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[Velard]

MOTHER OF ARMOK, what is this dwarven f**ktastrophe you have made? Will we even have any dwarves left afterwards? They've proven time and time again that the military's survival rate is about -2% on a yearly basis!

Then again... anyone who survives boot camp should grow a third testicle and be ready to fight the demon hordes. Damned Assassin Bugdrones.
And has dwarven science discovered anything new about Red Monster?

And finally, I'll be posting the Prologue and Chapter 1 of teh fanfic tomorrow. I hope.

[AnimaRytak]

Sorry for the delay in updating the first post.  Got distracted by Mass Effect 3.   

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Stupid ending was stupid.

[gunpowdertea]

You should (probably) use iron weapons in the traps, I just looked at the numbers in the wiki and steel will be much more deadly. Too deadly. Well, what a way to end a fort: inducing a tantrum spiral by using a boot camp... very dwarvenly!

[ThatAussieGuy]

Sorry for the delay in updating the first post.  Got distracted by Mass Effect 3.   

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Stupid ending was stupid.

Spoiler:  Mass Effect 3 was really awesome. But... (click to show/hide)

Everything up to the lift was brilliant. Then the writer must've huffed paint

I fully endorse a training course designed to cripple and murder the vast majority of our fort's militia recruits, guaranteed that any who survive will be nigh-unkillable burnt-out psychopaths who don't give a damn about anything after watching their squadmates get cut to pieces.

[AnimaRytak]

Sorry for the delay in updating the first post.  Got distracted by Mass Effect 3.   

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Stupid ending was stupid.

Spoiler:  Mass Effect 3 was really awesome. But... (click to show/hide)

Everything up to the lift was brilliant. Then the writer must've huffed paint

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I'm praying to Armok that they release some kinda DLC to retcon that damn crap.  If they don't, I don't think Mass Effect will be viable as a franchise.

On about Deathgate though, I'm all for some kinda Batarian SIU type training for our military.  18% Death rate is totally acceptable to make Dwarven murder machines.

[ThatAussieGuy]

18%?!  You should be happy with 90% fatalities from each training squad.  The surviving dwarf should emerge relatively Legendary in combat and be nigh-unkillable.  Do it right and just one dwarf will be a siege-killer.

[Teh_Idort]

18%?!  You should be happy with 90% fatalities from each training squad.  The surviving dwarf should emerge relatively Legendary in combat and be nigh-unkillable.  Do it right and just one dwarf will be a siege-killer.

No matter the casualties, it must be done.

And on the plus side, totally not planned, Is that The Mad Fool gets a lot more training.

[Urist McDwarfFortress]

And on the plus side, totally not planned, Is that The Mad Fool gets a lot more training.

He'll be a legendary butcher in no time!

[AnimaRytak]

And on the plus side, totally not planned, Is that The Mad Fool gets a lot more training.

He'll be a legendary butcher in no time!

This can only mean more Dwarven Cyborgs in Deathgate.

[Teh_Idort]

Dortimus, 12th Slade, 775, Spring

These damned miners... They haven't even started on my brilliant Training course. Damned useless miners... I've disabled everything but mining on a few of them, hopefully they'll actually start working.

I've complied a list of things that I'd like to complete this year, if not this season:
- Dig the Training Course already. Damned elvish miners, lazing around all day.
- Make the spears if we don't have any.
- Move the.. "Instructors" to their training room with their equipment.
- Make booze (Already done)
- KILL THE ELVES (If they arrive ( Goblins will do if no elves show up))
- Reclaim the hell fort from the Demons (Optional, Create the demons into crafts or bolts or Potash.)
- Be sure to restock the "Training dummies" after expending them in the Training Course.
- Try to capture a Giant Cave Spider for it's webbing.
- Try to use said webbing to catch Forgotten Beasts/ Demons for the Training Course.
- Be sure to alert The Mad Fool that he'll have some of Deathgates Finest's wash-outs coming in for medical treatment following the Training Course
- Try to get the men training before Summer.

Hopefully, I'll be able to staff out the Course by Late Spring.

Armok willing, my dream will become a reality, and Deathgate will know the glory that is Dortimus' Army.

End Journal, Dortimus.

(Some boring ass shit going on, Blame the low FPS )

Anybody know if Goblins can use Crossbows? Do they have to be marksgoblins? Will it blend?

[Urist McDwarfFortress]

Anybody know if Goblins can use Crossbows? Do they have to be marksgoblins? Will it blend?

Yes Goblins can use crossbows, but I'm pretty sure they won't pick up any new weapons if you've already disarmed them. 

So if you have any goblins with crossbows already in their inventory, they'll use them.  If you just have a bunch of disarmed gobbos standing next to a pile of crossbows, they'll never pick them up.

But I haven't tried it in a long time, so this all may have changed.

[scaliper]

- KILL THE ELVES (If they arrive ( Goblins will do if no elves show up))

No no no, you have it all wrong. See, it's the humans we want to kill, and good thing too bloody demon worshipers and all. I'd say we should keep the elves around just in case we need bait or something. Or in case Hell is brought down and the humans destroyed. After all, things get boring once you kill all your enemies

[Teh_Idort]

- KILL THE ELVES (If they arrive ( Goblins will do if no elves show up))

No no no, you have it all wrong. See, it's the humans we want to kill, and good thing too bloody demon worshipers and all. I'd say we should keep the elves around just in case we need bait or something. Or in case Hell is brought down and the humans destroyed. After all, things get boring once you kill all your enemies

Could I cage them and use them as GSC bait? I wonder...

[AnimaRytak]

We'll cage the elves, strip them naked, and install the cages in our new strip club.

[Blade Master Model 42]

We'll cage the elves, strip them naked, and install the cages in our new strip club.

Eyurgh, who'd wanna look at that? Just commission some statues, they'll last longer.