Zero Credibility said:
If these things really are as animalistic as they seemed in the battle we just fought, removing their leadership will greatly impact their performance as an unit.
If they are animalistic, they can not be commanded very efficiently, now, can they? I expect the Blues to use them as a zombie horde, and when there are hundreds of them, the numbers make up for the lack of strategy. This is a really risky gamble.
Zero Credibility said:
Also, if they could have penetrated defences of this place that easily, why are these people still alive?
These people were covering in fear while the attackers pummeled the door. They are alive because we managed to strategically dispose of the enemy.
Zero Credibility said:
The fact is, they took the front doors, but this place stood up to whatever they threw at it.
The only place that stood up is the inner chapel, and there is no exit from there but the one through which we came in. If they cut it off and siege us there, we are dead. Even if we hold, we will just run out of supplies. And there is no water source.
We do not know anything about the integrity of the rest of the building. This is what the plans are for.
We know, though, that the enemy managed to get through the front gates somehow (maybe they were wide open since the beginning - but we don't
know that). We also know there are multiple entries, but we do not know where they are.
If you learn anything from zombie apocalypse games, it's that you check and double-check the building for weak points before you make the place your base of operations.
Zero Credibility said:
Oh and here's a quick and dirty plan that we would probably have enough time to pull even during assault - have our explosives experts thoroughly mine the chamber we just fought in.
Not if they find a way in first.
Preparation is called that because you do it
before the main thing starts. Trying to prepare the trap during the battle means that our dwarves won't be elsewhere, and it might very well become meaningless if they manage to break through to the Inner Court through other means.