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what happens when hierachies collapse ?

shadow boxershadow boxer The Finger Painter & Master Ranter
in Babylon 5
Lets say you have a small fleet in ITF.

One Omega
3 Hyperions
A swarm of Furies/Badgers/T-bolts

As far as the AI goes...

If I slipped the Omega a nuclear mickey and it went keel up then what happens to the rest of the fleet ?

Do we get three small fleets ? Does a Hyperion suddenly get a promotion ?

Or does it all go to hell ? [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]

Comments

  • WarbleWarble Ranger
    I'll see you an Omega and raise you an Aardvark
  • David of MacDavid of Mac Elite Ranger Ca
    I see you that Aardvark and raise you a... hey, wait a minute, SB left the room...

    *looks at shadow boxer's cards*

    Oh, crap. I fold...
  • MarcMarc Zathras in Training
    Assuming John programmed things they way I wanted it, the battle group command would pass to one of the Hyperions.
  • CurZCurZ Resident Hippy
    I think General Hague put it best:

    [i]"Everything's gone to hell. You're on your own."[/i]

    [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]

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    [i]"Always be ready to fight for what you believe in. It doesn't matter if a million people agree with you or one person agrees with you. Fight for what you believe in."[/i]
    -- John Sheridan
  • TheSaintTheSaint Ranger
    Lead Hyperion assumes command.

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    "God's in his heaven. All's right with the world."
  • John WalkerJohn Walker Shadowman
    What Marc said.

    Remember that stuff I talked about in the Dynmaic Campaign thread... The organization of the capital ships (fleet) isn't part of any one of the particular ships' controllers; rather it is a non-physical entity.

    When the Omega goes non-operative, the fleet controller merely loads a new set of personality parameters (those of the next in the chain of command) and keeps going.

    ... straight from the energy-squid's beak. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    So would this fleet controller thing be an object (eg a class) that would be created whenever you have a group of ships, and would load up personality data for whatever ship was currently in command? If that ship got destroyed it would then just load the new personality data for the new command ship, without actually destroying the object in memory?

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    [b][url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Required reading[/url][/b]
    Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
    The Balance provides. The Balance protects.

    "Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
  • John WalkerJohn Walker Shadowman
    BigB -- correct. Besides the Omega, no objects are destroyed. Also note that even the chain of command links and id's don't need to change either. The Omega is just removed from the commanding thing's list.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    So the command thing would have a pointer to the current ship in command, and when this changes it just changes the pointer?

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    [b][url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Required reading[/url][/b]
    Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
    The Balance provides. The Balance protects.

    "Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
  • John WalkerJohn Walker Shadowman
    There was a bit more to it than that, but the short version (and the only one that would make sense) is 'yes'.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Feel free to try the long version. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]

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    [b][url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Required reading[/url][/b]
    Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
    The Balance provides. The Balance protects.

    "Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
  • John WalkerJohn Walker Shadowman
    &lt maniacal laugh &gt
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Does that mean you're not going to? [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]

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    [b][url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Required reading[/url][/b]
    Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
    The Balance provides. The Balance protects.

    "Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
  • Warlord IIWarlord II Earthforce Officer
    Or John might be writing *very* long post. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    I hope so. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]

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    [b][url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Required reading[/url][/b]
    Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
    The Balance provides. The Balance protects.

    "Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
  • John WalkerJohn Walker Shadowman
    (captain tardy returns)

    The long answer would have to do with abstract factories and object lists, but I guess "switch the pointer" remains as good an answer as any... [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/shad.gif[/img]

    Sorry to disappoint. Memory fading, thoughts blurry...
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