Proposal: Efficient Virus

Give the Virus a population of 1 and, in the Virus rule,

• change
  
  

  , although it is not counted as a Strain for the purpose of any rules other than this one.

  
  to
  
  

  and is considered a Predator for any purpose, except that the Virus cannot take any action in a manner different than defined in this Rule and Hunger cannot be enforced upon the Virus. The Virus is not counted as a Strain for the purpose of any rules with a number between 1 and 10.



• change
  
  

  the Virus always attempts to absorb the element that the greatest number of Strains emit

  
  to
  
  

  the Virus always attempts to absorb the element that the greatest number of Strains other than itself emit



• after the paragraph defining the Pollute action, add
  
  

  If when the Virus Pollutes no Strain’s Biomass is reduced, the Virus must Consume the Strain with most Population between the ones emitting the same element the Virus absorbs. The same Strain that forced the Virus to Pollute must enforce this paragraph’s action.



• delete the phrase
  
  

  Upon doing so, the Virus's Size is set to the number of Strains that emit the element it absorbs.



• add
  
  

  If the Virus size is Stable or greater, any Strain may force it to halve its Size (rounding down) to double its Population.



• if there's a paragraph reading
  
  

  The Virus has an enome which unless explicitly stated is only used to track the Elements it absorbs and Emits.

  
  then delete that paragraph.

This is intended to make the Virus a more active element in the Game Environment. It makes the Virus a Strain, without voting rights and with a limited but efficient range of actions.

6-0 - Reached Quorum - Enacted by Chronos