Editing Openai/6921ae73-3700-8000-8ab7-90012976bb8a (section)

==== They have mutation + hive mind, so they’ll start evolving specifically against lasers too: ====

===== - Reflective / refractive armor - Shiny or crystalline surfaces to reflect some beam energy - Scales or plates arranged to scatter the beam =====
* Heat sinks and ablative layers - Layers of tissue that char/boil off first - Sacrificial outer shells that protect vital cores
* Plasma shrouds / gas clouds - Surround big combines with plasma or gas that diffuses the beam - Use evaporated mass as a temporary shield
* Stealth + small profiles - Ultra-thin, needle-like or compact shapes - Harder to track and hit with beams
* Bio-EM tricks - Emit EM noise or optical distortions to confuse targeting - Interfere with your sensors so lasers can’t be aimed perfectly

They’ll also adjust tactics:
* Keep feeding/devouring in shadow zones (outside your fields of fire)
* Mutate feeder-types that: - Grab corpses - Retreat behind tank walls - Consume and grow out of direct LOS