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[_DivideByZero_]

Have you ever found an epic embark that is simply out of reach for anyone but dwarves? The most common example of this--to clarify what I mean--would be a volcano island. Pressing tab reveals that the region is only in contact with the dwarven civilization, and nobody else. Therefore, you won't get sieges or anything.

Now, I've heard that if an embark is abandoned, it counts as a sort of "bridge" in the same way that a strip of land does. I used the fabulous Just Embark tool in order to test this, and sure enough, after creating a string of 16x2 embarks to get across a lake, I supposedly had contact with the outer world, even though there was a terrifying lake and an entire mountain range in the way.

However, I have not as of yet actually started the embark. I've had quite a bit of summer reading (It's stupid, I know) to catch up on after losing half the assignment due to a fluke with OpenOffice. So I'm wondering, does it actually work? Will I be sieges by invaders as a result of this? Or is the game lying to me? I am asking this because I have never heard of this more than once, and I have never heard of this method succeeding.

[Lectorog]

I've heard that it works if you actually build a bridge. Don't know if the embarks themselves will provide the invaders with a way in. Does your embark have any land-based edges? If so, you'll probably get visitors.

[Vattic]

This works fine and you need not build anything. I've used similar to get through thin mountain ranges before.

[MiniMacker]

I was not aware of abandoned embarks functioning like bridges.

Genius! Something new to add to my book of Dorf.

[_DivideByZero_]

Sweet, so it will work. This is inspiring me to eventually go out and build a world with a massive dwarven bridge to join two continents together.

Thanks! Time to get started on my mountainside lair.

[Teneb]

It indeed works, I've used that before to reach islands. Of course, it's far more dwarfy to build an actual bridge in the spot, but having to wait over 10 minutes when the ocean freezes sometimes isn't worth it.

[Scruga]

This works fine and you need not build anything. I've used similar to get through thin mountain ranges before.

Now I have to start an embark with a large tunnel through a mountain with a small outpost inside it