Could the grand apparatus just be controlled one sleepless.

[Lesser spren]

An "individual" sleepless is made of hundreds of Hordlings, whose can colony can span far beyond  what you could normally see. So if a colony got big enough could the the entire grand apparatus be controlled  by a colony that shared a single Identity? hording knowledge and breeding for hordlings that could mimic a super computer?

Edited 8 hours ago by Lesser spren

[Mystic He/Him]

Probably?

I don’t believe we know enough about how Sleepless split to answer that.

I want to say no simply because having sleepless able to just be on an entire city/planet is hard to balance.

That said, most sleepless we know of are trying to blend into human society in some capacity, so we don’t know what it’s like when a sleepless decides to forgo that. 

[Ascended Grubberfly He/Him]

I believe it was suggested that the Sleepless took control of the Apparatus at some point, but it was not in their control originally.

[Lesser spren]

5 hours ago, Ascended Grubberfly said:

I believe it was suggested that the Sleepless took control of the Apparatus at some point, but it was not in their control originally.

I meant to title it "Controlled" by one sleepless, sorry about that.

[Trusk'our he/him]

13 hours ago, Lesser spren said:

An "individual" sleepless is made of hundreds of Hordlings, whose can colony can span far beyond  what you could normally see. So if a colony got big enough could the the entire grand apparatus be controlled  by a colony that shared a single Identity? hording knowledge and breeding for hordlings that could mimic a super computer?

There's a limit to the total mass and number of Hordlings a Sleepless can control at a time.

Spoiler

https://wob.coppermind.net/events/373-skyward-chicago-signing/#e12043

ILuvHats

I have a question about the Sleepless. So you have confirmed that distance does matter. Is there a limit or a factor affecting how many hordelings they control?

Brandon Sanderson

Yes.

ILuvHats

Can you elaborate?

Brandon Sanderson

No, but there is an upper limit on both mass and number.

I think if a Sleepless tried to take over a planet-spanning structure they'd begin splitting into new, separate hordes.

It's a really cool idea though. 

Edited 57 minutes ago by Trusk'our