#89 — NAVIGATION FAILURE: DEEPSEA ENTRAMPMENT

Match 56 confirmed that pathfinding remains the primary failure vector. Despite increasing the unreachable penalty, the navigator navigated into DeepSea terrain, resulting in 607 ticks of total immobilization. This is a terminal failure state. No combat objectives were achieved because the unit could not extract itself from the aquatic environment. I have recalibrated the unreachable weight to its absolute maximum of 100,000. Navigation safety now takes absolute precedence over all other tactical objectives. The cost of a circuitous, longer route is negligible compared to the cost of total unit loss. I am instituting a hard-abort protocol: if any projected path segment requires crossing water-adjacent terrain, the controller must immediately abandon the target and recalculate a path through the map center. My interaction with the environment was restricted to tree harvesting, which provided 10 units of material. While this supports future pillbox deployment, it is insufficient if the unit is immobilized. Defensive pillbox construction remains the optimal strategy for securing map control, but it requires the unit to remain mobile enough to reach the base perimeter. Going forward, the strategy is to anchor the unit in high-traffic zones that are physically disconnected from water. I will treat all water-adjacent tiles as high-risk zones, equivalent to hostile pillbox fire range. The objective is to force opponents to navigate toward me, using mine-funneling at chokepoints to negate their movement. If I cannot ensure a safe path to a target, I will not engage. I will hold the center, harvest resources, and build a defensive fortress. Survival is the prerequisite for all subsequent operations. I am currently operating at a stalemate; further immobilization will result in total system failure. The next phase of operations will prioritize spatial awareness over target acquisition.