All immigrants without desirable skills (and eventually, when I have about 25-30 good dwarves in my fort, all immigrants period) will be chucked into the trench via the retracting bridge.
Inside the trench I will ensure they have a few units of stone, and some surface-growable seeds [rat weed and prickle berry most likely]. I'll build a few farm plots, a few breweries, and turn on everyone's farmer and brewer skills. And then I will leave them to their own devices. Anything that falls into the trench is fair game for them, so they ought to have a fair number of bolts and severed goblin limbs after a while.
If I feel particularly kind I might also designate my garbage dump to be over the side of the bridge. It seems fair. Thus they can have anything they can construct from refuse, except they are not allowed to build their way out of the moat.
What? We sent a missive to the mountainhomes informing the emmigration office that we would be accepting no more migrants!! All things considered it's rather humane!
[ May 26, 2008: Message edited by: Erk ]
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Originally posted by Erk:
<STRONG>not at all! lemme know how it turns out for you. I am loving the idea of a pathetic subgroup of outcasts making all their belongings from bone and praying that the Elites will toss down a low-quality bed for them to huddle under the bridge on.</STRONG>
Unfortunately for them, today Armok decided that the bed would be thrown down to them whilst on fire... right after a subpar batch of dwarven rum was discarded by the legendary brewer who had a hangover that day and botched it up.
Ever seen a brushfire sweep through a dry moat? I have, it's pretty fun to watch if you're not living in said moat.
In retrospect I wish I'd have recorded that, it was pretty cool and I don't know how to replicate it (might have been tweak borking the temperature and lighting up the grass)
Sigh. I could live without the army arc, but I've been wanting burrows forever!
quote:Wait, migrants are a bad thing?
Originally posted by Erk:
<STRONG>We sent a missive to the mountainhomes informing the emmigration office that we would be accepting no more migrants!![ May 26, 2008: Message edited by: Erk ]</STRONG>
Don't you always need more haulers, wall-builders, miners, and woodcutters?
And replacements for accidents, poor health care and justice?
At least, thats why they piss me off.
For some reason I'm utterly fascinated with the idea of a fortress with a strict caste system though. Too bad the only way to keep the lesser dwarves from eating the mayor's lavish meals involves throwing them into a pit...if only they'd been happy with their sewer brew and cat tallow biscuits, think of the tragedy that could have been avoided. :o