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I once launched an orc priest into an orc child and the child was stunned.  I think thats all that happens right now, even if you drop things from Z levels onto eachother.  (If it didn't... one goblin launched into another could cause both to explode into chunks... chunks hit other goblins causing them to explode into chunks... mushroom cloud of gore?  Goblinite bomb?) 

A hundred Z levels or so should come pretty close to splitting goblins into their constituent parts though.  Do it for science!

You could make the walls out of drawbridges.  When raised they would be funny looking walls, and when someone pushes the button stuff gets smashed and then removed from the universe.  Otherwise I'm pretty sure walls won't move. 

Things seem slightly less agressive for the first season or two.  On river maps priority 1 is to get a wall between us and them.  Also, turn the activity zone orders to zone only drinking.  Sometimes bored college dorfs like to experiment with water because of the way it makes them giggle and stumble around all dizzy like.  The fish trick them into jumping into the water and they overdose and die, or get eaten alive. 

I would say shield.  At some point an arrow will just walk up and mangle your dorf's brain, helmet or not.  Shield is the best protection against that.  Chain and helms are good ideas too, really everything is although plate is expensive and caps are inefficient. 

Weapons are unnecessary in vanilla, read Headshoots and ask HolisticDetective.  There just isn't anything that can stand up to multi-legendary steel weapon users.  If there was then weapons would be the first thing I make out of clownite.     
 

I bet they won't fight because they will be trying to path off your map.  Sounds like a lolzy thing to try though. 

It could take a while too, there is some lag between when it checks the population cap.  Also, immigration is odd, even without being tinkered with. 

They mostly just sit around the meeting zone doing nothing.  By the time they are adults they will be legendary socializers ready for immediate military training. 

My dogs have can learn and get butchered just fine, legendary conversationalists or not.  Also no one seems to have a problem with wearing their dog leather armor.  That tag has no effect other then allowing skill gains and thus stat gains.  Maybe its CAN_SPEAK that prevents butchuring, or my dwarves are just evil.