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Originally Posted by starslayer
Actually, IQ1 insects don't handle it fine- when presented with a difficult decision, they tend to.... do nothing (which is good from a survival standpoint, they don't waste energy and avoid potentially dangerous situations.)
http://theconversation.com/what-bees...decision-20099 |
Perhaps I missed something there, but from what I read, the bees didn't hover in place like idiots - if they had the ability to opt out, they often did so (meaning they had three options, and found the opt out option to be the best, thus not pertinent to our example of all the best solutions being equal), while if they didn't, the article indicates they still made a choice. A bee with two equal choices will simply pick one - why should we assume an IQ 9 killbot won't do the same?
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Originally Posted by starslayer
1. Evaluate targets and assign a value.
2. Chase the highest value
3. If there are two equal value targets wait 3 seconds and repeat 1.
4. If you have already done 3 call an AU for target priority, assign preference value to AU identified target and repeat 1.
5. If no answer from AU wait 3 seconds, then repeat 1.
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3. If there are more than 1 targets of highest value, determine priority target randomly.
At the very least, step 3 would be when they call in for help, and probably take a defensive posture while waiting for a response (instead of standing around waiting for a HEAT missile to the face). It would probably confer with nearby NU's first, probably going with the consensus target (that is, it errs on the side of backing up its squad). If the other NU's are equally split, similarly stuck, fail to respond, or if it's alone, it would attempt to contact the AU in charge of it. Failing that, it makes a random choice.