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[Repulsion]

So, I'm starting up my new fortress, got a really nice layout and location, with a chasm, etc. But the problem is, the chasm is outside. Now, as all my people are hauling the chasm creatures keep attacking them. I almost lost one of my miners due to a few antmen, but I recruited him, he kicked ass, and then I returned him to miner. I set a big restricted area around the chasm, but I'm not sure what that will do. Any suggestions?

[Qloos]

If the chasm eats you, come back and eat the chasm for all it's worth.

[G-Flex]

In the current (but not the upcoming) version, chasm creatures don't respawn. So whatever was down there in the chasm when you started is all you'll get as far as chasm creatures go, which is good in your case.

If there are still creatures inside the chasm, I suggest simply avoiding it at first, and making sure your fortress itself has doors and whatever other defensive measures you want. If the opening to the chasm is small enough, you could build walls/floors to block it off (or possibly bridges, if it's a vertical entrance).

Also, are you sure it's a chasm and not a cave? Caves tend to have small entrances in this big, shallow depression.

[Repulsion]

Yep, I'm sure its a chasm. It goes to the bottom of the map and ends in grate looking things that say: 'Chasm.' But I'm scared as heck of unpausing. I really don't want to lose any of my starting dwarves...

[Kagus]

If you can see any giant bats, try to set up a means of capturing a pair (or at the very least, a female).  They fly, they're bigger than grizzly bears, they've got a nasty biting attack, and they can be tamed (by a dungeon master).

If you can get a breeding pair of giant bats...  Man, you're set. 

[Repulsion]

  No, I don't have any Giant Bats  A few Giant Cave Swallows though, and around two pages of Antman and Ratman and Naked Mole dogs. I have a sneaky idea of militarizing my carpenter and two miners and assigning a war dog to the people who aren't in the military, to get all the wood and food hauling done. Is that possible?

Edit: Okay, I assigned my two war dogs to my mason and craftsdwarf and turned off all hauling labors on my farmer dwarf except  food hauling so that he can hopefully just stick to his farm instead of hauling shiz everywhere and getting clusterraped by a bunch of rat mutants. How do you set a military dwarf to be in a specific squad? Because I'm thinking of assigning my miners and carpenter all in one squad and parading them around the chasm, hopefully killing off a bunch of them.

Edit: Grrr, one of my war dogs has been struck down...

Edit: Okay, I got all my military dwarves into one squad. Now to go set some patrol points...

[100killer9]

Capture the swallows and determine the average air speed velocity!

[Repulsion]

  I'll try that later... now I need to finish my digging and workshops and hauling. I took my dwarves off duty because no threatening chasm creatures had come up (Antman, Ratman). I think I killed all the surface ones...

[darkrider2]

Capture the swallows and determine the average air speed velocity!

monty python FTW

[immibis]

Capture the swallows and determine the average air speed velocity!

But are they African or European giant cave swallows?

[smjjames]

Capture the swallows and determine the average air speed velocity!

But are they African or European giant cave swallows?

No, they are Cavernian

[silverskull39]

Capture the swallows and determine the average air speed velocity!

But are they African or European giant cave swallows?

No, they are Cavernian

but are they unladen? Determining their average air speed velocity doesn't do any good if they're carrying a dorf around for a midnight snack! It skews the whole equation!

[Jake]

This scenario is why I always embark with someone who can shoot straight. I suggest churning out crossbows and ammunition for your remaining dwarves, with quivers if possible, and laying siege. Set your newly-minted marksdwarves as one squad and order them to stay in one place, and tell the melee dwarves to chase enemies, then station the two squads close together near the entrance to the chasm and wait until you've picked off the last of the nasties within. Also, wooden shields and bone armour would be better than nothing.