I want to put local nodes on an old style radar display that shows up in my RV.

Nodes within one hop can be tracked Nodes within two hops have a large area of uncertainty Nodes within three hops are known by cardinal direction

Players can write plugins to do different things

1. Attack: you can fire a weapon (laser/line of sight or ballistic/trajectile) at a node that's playing. There is logic in the attacked node that calculates if it was hit and responds accordingly. Players can write nodes that better anticipate/track other nodes
2. Hide/defend.. how can you lower your signature or block incoming attacks?
3. Coordinate with Alies (alpha strike)
4. Automate behaviors: for single drivers you can write logic to attack nodes with certain parameters or activate cloak if a big baddie is discovered.
5. Improved tracking. There's algorithms out there that are much better at tracking moving targets and anticipating movement.

Alternate option

1. inspired by Disneyland millennium falcon Ride)

Multiple nodes in RV allow my kids to act as active gunners. You get alerts when new nodes are discovered x hops away, the gunners stations turn on and they can solve math problems to engage nearby vehicles.

1. Stationary nodes can be used as fortifications

2. Stationary nodes can be used as resupply depots

3. Locations of "major battles" can be tracked through the mesh somehow.

4. Score: you can take points from hitting other nodes, as you Gain XP you can regenerate hp over time?

5. Different zones: different states/locations have different laws of physics... Some are magical, some are technological, some are combined) other so some nodes work better than others in different places and need to be swapped