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[Nagidal]

During the last beast attack, 40 good military dwarves were brutally murdered by a bronze colossus because the a lever was pulled too late. The Bronze colossus is now safely trapped in a cage and could serve as an immortal target for Marksdwarves in the future. There are 56 survivors in the fortress, among them are two expert crossbowmen, 7 dabbling crossbowmen, and 20 dabbling melee fighters, mostly macedwarves.

I was working on a magma trap which would crush future sieges, I dug a staircase into the magma-forging heart of the fortress and I left it completely unprotected, opened for everyone to use. Now the magma trap is nowhere near done, fortress is opened and we have two marskdwarves and 27 recruits facing a siege (first squad, mostly melee invaders, entered the map). This is the second siege, so I don't expect anything too big.

What do  should I do? I figure I have three or four options.

1. Savescum. DFHack die, revert to last savegame, cover up the staircase into the fortress. Face the siege again and turtle up.
2. Draft everyone in the military (56 dwarves), let them put leather armor on, grab some weapons and fight. If it is only one or two dozens Goblins, we might even win, although the our losses would be great.
3. Try to quickly build two floor tiles over the staricase (2x1) before the goblins come, maybe send our livestock as bait, then try to hide. If we fail to construct the two floor tiles in time, we'd fight, although many of our dwarves will not have any armor on.
4. Release the Bronze colossus, let him fight the goblins, and try to trap him again afterwards.

[StagnantSoul]

During the last beast attack, 40 good military dwarves were brutally murdered by a bronze colossus because the a lever was pulled too late. The Bronze colossus is now safely trapped in a cage and could serve as an immortal target for Marksdwarves in the future. There are 56 survivors in the fortress, among them are two expert crossbowmen, 7 dabbling crossbowmen, and 20 dabbling melee fighters, mostly macedwarves.

I was working on a magma trap which would crush future sieges, I dug a staircase into the magma-forging heart of the fortress and I left it completely unprotected, opened for everyone to use. Now the magma trap is nowhere near done, fortress is opened and we have two marskdwarves and 27 recruits facing a siege (first squad, mostly melee invaders, entered the map). This is the second siege, so I don't expect anything too big.

What do  should I do? I figure I have three or four options.

1. Savescum. DFHack die, revert to last savegame, cover up the staircase into the fortress. Face the siege again and turtle up.
2. Draft everyone in the military (56 dwarves), let them put leather armor on, grab some weapons and fight. If it is only one or two dozens Goblins, we might even win, although the our losses would be great.
3. Try to quickly build two floor tiles over the staricase (2x1) before the goblins come, maybe send our livestock as bait, then try to hide. If we fail to construct the two floor tiles in time, we'd fight, although many of our dwarves will not have any armor on.
4. Release the Bronze colossus, let him fight the goblins, and try to trap him again afterwards.

3 or 4. I'd do 2, but that's just me.

[Ironfang]

Do 4, then do 3. The goblins will either be killed by the colossus, or it will thin their numbers enough before it dies.

When the dust settles, you will have a much smaller problem.

[JumpingJack]

Do 4, then do 3. The goblins will either be killed by the colossus, or it will thin their numbers enough before it dies.

When the dust settles, you will have a much smaller problem.

I concur wholeheartedly.

[Enemy post]

Let them fight.

[Nagidal]

Thank you guys, somehow I managed to lose only three dwarves which could have been completely and easily avoided, had I paid more attention. I did not release the Colossus because I was afraid of him leaving aafter killing the goblins. Also, I wasn't sure if he is an ally or an enemy of the goblins (too lazy to look that up in the legends).

Anyway, it was 27 invaders, three mounted on beak dogs. I managed to wall of the Access to the fortress before the goblins got there, then they wandered around until 24 of them were caught in cage traps for the wildlife, the rest was caught in cage traps inside the fortress.

I will use them for live training after I have disarmed them.

[StagnantSoul]

Good job... Still think you should've charged...

Time to get a proper military started, and now you've got goblinite and live training stuff!