CH826 Ava's Drone II – Rune-Tech's Solution
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Even if additional drones had already completed gestation, they would remain dormant. Unless space was first freed within the Hive Network—that is, within the capacity of Ava's shared consciousness—they would be unable to establish a connection to the network and come online.
'I don't know whether I should be grateful that there isn't a hard limit or not,' Alex mused.
The number of drones Ava could control ultimately depended on the types of drones that were already active within the Hive Network.
More complex drones, such as the humanoid drones, occupied a significant portion of the Hive Network's capacity, whereas the relatively simple ant drones—despite their overwhelming numbers—consumed only an insignificant amount.
As a result, Ava could probably support millions of ant drones at her current level, but conversely only around a thousand human drones.
