EXPERIMENT 09● RUNNING
THE STORM
Can a colony recover after catastrophe?
The colony establishes paths and a pheromone network. Then a storm erases trails, drops debris and destroys a resource. Agents are not reset.
Question
Can a colony recover after catastrophe?
Conditions
Three food sources. Storm at 08:20 (or on demand).
Rules
Same local rules before and after.
Pass rule
Return rate reaches its pre-storm level within 50 simulated minutes.
Control
The colony's own pre-storm return rate.
Limitations
Damage is random blobs, not physical weather.
Does the colony rebuild what existed — or discover something better?