Pretty sure that dolls can vocalize without Architect's help, the vocalize speech is an option specifically for the Oral Comm, aka shouting orders. So the choice is to either: shout the orders in clear, shout the orders in digital form (modem screech) or shout them in ultrasound
I don't think there's anything stopping a ringleader from give their grunt code phrases for more simple instructions. And swapping them every other fight
From what I understand, our dolls are not ''human-level'' intelligence, so with every simplification you loose accuracy that they dont have the autonomy to ''fill in''
Fair enough. It just seems to me that the improvements to their autonomous ability would necessitate an increase in their 'intelligence'.
From what I could gather, the Comm and Behavior protocols from Scarecrow are failsafe measures in case Jamming happen, so instead of waddling around whenever the signal is cut, they will try to reacquire communication and defend themselves
God the stupid simplicity of these grunts are going to drive me insane I just know it.
Yeah, I dont know what are their intelligence level but no human-level intelligence act like this when comms are cut:
I have seen literall game AI smarter then them. Hell if trepang2 is a thing in this world, we should put the SF grunts in a sim with them and see how it goes just to hammer home the point how brain dead they seem to be to the... the one in charge, I forget her name.
That would be Mastermind
You can make them understand basic tactics and strategies without giving them sentience, while still having an more intelligent AI handle the more complex stuff.
I appreciate the long-term thinking, however this quest timeline is 30 days, and after that it's going to end one way or another. I'm dead set on completing it, and having a clearly defined time limit is the safest option I know to make it happen.
That is one of the options, yes.
Ah, alright then. So while the long term might be an in character idea that's still more of a future Architect problem when right now we should be focusing more on short term stuff for the upcoming offensive then.
My thinking was, I don't consider fiber optics to be so much better than telephones or vice versa to discard one out of hand. AFAIK, given the description telephone cable can be repaired much more easily than the fiber optic cable which I think is a not-insignificant benefit for something that by definition is going to be ran into an active combat zone. On the other hand, it does have the significantly reduced data rate and is much bulkier, making it not a direct upgrade or downgrade, but more of a sidegrade of the fiber optics. And I don't think Architect has as much experience with being on the front lines compared to some of the other ringleaders to determine exactly how likely a broken cable is and how much that extra repairability is worth. Luckily, with the telephone cables taking no extra time, I didn't think it would be that difficult to have just like 1 prototype fiber optic layer and one telephone layer ready for when Intruder came over for testing, and just let her pick out which one should have a production line set up after getting a feel for both of them.
tbh I like this flavour-wise. The Dolls could chatter to each other with special lingo like Combine soldiers (though I presume they'd swap out the medical terminology for something else).
