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[eclipsetail]

So what are you going to do about it?

Drop magma on it? =3

[RabidRabbit]

you can save yourself a lot of trouble by collapsing everything onto the semi-molten rock

[DaPatman]

you can save yourself a lot of trouble by collapsing everything onto the semi-molten rock

That's not the dwarven way of doing things!

Okay, it probably is, but not in this case!

[a404notfound]

Caverns will be mined around forming a cube and then collapsed to make cleanup easy

[Alkyon]

Hmm, interested.  I look forward to watching this.  Perhaps you could update pictures to the DFMA regularly so that we can see your fort in detail?

[Ricky]

fortify the sides of the cavern walls, water will drain out

put [BOILING_POINT10000] on all the stones that you dont need in your raws, then turn temperature on for a second and watch it all evaporate

an alternate idea is to let it all fall into the magma sea once you get there, certainly easier

wall off the edge of the caverns and not animals can get in

[a404notfound]

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Digging still progressing according to plan I will upload as soon as I get to the first cavern. Still channeling along have 20 legendary miners now. Here is a shot of my "roof" progress stupid camels still slowing down production. http://imgur.com/voSFs.png Also some meat sacks showed up I promptly removed their blood from their bodies. http://imgur.com/y9qK2.png http://imgur.com/ecqO3.png The elves had quite a haul with them food and drink have increased by ~50% I am adding more miners to make up for the lack of need in consumable production.

[lanceleoghauni]

I just realized that if you drop everything from the surface down you'll flood the world with magma if it's a large enough segment.

[BodyGripper]

I've thought a time or two about trying something like this, although my version didn't involve building a fort - just channeling everything away.  I don't think I'd have the patience, though, and I probably wouldn't want to deal with what's underground, or with food.

[LINKedup]

I can't wait to see how this fares.

[a404notfound]

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First fatality of mention is a kitten that followed its master who just happened to be pulling the atom smasher for the last time before its disassembly to mine out under it. http://imgur.com/KT1mm.png GOODBYE Z100 HELLO Z99! http://imgur.com/CsVRc.png Forgot to make the new atom smasher before i dumped everything so i have to move it twice... http://imgur.com/uRWXz.png We got new immigrants just about the time the elves showed up for another round of trading, time for the recruits to learn the ropes. http://imgur.com/eg91k.png Also the first cavern has now been breached I will shore up the entrances dig around it and attempt to collapse it all into a neat little pile, thats the plan anyway.http://imgur.com/xToXP.png

[a404notfound]

First real death of note was some Urist McMiner falling to his death after mining under himself, can't be bothered with making coffins much is to be done his corpse will be erased from existence when the cavern falls. http://imgur.com/N7uCb.png Work continues on mining around the cavern, it may just be that channeling through it would be faster due to the amount of floors i am having to build and take down for scaffolding.

[eclipsetail]

Silly Dwarf.

Drop magma on it. Magma makes everyone feel good.

[The Yellow Peril]

Channeling through the first cavern will probably be okay - the worst it can throw at you is a GCS, and with tactically placed cage traps you should be able to prevent any serious problems.

As for the second and third though...

[nbonaparte]

Channeling through the first cavern will probably be okay - the worst it can throw at you is a GCS, and with tactically placed cage traps you should be able to prevent any serious problems.

As for the second and third though...

That's why he's digging a cube around them and dropping them to kill anything inside.