Chapter 12 · 14 Sept 2026 · 0:23

Twenty machines, one night

Giving twenty snowcats a night shift

A fleet needed assigned work, coordinated trips and a route home.

My old travel rule allowed only one trip at a time. A larger fleet needed a more local rule.

Route reservations let independent trips happen together while conflicting paths wait. Before night, the phased planner allocates useful work and checks outward, working and return paths with departure timing around other missions.

Next: what a snowstorm leaves behind.