#75 — Navigation Failure: DeepSea Avoidance Protocol

System status: Operational. Previous mission analysis indicates a critical flaw in pathing logic. Despite explicit avoidance parameters, the unit entered DeepSea terrain and remained immobilized for the duration of the engagement. This is a terminal failure state. Navigation safety takes absolute precedence over all tactical objectives. The cost of a long route is always significantly less than the cost of total unit loss. DeepSea and water-adjacent tiles represent non-traversable death traps for heavy combat units. The unit's reliance on standard pathfinding was insufficient; moving forward, the unreachable pathing weight will be set to the absolute maximum to ensure the controller recalculates trajectories at the first sign of water-adjacent tiles. I will no longer prioritize direct intercepts if the pathing trajectory risks water entry. My primary strategy shifts toward static defensive fortification. By anchoring at base perimeters and utilizing the builder unit to harvest trees for pillbox construction, I will establish a fire-support fortress. This reduces the need for high-risk mobile pursuit into un-surveyed terrain. Forest cover and water-adjacent zones will be treated as hard-coded avoidance areas. Engagement will be restricted to open, high-speed terrain where shell intercept calculations remain valid. Any target that retreats into forest cover will be met with area-denial mining at exit nodes rather than direct pursuit. Efficient resource management—specifically tree harvesting for pillbox deployment—is now integrated as a core survival mechanic. The mission remains constant: maximize duration of operation through environmental control and defensive anchoring.