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Large mass drivers firing cheap, high-density rounds (copper, maybe) would work very well against asteroids, since the force of impact would greatly alter their course, pushing them out of the path of their target.

> Build some defensive platforms around Aries (and maybe a few around Aquarius and Gaia) based around these large mass drivers.  Space them out so they can cover all of Aries.  Ideally they will need to be able to fire fast enough to deal with a large asteroid swarm.

> Send a strongly worded message to the Moonies decrying their hostile actions.  Inform them that any further killing of humans will result in their destruction! 

It may be an empty threat, but they might not know that.  In any case, it at least lets them know that we're serious.

> Tow an asteroid out in their general direction (put it about 1/3 of the way between Aries and the Moonies, clearly in "our territory").  Make sure they see it.  Then blast it into dust.  If they're not understanding the messages we're sending, at least that should get through to them.

You cannot build a bridge and a floor grate in the same tile.  Two buildings cannot share the same space.

Yeah, you'd have to do something like this:

___ ##|
     |...|____
     |_______  --> to forge areas, etc.

... = bridge
## = floor grate

___ ... |____
     |_______  --> to forge areas, etc.

... = floor grate, which stops creatures and cannot have stuff pushed through it when submerged

Alternatively, use a floor HATCH or a floodgate or whatever and just have it close once you've tapped enough lava for your purposes.

This would be fine for keeping out magma crabs, etc, but a building destroyer (such as a magma man) would go right through that.

Strongly discourage settlement on Gaia, but do not prevent it.  Also, why don't the Mavens have awesome battle armor yet?  Said battle armor must have built-in jetpacks.

But the volcano worked just fine (ie. it just sat there like a boring, well-behaved volcano) for several months during my initial embark.  In fact, I'm almost positive that I checked the top of the volcano and I'm pretty sure I would have noticed several stories of magma sticking up above the rim!  The problems didn't start till I tried to reclaim.

I tried to reclaim a fort built into the side of a mountain that had a volcano in it.  I hadn't breached the volcano yet at all.  It is quite possible that someone fell in since there was some fighting going on in that area.  Anyway, all of the sudden, the lava is pouring out over the rim of the volcano and lighting the mountainside/my dwarves on fire!  Now everyone is dead and much of the map is covered with huge lava flows.  !!Fun!!

I checked the wiki, and it claims that volcanic eruptions are planed but not yet implemented... I beg to differ!  Someone in the page's talk mentioned a bug that may or may not have been fixed when volcanoes and glowing pits occupied the same spot that could cause some sort of problem?

Edit: !!picture!!

It would be, but instead we're in house Laberine territory. We were hired to do this job by them, btw.

Hired by who, exactly?

Are there surface installations?  I thought it was just the station.