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1) Traders, and a massive distance between the depot and the entrance, or between the goods and the depot
2) Trees, need a loooong walk to get, but an underground forest should suffice
3) If a dwarf goes on break and decides to visit the entrance, or to collect some item from outside....
4) Once you hit the demons, if they cross the magma, you're in trouble, you don't have much space to lose before the panic begins
5) Most importantly: Attacks from Chasm + Attacks from magma = you have two sides to defend.

I wish you luck

Here's a section from 'peacelaboured' my old fort.

Efficiency-wise it could be better, but you get the idea...

Towards the top of the picture you can see I put a 'living' area to prevent them from having to walk for food and whatnot.

(Added: The strange shaped thing at the bottom is the barracks, I didn't put that there because of the forge, but rather a coincidence..)

[ August 20, 2007: Message edited by: Haedrian ]

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Beat me to it.   :p</STRONG>

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