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Quote from: javierpwn on December 22, 2012, 05:15:57 pm

not really, everything just sort of floats around in space

How is it held together?

Use Kick of Authority on the crab mecha.

Quote from: ZackTheGreat on December 22, 2012, 04:12:51 pm

Additionally, funerals could be held without the body in-case it cannot be retrieved.

So, a slabbing ceremony that ends with the name being engraved on the slab?

I actually really like this idea, but the only problem is where would the funeral take place and what conditions exactly have to be met to have a funeral? Obviously you would need a dwarf who died, but what else would make the funeral trigger?

I'd imagine that a funeral can only trigger if a zone is designated for funerals (using a zone designation would count chairs in the designation for example), if a dwarf had the job enabled for funerals (I'm not sure at this time what the job would be called), and if one of the following conditions are met:

A) The dwarf who died has at least 5+ family members and/or close friends.
B) If more than five dwarfs died in a siege (this funeral would then trigger a time after the siege) (attendants would be random and/or relatives and/or close friends of the deceased)
C) The dwarf who died was a hero or renounced for something (ex. killing a megabeast) (would bring the most dwarfs in for mourning)
Optional D) The dwarf was a significant Noble (aka 'Attend Party')

Additionally, funerals could be held without the body in-case it cannot be retrieved.

I think the benefit of having funerals would be is that they would add more depth to a game, and it could have a little room for more fun, like for example bad timing.