Re: Random
"Step six, realise that all this tech can be replaced by weighted random number generator that tells who won the conflict"
Step 7. Order those people who were "killed" in the simulated war to immediately attend the disintegration chambers.
At least that's how it happened in the Star Trek scenario broadcast about 50 years ago. And I'm pretty sure that was based on an even older SF story in print.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
