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[origamiscienceguy]

Just some random piece of !!SCIENCE!! I found while playing fortress mode.

I was in the middle of fighting off a goblin ambush with my military. The military captain was pregnant. During the fight, she dodged off the edge of a 30 z-level cliff (I was experimenting with setting erosion to zero) when she was 2 z-levels from hitting the ground, she gave birth. I thought that they would both be completely dead, but to my surprise, the baby only sustained light damage (some bruising) while the mother was splattered flat as a pancake. I am pretty sure that the baby survived because it did not count as falling 30 z-levels, just the 2 that it fell while it was in existence.

Just wanted to share that.

[MrCompassionate]

Excellent science! Think of the possibilities.... that don't actually exist but still that's a cool fact!

[Jervill]

Unfortunately, the baby will now eventually crawl around the fortress and die.

Also, why did you allow your dwarves to fight near such a chasm?   

[origamiscienceguy]

They weren't anywhere near the chasm when this started. The battle migrated over there. And the baby could still crawl up the tunnel i built connecting the top to the bottom.

[Broseph Stalin]

Clearly the baby was expelled at a velocity equal and opposite to gravity. We could throw dwarves in labor into deep chasms and have their children survive the landing, then after twelve years they could preform labors and such as normal. Only the least dwarfy of fortresses will deign to have stairs after this.

[Ravendarksky]

That is some next level sparta shit.

Born in battle,
raised in the deep,
after 12 years of suffering from hell will they creep.

^{dwarfen childcare tm}

[Thisfox]

Unfortunately, the baby will now eventually crawl around the fortress and die.

...Why? I have an orphan living in my fort at the moment. She gets fed water and food from the other dorfs (who won't feed her booze, as it has to be drink in a bucket, apparently, and booze doesn't come in buckets). She's fine. I've had a few emancipated babies and children in my fort over the years.

That is some next level sparta shit.

So very much! What is the baby name? Will she grow up to be a fighter like her mama?

[Loud Whispers]

Clearly the baby was expelled at a velocity equal and opposite to gravity. We could throw dwarves in labor into deep chasms and have their children survive the landing, then after twelve years they could preform labors and such as normal. Only the least dwarfy of fortresses will deign to have stairs after this.

With enough force to counter terminal velocity? Is that easier to explain than babies not following the laws of motion?

[Naryar]

Excessive-G's-assisted pregnancy 

[TKGP]

Clearly the baby was expelled at a velocity equal and opposite to gravity.

Now imagine what that implies for those born while the mother is not falling rapidly (and apparently headfirst).

[Larix]

Scrubbed because i don't condone this thread.

[Quartz_Mace]

Praise Armok this is hilarious! If Dwarven mothers practically shoot their babies out at terminal volicity...could we weaponize that?

[origamiscienceguy]

What is the baby name? Will she grow up to be a fighter like her mama?

The baby's name is likot bucketneeds (what a coincidence) When he comes of age, he will definitely become a military dwarf.

[Naryar]

So if we toss the mother upward just before she gaves birth, will the baby explode instead ?

I am thinking of minecart railguns with pregnant dwarves inside, with some removing of the [MULTIPLE_LITTER_RARE] on dwarves and then adding a proper LITTERSIZE.

Baby shotguns. This must be done, for !!SCIENCE!!

[silverskull39]

what I want to know is, if a parent is carrying a baby, and falls to their death, does the baby also die? or does it survive because it was held by the parent?