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Just accidentally flooded the lowest level of the fort (a small town in of itself) with magma due to one unsealed corridor.  Whoops.  Had to revert to the save.

Only in this Armok-forsaken place we would get an FB running in from literally nowhere, then killing two dwarves, with the others locking the double doors and calling it a day. One of said dwarves dosen't mind and puts himself in another body, too. Highly improbable.

They're all probably so far beyond "Doesn't really care about anything anymore" that if you slaughtered them all to a single dwarf, the last one would be more annoyed about the sudden lack of food and weapons being made than the deaths of his friends and family.

In that case. . . .Uristp McOverlord: PULL THE LEVER!!!.    Urist McLeverpuller:err, uh. .we dont have one yet. . . .    Urist McOverlord:well then, PULL THE LEVER WHEN WE GET ONE!!

Actually it's more along the line of 'The Aussie Overlord: "Are the reactor's full yet?"' 'Urist McMason: "Sorry boss, still fixing the reservoir controls, cleaning out the trees growing in the channels out of it and paving them to make sure it never happens again before we can even start refilling them".  All i have left to do is magma the base of the last wall shut as it's filled with water there.  My own fault, actually.

It's Australia.

By that logic then, I am the dwarfiest of all dwarves

At war with the elves, no local gobbo's, aaaand I'm almost done sealing the cavern.

Frosty the Snowman's come to visit your fort and bring Fun to all the good little boy and girl dwarves.  And just remember, (if you survive) He'll be back again... Someday....

I'm doing something that no-one else seems to have done (as far as I've been able to tell).  I'm flooding a Cavern.  With Magma.

It's close to done too, in terms of preparations, for those that want a look (Cavern's a bit big to go round getting screenshots).  F5 will take you down to the cavern in question.

http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=4658

Update - Newer version that's closer to finished.  Pump stack won't work as I'm in the middle of building another water reactor to power it.

When it's all done, I'll try to stick notes on all the levers to mark what's what.  The reservoir controls have gotten a little Dwarftastically complex for all the outlets and sub-stations.

http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=4659

The walls are mostly done, save for one that I cant get at the base off till i clear the water out with magma


It. Is. READY!

http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=4663

Saved game will start you looking at the levers you need to pull to release the Fun (top lever's the north floodgate, bottom one's the east). Fortress tunnels are safe from the magma (Edit: Whoopsy.  There's a tunnel just to the NE of the splatter point of the east outlet.  Seal it with a door or wall, or everyone in the lowest area of the fortress is going to have a rather warm bath) and there's a lever a few levels down above the reactor and by a gearbox if you need to stop the pump stack.

Oh, and there's an FB resting in that cavern lake the south side under the water.  He hasn't moved, so good luck if you can encase the bugger in Obisidion.

I'm gonna keep at it and make a little biosphere for some lucky dwarves...

My ring of fire has finally been built; it's open to the top, but that's the easiest part to correct (and eventually, I may even build watchtowers on top of the ring). All that's left is to wait for it to fill with magma.

And wait.

And wait.

And wait.....

Grr. Magma spreads so slowly.

ETA: It might be too slowly...the magma has gotten nearly 3/4 of the way around the ring in both directions (that is, it covers a total of around 3/4 of the ring), and really isn't going any further...
=Uncool-

How are you drawing the magma at the base of the pump stack? Is it coming directly out of the magma sea, or via some sort of inlet channel you dug into it from the side?