- Mine in groups
- Subsidiaries could break off and have their own tasks related to what they were doing (sorting, bringing fuel from a designated location and so on)
- The coder would only have to interact with the leader, who would send commands through rednet to its charges.
Turtles in a militaristic situation would be able to do the following:
- engage in formations and fight in formations of various types
- Have the ability to use bows or any other weapon
- receive tactical programming from the coder that would be sent out to subsidiaries through rednet