Talk:Rise of the Empires/@comment-207.204.216.17-20140313004752/@comment-190.45.20.83-20140508030641

is the base program still intact? if nanites self replicate then successive generations could have grown "sentient". Bugs or virus can turn into programs themselves over time.

a nanite is so small that if they are thinking for themselves they can easily slip away unnoticed and form colonies of their own, and they don't rely on food either.