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[richeygator]

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after a long absence,I'm back to the community

weponizing syndromes is a concept I've played around with ever since I started playing
and I'm VERY ANGRY that with all the ripe,young,and twisted minds we have at bay12,no one seems to share my ambitions
I've done a few searches and there's (1 TOPIC ABOUT IT...ONE)
... OK,maybe that was a little harsh,I'm sorry for raising my voice

but moving on,I have taken it into my own hands to rectify your mistake(yourhuge,gaping,obvious,mistake)
keep in mind this is just a proof of concept,I edited the raws to allow me to better identify the effects
but by my calculations(my many,genius,mindbogling calculations that your puny mind could never hope to understand)
it should all transfer to practice without to many discrepancys
OK then,I'll try to explain this as best I can

first off my raw edit:
I changed the bumblebee sting to be ingested or touched,and gave it a complete paralysis effect(and a few various edits)
(I also cheated by spawning in some bumblebees but in practice the source doesn't mater)

after I got some victims test subjects to get stung by bees,
I quickly run the through a small pool of water above my base's entrance(drawbridged)
(I waited for a goblin seige)
I released the contaminated water on the invaders
a lot of the goblins died from suffocation,only a few didn't get infected
I released the water cleaning system,lowered the drawbridge,and finished off the reminents of the invasion

so,what does everyone think of my design
have suggestions to make it better
or,anyone else weaponize syndromes too,(and just don't seem to start any topics on the forum about it)

the 2 main improvements I'm thinking of right now are
1.use lava to destroy the syndrome (right now it just drains it to an underground reservoir)
2.test if its posable to make a syndrome water cannon

Ive decided to turn this page into more of a general "hub" for projects about weaponizing syndromes or other bio-weapons
feel free to post and discuss any !SCIENCE! or ideas/theory's
if your idea and/or theory gains any traction ill add it to the official project list i (and hopeful a few of the community) will start working on it
the overall goal of this thread is to further the science and development of bio weapons

PROJECT:DUST DUMPING-STAGE:theory

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I changed the bumblebee sting to be ingested or touched,and gave it a complete paralysis effect(and a few various edits)
(I also cheated by spawning in some bumblebees but in practice the source doesn't mater)

after I got some victims test subjects to get stung by bees,
I quickly run the through a small pool of water above my base's entrance(drawbridged)
(I waited for a goblin seige)
I released the contaminated water on the invaders
a lot of the goblins died from suffocation,only a few didn't get infected
I released the water cleaning system,lowered the drawbridge,and finished off the reminents of the invasion
the 2 main improvements I'm thinking of right now are
1.use lava to destroy the syndrome (right now it just drains it to an underground reservoir)
2.test if its posable to make a syndrome water cannon

^(ignore my laziness-ill fully upgrade the description when im less lazy-for now quotes)

PROJECT:WEAPON SPREADING-STAGE:theory

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http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106397.msg3156356#msg3156356

last time ill simply use a quote i promise-he explains the idea perfectly and i have nothing to add

as time goes on i plan on taking putting a few of my own ideas in addition to those from the community

[richeygator]

useful links:

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http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Syndrome
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106397.msg3156356#msg3156356

post any links you find that could help the discussion

explanation of project stages:

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idea-purely an idea-no research is done into the possibility
theory-an idea that "should" work,at least theoretically
beta-at least 1 "proof of concept"design is created and tested (can use slightly modified raws that shouldn't affect the outcome)
polishing-after a few tests with 100% default raws,this is the stage where you would improve upon the "base" design
finished-all the way polished and works in theory and practice in vanilla DF

[miauw62]

Was the other topic mine?
I recall I did some ¡¡SCIENCE!! on this a while ago, but it was mainly concerning the requirements for spreading syndromes using weapons, their extraction was done through modded arena creatures.

[richeygator]

Was the other topic mine?
I recall I did some ¡¡SCIENCE!! on this a while ago, but it was mainly concerning the requirements for spreading syndromes using weapons, their extraction was done through modded arena creatures.

nah,sorry
the topic wasent even about weaponizing the stuff
it was simply the effects of an accidental bio-weapons

ill look for it but i would be grateful if you could link to the topic
sounds interesting and might help with future "syndromes as they apply to combat"projects
coincidentally one of my first modding projects was making gnomeblight 1.lethal and 2.affect all creatures but dwarfs
(wanted to see if i could coat my sword in it an go on a rampage)
EDIT:nevermind found the topic-nice write up,i think ill do some !SCIENCE! of my own and get something of a reliable bio-weapon going

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http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106397.msg3156356#msg3156356

[miauw62]

Looks like your search-fu is better than mine
(I wish I had named the topic a bit better :V)