. His guts is bruised. His right lower arm is broken. His skull is broken. His brain is torn apart. His left cheek is bruised. His right upper leg is bruised.

2 Breaks.
5 Bruises.
Killed on impact. (Skull through brain)
Incinerated.

Troglodyte h:

Her right upper leg is broken. Her left cheek is broken. Her upper body is bruised. Her left false ribs are broken. Her lower body is bruised. Her spleen is bruised. Her skull is broken. Her brain is torn apart.

We got the incinerator working. As a result, miasma is almost nonexistent.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

http://mkv25.net/dfma/movie-2599-soapyboarincineratordemonstration

The Queen has moved me into the former Baron's house, who was killed during the taming of the Dragon. I hear whispers of a promotion. I must keep going. FOR !SCIENCE!

Doren Degelken, Manager and Head Researcher,
Soapyboar


Practical Information:
Raw Data
-From a 10 Z-level Fall, There is a 100% chance of broken bones.
-50% of the subjects died on impact; an increase of 25%. However, none of the subjects died later from their injuries, leaving the TOTAL also at 50%; a decrease of 13%.
-The number of broken bones ranged from 1 to 4, with an average of 2.375; almost half that of the last test.
-As before, almost all breaks were "shattered". There were a few torn muscles as a result, and 4 torn brains.

-Blood splatter also seemed to decrease, from a range of 1 - 3 to a range of 1 to 2 (from point of impact, point of impact inclusive).

-The incinerator works. It is basically a dragon chained in the bottom of the tube. It leaves almost no corpses.

Observations:
Although it is too early to say definitively, it appears as though the decrease by one z-level has MASSIVELY decreased damage and bloodsplatter. I intend to do each of these tests, from 11 to 3, 3 times each and average it out, before moving on to my next set of experiments.

Insufficient Data to State final findings.

[bennerman]

Soapyboar, 24th Malachite, 553, Mid Summer.

I'm afraid that Doren Degelken, my predecessor, has been laid to rest. He went around attacking his fellow dwarves, screaming something about "ghosts", and "!SCIENCE!", before the marksdwarves put him down. As a result, the Barony of Soapyboar has been bestowed unto me by our great Queen. I will continue testing where Doren left off.

Yesterday's tests consisted of 8 goblin thieves and warriors, stripped of their equipment, from 9 Dwarf Measures. Results are as follows:

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Ngom Matostrastnas, Goblin Thief:
His Left Upper Arm is broken. His left upper arm is bruised. His left lower arm is broken. His left lower arm is bruised. His right lower arm is broken. His right lower arm is bruised. His right upper leg is bruised. His left shoulder is broken. His left floating ribs are broken. His lower spine is broken. His left upper leg is bruised. His lower body is bruised. His upper body is bruised.

Lower Body Paralysis
Breaks: 6.
Bruises: 7.
Survived.
Incinerated.

Usbu Ngerxungokmo, Goblin Axeman:
Her left foot is broken. Her right lower arm is broken. Her right upper arm is broken. Her left shoulder is broken. Her left ankle is broken. Her right lower leg is bruised. Her left upper leg is bruised.

Breaks: 5.
Bruises: 2.
Survived.
Incinerated.

Ber Bosaasnum, Goblin Thief:
His left upper leg is bruised. His lower spine is broken. His left hand is broken. His right lower leg is broken. His right wrist is broken. His right hand is broken. His left lower leg is broken.

Breaks: 6.
Bruises: 1.
Survived.
Incinerated.

Ngom Olngootsmor, Goblin Axeman:
Her left hand is broken. Her left wrist is broken.

Breaks: 2.
Bruises: 0.
Survived.
Incinerated.

Aztrog Xosunem, Goblin Thief:
His right true ribs are broken. His heart is torn apart. His right upper leg is bruised. His left lower leg is bruised. His right lower leg is bruised. His left upper leg is bruised. His lower body is bruised. His guts is bruised.

Breaks: 1.
Bruises: 6.
Killed on Impact. (Right true ribs through heart.)
Incinerated.

Smunstu Ogastosbub, Goblin Thief:
His right upper arm is broken. His lower body is bruised. His guts is bruised. His upper body is bruised. His left lung is bruised. His right upper leg is bruised. His skull is broken. His brain is torn apart.

Breaks: 2.
Bruises: 5.
Killed on Impact. (Skull through brain.)
Incinerated.

Zom Ngolumato, Goblin Thief:
Her lower body is bruised. HIs left lower leg is bruised. His left cheek is bruised. His skull is broken. His brain is torn apart. His left upper leg is bruised. His upper body is bruised. His middle spine is broken.

Breaks: 2.
Bruises: 5.
Killed on impact (Skull through brain.)
Incinerated.

Estrur Uksoskuda, Goblin Hammerman:
His left lower leg is bruised. His skull is broken. His brain is torn apart. His left upper leg is bruised. His left lower leg is bruised. His left upper arm is broken. His left shoulder is broken. His right upper leg is bruised.

Breaks: 3.
Bruises: 4.
Killed on impact (Skull through brain.)
Incinerated.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Soapyboar Tests

My loyalty to our Queen is unquestionable, and my duty to progress, unwavering. I will bring this fort !SCIENCE! at any cost.

Urvad Asmelzatthud, Baron and Head Researcher,
Soapyboar

P.S. Consult Her Majesty on the acquisition of new subjects. We are running low.

Practical Information:
Raw Data
-From a 9 Z-level fall, there is a 100% chance of broken bones.
-50% died on impact, and 0 died later from their wounds. This is unchanged.
- Number of broken bones ranged from 1 to 6, with an average of 3.375.
-Most breaks were "shattered." Some additional non-lethal tears, as well as the immediately lethal ones, as before.

-Blood splatter ranged from 1-2, as before, but appeared to be smaller.

Observations:
Not what I expected, but it could just be an outlier. Must wait for more testing.

Insufficient Data to State final findings.

[Larix]

This is impressively elven. The grand druid approves.

[bennerman]

I'm not sure if that's a compliment or not XD

[imperium3]

I do like the incinerator. Could be a useful way to destroy unwanted (flammable) junk - dump them in with a troglodyte and let the dragon do the work. Even more so as I believe dragonfire is hotter than magma, so a lot of metals will melt away as well.

It's much more dwarven than a simple drawbridge!

[bennerman]

And at the end, we will be able to make a table on the wiki of fall damage from various heights. No more diving off a cliff in adventure mode and hoping for the best. XD

[bennerman]

Soapyboar, 1st Limestone, 553, Early Autumn.

Armok has answered our prayers. The Goblin siege ran right into our cage traps, capturing atleast 30 more test subjects, maybe more.

But it's not enough. Never enough.

I've spoken to Her Majesty, she has ordered our archers to fire on the Human Caravan from the walls. When word of our actions reaches the humans, we will have more test subjects. BETTER test subjects, as my research shows that we are more closely related to humans than goblins.

Armok Bless our research.

Urvad Asmelzatthud, Baron and Head Researcher,
Soapyboar

[bennerman]

Soapyboar, 22nd Limestone, 553, Early Autumn.

It's done. The humans were taken by surprise. They never stood a chance. Most were crippled by our Marksdwarves, and were then torn to shreds by our Guards. We gained a few items from this endeavour, but what I want will arrive when word of our actions reaches their king.

Testing will continue shortly. Nothing can stop me now.

Urvad Asmelzatthud, Baron and Head Researcher,
Soapyboar

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http://mkv25.net/dfma/movie-2601-doublecross1
http://mkv25.net/dfma/movie-2602-doublecross2

[Urist McVoyager]

When you're done dropping P.O.W.s you need to build a maze with a safe way out of camp. It'll be very GlaDOS of you, too. DwarfDOS!

[bennerman]

I think that'd be more jigsawy, considering they have multiple fractures and broken spines. XD

[bennerman]

Soapyboar, 28th Hematite, 554, Early Summer.

ARMOK DAMN HER!

I apologize for the length between journal entries; I was working on a side project. WAS working on a side project. One of our champions, who had lost function in both of his hands, was feeling depressed. He missed the slaughter. As such, we were using the top floor of the chute to feed him enemies to train on. It was going well, his biting and kicking skills were amazing.

A few weeks ago, I went to his room to fetch him for more training, only to find him dead, drained of all his blood. I know it was her. I KNOW IT.

I'll deal with her later.

7 Goblins and one human from 8 Dwarf Measures.

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Song Ngombax, Goblin Lasher:
His right ankle is broken. His right foot is broken. His right shoulder is broken. His right upper arm is broken. His left upper leg is bruised.

Breaks: 4.
Bruises: 1.
Survived.
Incinerated.

Bosa Arstruklod, Goblin Spearman:
His right upper leg is broken.

Breaks: 1.
Bruises: 0.
Survived.
Incinerated.

Zom Okmosnamoz, Goblin Thief:
His right lower arm is broken. His left lower leg is bruised.

Breaks: 1.
Bruises: 1.
Survived.
Incinerated.

Utes Matosposp, Goblin Spearman:
Her left hand is broken. Her right hand is broken. Her right lower leg is bruised. Her right upper leg is bruised.

Breaks: 2.
Bruises: 2.
Survived.
Incinerated.

Ber Dakstosbub, Goblin Spearman:
Her left lower leg is bruised. Her left hand is broken. Her left upper leg is broken.

Breaks: 1.
Bruises: 2.
Survived.
Incinerated.

Ngoso Slonuksmob, Human Spearman:
His left lower arm is broken. His right lower leg is bruised. His left upper leg is bruised.

Breaks: 1.
Bruises: 2.
Survived.
Incinerated.

Aslot Ngebzoaxstut, Goblin Lasher:
Her left upper leg is bruised. Her upper body is bruised. Her right lung is bruised. Her left lower arm is broken. Her lower body is bruised. Her guts is bruised. Her skull is broken. Her brain is torn apart.

Breaks: 2.
Bruises: 5.
Killed on Impacted. (Skull through brain)
Incinerated.

Statost Snangslux, Goblin Spearman:
Her upper body is bruised. Her liver is bruised. Her right hand is broken. Her lower body is bruised. Her pancreas is bruised. Her left floating ribs are broken. Her skull is broken. Her brain is torn apart.

Breaks: 3.
Bruises: 4.
Killed on Impact. (Skull through brain)
Incinerated.

Urvad Asmelzatthud, Baron and Head Researcher,
Soapyboar



Practical Information:
Raw Data
-From an 8 Z-level fall, there is a 100% chance of broken bones.
-25% died on impact, and 0 died later from their wounds. Total deaths have been halved.
- Number of broken bones ranged from 1 to 4, with an average of 1.875.
-Most breaks were "shattered." Some additional non-lethal tears, as well as the immediately lethal ones, as before.

-Blood splatter is impossible to tell. It's, like, ridiculous.

Insufficient Data to State final findings.

[itg]

Nice work so far! You know, as much as I approve of incinerating living creatures, you could probably cage the survivors and use them for future tests. Invading creatures tend to heal over time, and I assume this applies to goblins, too.

[bennerman]

I have a feeling that as I kill them, it registers in their civilization, making them want to send another siege, and recycling them might not do that. I'll look into it, though. Will just take a bit of an overhaul

[itg]

Actually, I think the civilization considers a caged member as as good as dead. For example, caging the goblin leader will stop goblins from using mounts, just the same as if you killed him.