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I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet, but when I look at the map, I notice on level 124, there seams to be a cave spider, because there is webbing everywhere. I would not go there if I was you: my experiences with cave spiders usually end with dehydrated soldiers and my entire militia being webbed everywhere. This image really expresses the spiders that I have encountered, and how hard they are to kill.

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I really, really can't see Misty volunteering to oversee a whole fort at this point in her life.

Not only is she barely 12 years old, but she's got a problem with authority figures (dad), she has absolutely no leadership experience, and right at this moment she's still in severe emotional shock over seeing her closest friend killed.

In other words, she's perfect for a succession fort

Yeah, I can sorta see the story thrusting her into the role with zero preparation, as the next horror she has to endure... but she certainly wouldn't announce herself as "Mistem Wheeldreams, Overseer of Shielddawn!"

I got it:
"Hmm, you're not on the migrant list... Oh , you must be the new overseer, here's your hat and coat, I'm out!"

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How long do we wait before passing the turn to the next person?

"Oh look at this artifact door. I wonder what it is doing down in the caves? Oh well, I guess I will use it as the door to Urist McNoble's Chambers."

Some time passes

"Why are there forgotten beasts wandering up the staircase? It must be Taupe's fault for not sealing the caves properlly."

Things are looking good for Minions in Doomforests. In the old days, Minions didn't make anything special, and died in groups. I proved everyone wrong by surviving escaping a mass murdering goat and making an impenetrable door. An Artifact Door. Taupe II was rather concerned when I showed him the designs for the door, saying things like "Since when do minions make artifacts" and "Are you sure you didn't eat any rotting meat from the Forgotten Beast rampage?".
I brushed off his concerns: A real dwarf will do anything to make a strange mood become a reality. I even named it after myself. That means that every time someone walks through that door, they remember me, the Minion. While my door isn't that fancy (compared to some other artifacts), it is probably the best door in the entire fort. I wonder where it will go?

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You know, I think there are 2 main reasons why this catastrophe fun happened.
1) The caverns didn't have an emergence sealing lever/trap Ex. collapsing the floor, flooding the entryway, Wall of Bridge.
2) The Militia died.

#1 is easy enough to fix... after the goat is gone. #2 needs good equipment and good soldiers. While a good eugenics program, mass conscription is not an effective way to kill things*. I usually get good stuff from merchants. If there is a problem about having things to trade, spiked wooden balls are usually good. I like to have 1 craftsdwarf workshop perpetually making crafts to trade.

*other then dwarves

In conclusion, prepare for the worst, and hope for more migrants.