# GOL-007: Lightning Conductor

Persistent charges spend finite energy crossing a seeded conductive medium, writing sudden paths of life over a slower synchronous cellular field.

[Open simulation](https://100gol.com/experiments/007) · [Directory](https://100gol.com/experiments)

## What to explore

Charges should create visible bolts whose path is locally constrained by
resistance, neighboring population, occupancy, and chirality. The event-driven
inner motion must remain deterministic and bounded, and simultaneous collisions
must stop all claimants rather than reward array order or an arbitrary identity.

## Rules, update order and replay

The base square Moore field computes one complete synchronous B4/S0124568
proposal. Persistent charges then receive a 50-point energy budget and propose
adjacent moves in synchronous microsteps. Living cells and occupied charge
positions block movement; entering material costs its resistance from 1 to 3;
neighbor population steers the choice; simultaneous claims on one destination
block every claimant. Traversed dead positions force the final field alive.
Each charge retains its heading through one bolt and turns once at its terminal
position by the material's chirality and configured turn. Bounded edges stop a
bolt; toroidal edges continue it. Replay requires occupancy, charges/headings,
resistance, chirality, last-discharge evidence, generation, topology,
configuration, charge count, and both seeds. Reset rebuilds every layer; world
and material seed actions preserve the other layer.

## Reading the simulation

Charges remain visible as amber diamonds even on living positions; the last
discharge has separate evidence, and optional material view reveals resistance
and chirality. Inspection reports the local Life result, material values, charge
heading and proposed target, with a target outline. Context distinguishes base
generation time from intra-generation discharge, and all material/charge states
have written labels rather than color-only meaning.

## Reproduce a starting configuration

[Download example JSON](https://100gol.com/api/experiments/007/configuration). Import it using Share & reproduce in the simulation controls. It starts paused at Step zero. Files contain rules and initial conditions, not evolved boards or manual edits. See [format, limitations and automated access](https://100gol.com/agents).