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0010394Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Interface, Civilization/World Infopublic2017-11-30 10:442021-12-26 09:23
Reportertueman 
Assigned To 
PriorityhighSeveritymajorReproducibilitysometimes
StatusnewResolutionopen 
PlatformWindowsOSWindows 64xOS VersionWindows 10
Product Version0.44.02 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0010394: Dwarves do not rescue other dwarves
DescriptionWhen sent out on a rescue mission from the people menu in the civilization tab. dwarves will return almost instantly without going to the place with the imprisoned dwarves. On the rare, unreproducible occasion that they do, they will only raid the town and return without the imprisoned dwarves.
Steps To ReproduceOnce one of your dwarves have been imprisoned in another town, send a squad to rescue one. They will fail to do so.
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has duplicate 0011300resolved Loci Rescue missions do not work 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2017-11-30 10:44tuemanNew Issue
2017-11-30 14:53Rafal99Issue Monitored: Rafal99
2019-06-12 18:00LociCategoryDwarf Mode -- Interface, Civilization List => Dwarf Mode -- Interface, Civilization / World Info
2019-06-12 18:01LociCategoryDwarf Mode -- Interface, Civilization / World Info => Dwarf Mode -- Interface, Civilization/World Info
2020-02-03 16:40LociRelationship addedhas duplicate 0011300
2020-02-04 10:41HuntthetrollIssue Monitored: Huntthetroll
2020-02-04 11:43mrmagolorNote Added: 0039861
2020-02-04 11:53mrmagolorIssue Monitored: mrmagolor
2020-02-04 11:54mrmagolorNote Added: 0039864
2020-02-04 12:35LociNote Added: 0039870
2020-02-04 15:02FantasticDorfNote Added: 0039875
2020-02-04 15:35mrmagolorNote Added: 0039877
2021-12-26 09:14FantasticDorfNote Added: 0041194
2021-12-26 09:23FantasticDorfNote Added: 0041195

Notes
(0039861)
mrmagolor   
2020-02-04 11:43   
Still exists in 0.47.01
(0039864)
mrmagolor   
2020-02-04 11:54   
Also, I find that the same thing happens with recovering artifacts with their last known location to be on a person - this does not apply to artifacts stored in sites.
(0039870)
Loci   
2020-02-04 12:35   
I have seen a few successful rescues (by raiding the site where the dwarf is imprisoned), but it is rather rare. It's possible that the prisoner list becomes "stale", with no actual chance of rescue (since the dwarf is no longer there).

Rescue missions (and people-chasing artifact missions) remain unimplemented at this point.
(0039875)
FantasticDorf   
2020-02-04 15:02   
It can be noted that integration of prisoners into their captor's society if they have slavery ethics is actually very fast 0010645 shows when the rescue force ends up being attacked by the original raid-force who are now residents.

On 47.01, when a dwarf site by comparison is capitulated (usually by the tomb mummy villians), prisoners who have been there for a long time siezed for their crimes like necromancers are often released in the attack. The mission being sent out based upon the rumor and relevant mission information may be incorrect within a span of weeks to successfully rescue them from a hostile site they were being held.
(0039877)
mrmagolor   
2020-02-04 15:35   
The thing is, I checked the legends and there was no mention of prisoner movement or integration into society.
(0041194)
FantasticDorf   
2021-12-26 09:14   
New information, if the [POSITION:CAPTAIN] is overwritten or supplied with a [ALLOWED:CLASS] it will work to keep races with exclusions to the allowed class in prison until a further date or they expire.

Example: crossbowdwarf group send on a pillage raid without opportunity to enter shooting phase or melee defenders will immediately surrender and all be captured, if the human hamlet they raiding are only accepts [ALLOWED_CLASS:HUMAN] to position captains (made and put onto human creatures for the purposes of a example) they will remain in captivity indefinitely rather than be recruited into the defenders and ruin the mission.
(0041195)
FantasticDorf   
2021-12-26 09:23   
To the above point, the aggressive recruitment appears to be responsible, and it is also circumstantial that if each race is delegated a class to captain position, any slaves that are taken post-battle in w.g can also be freed with w.g event and do not represent in their captor's armies or site-defence unless its obviously allowed (captured humans in a inter-human civ conflict etc, or player dwarves captured by other dwarf nations).

Almost entirely related to 0006708 , on which i've commented on purifying the nations armies similarly of nonhistorical animal/semi-intelligent recruits through a similar fix.