Full-up Trap Test #2 : This time for sure!

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This is an excerpt from our DF thread on the Paradox Forum... I thought a few of you might find the weapon system interesting. My first large-scale Megaproject.Finally! A chance to field-test my renovatedunder virtually perfect conditions.Four Snatchers set off my traps, and lured a Dwarf outside to recover the cages. The Goblins then sprang three Ambushes in rapid succession, with a Spear-Goblin quickly turning my Legendary Jeweller into a Dwarven shish-kabob.That's OK, no problem... Dwarves are a renewable resource. It's good opportunities to test my Orbital Defense System that seem to be rare.After killing my Jeweller, the Gobbos gather around my targetting graticule and examine it curiously... "What's this bigthing?"They are about to find out.The intruders... ten Gobbos and three Wolves:... and directly overhead, the Magma:I send a Dwarf into the Control Room, to pull the lever:Here's a fortuitous stop-action picture of the Magma falling through the air, headed for the Gobbos:It begins landing... as a bonus, the first few blobs of Magma land behind them, cutting off their retreat!... then the main tidal-wave of Lava lands on top of them. Two of the Gobbos are instantly disabled, by fullblobs of Magma landing right on top of them. The others are forced back towards my Lava-filled moat.One of the Gobbos actuallyin Magma before he can be burned to death. He's theone of the bunch...... because the tidal-wave of Magma sweeps five of the Gobbos and two of the Wolves right into my Magma-filled moat!The remaining three Gobbos try to escape north-westwards, around the side of my tower...... but I've already pulled the lever which controls the Magma-dump on that flank.They are forced back against the tower wall, then cut off by lava flows.The last remaining Wolf is running frantically through my flowing Lava with its head on fire...... and the last Gobbo collapses, burned over every square inch of its body:The Gobbos trapped in my Magma moat are now burning heavily, and giving off clouds of smoke..."Ah... I love the smell of burning Goblins in the morning. It smells like... victory..."The area around my Fort is a sea of flames, smoke and steam...... and I only pulled TWO of the seven available Magma-drop levers!I think we can call this a successful test. I GOT EVERY FRIGGIN' ONE OF THEM! None escaped.Hopefully, the over-flow won't dam the river and drown us all... it's already filled the Pond and turned it into Obsidian.