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Okay, so we construct the pod underwater, fill with desirables, then drop a giant piece of stone on it to seal it? Is that approximately what we're talking about here?

Since the post-merge version should be up soon, I think I'll wait for that to give this one a try, but it looks very promising.

This may seem like a stupid question, but what about natural floors? i.e. if we mined out the ceiling layer to create an obsidian floor ceiling? I predict it would collapse and kill the dwarfies, but just wondering if anyone's tried it recently.

Attempted the water-bubble method in the arena. The ceiling detaches the instant the cave-in happens, crushing the cat to death immediately. So that's a no-go. I do have a couple of other theories, involving caged dwarves.

It might be possible to drop the diving pod one layer at a time, and deposit a caged dwarf within. I've heard dwarves are oddly invulnerable from within their cages. Who knows, it might prove helpful at some point.

going to try a magma bubble for kicks.

EDIT: According to the wiki, constructions don't deconstruct until they hit the bottom. This might, might mean that it's possible to fill a room with supports and drop it into the whatever. Going to try, but it'll have to be in fortress mode since I don't think you can make supports in arena.

I know you need to make magma-safe pumps and stuff, but are the constructions still totally fine, even if made of wood/ice etc? I'm fairly certain they are, but don't really want to melt my giant magma tower.

I'd refer you to this thread, where we're currently discussing the possibility of living dwarves under water/magma.


As far as your concern with deconstruction, I'm reasonably certain that constructed walls deconstruct immediately, but cast obsidian does not. You might therefore be able to drop a cast obsidian tank down with a kitten to explore the pipe.

Setting up a Dwarven Science and Research Center. This time, I'm loking to specifically test out means of dropping a pod with a living dwarf inside to the bottom of the ocean. Trying to get the groundwork in quickly so I can get to the science!

Strangely enough, all seven embark dwarves are females. You'd think the migrants would come running.

Interesting problem. Is there a good way to find a deep ocean? I've been finding bodies of water that are only 2 or 3 z-levels deep. Ideally, I'd love to find an ocean that was 10z deep or something. Any ideas?

Okay, so I'll have to dig down to the magma sea or whatever, pump lava up, cast big blocks of it, drop it into the ocean (with a dwarf and supplies inside), then actually make sure he lives? This is getting quite complex. I like it. I don't have much of any experience with magma casting, but it should be simple enough, if I can get through all the other challenges of building it.