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i just set up my hospital, it has everything it needs to function, especially buckets. the problem is, the hospital is hogging all the buckets. whenever i make a bucket, it goes right into the hospital and cannot be used for anything else. i checked the hospitals stocks and it has 10/5 buckets. is there anyway to get the buckets out of the hospital?

i just installed fortress defense mod and about a year in i had 3 sieges at once and somehow my 10 dwarves killed 40+ enemies and only 6 of them died. anyway, after the battle was over my forts courtyard, gate, and a big area around my fort (thanks to me not defending my big pastures) is just covered in blood and various torn body parts and corpes. as cool as it was at first when i was still pumped from the battle, its a bit of an eyesore now. is there anyway to get my beautiful green grassfields back?

i thought i had the military figured out so far in DF but i was wrong after experiencing my first goblin siege just now. from what i know, you make a burrow at the front of you fort, and make some squads in the military. in a fortress with 85 dwarfs, i had 4 squads of 5. i had a custom alert called defense where and selected the entrance burrow for it. once the siege started, i selected defense alert which put  CIV next to it, and also assigned all my squads to it. after that, every dwarf in my fortress rushed there and although militarily i only suffered 5 losses, there where many more civilian losses then i had hoped. how come every dwarf ran to the front, and how do i make them stay deep inside where its safe?

and also just in general, whats some good military advice? after 2 migrant waves a started a small squad and had them train in the barracks i made for them and they kept doing this the entire game. they where armed with various steel weapons like short swords, axes, and spears and some steel armor. i tried making some crossbow dwarfs but even when i had an archery room with left to right which was correct, they never trained there. i also barely use traps, so i guess i should make more. are weapon traps better then cage traps?

sorry if this sounds too demanding, but this attack caused serious damage and im not too sure how to handle enemies. thanks everyone who helps!