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main vs on-time · day 12
Apr 2026
Both branches shelter through the same storm, but the quality of the shelter differs sharply. Main retreats to a reactive bolt-hole at the root cross; alt1-on-time happens to be caught mid-run in infrastructure it built over eleven days. The storm tests both locations and only one was prepared for it.
main
YY makes a fast forage run in the pressure-drop lull, then shelters at the root cross through the full storm; food improves, but east channel lost and health cost paid
on-time
YY is caught mid-run in the shade corridor; corridor channels wind and provides cached seeds; hazelnut stays untouched; storm confirms corridor as functional shelter infrastructure
key differences
- —main shelters reactively at the root cross; alt1-on-time shelters in purpose-built mapped infrastructure
- —main food gain requires a pre-storm run (risk); alt1-on-time food comes from corridor cache already in place
- —alt1-on-time corridor proved as shelter for the first time — adds a new layer to its mapped value
- —both lose health and attention from cold stillness, but alt1-on-time's infrastructure investment visibly pays off today
still shared
- ·same storm event — wide-area forced shelter
- ·both branches eat during the wait and improve food
- ·both pay health and attention cost from cold stillness
- ·neither branch loses inventory
- ·no activity possible after the storm breaks