Please see this for Boids:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwgmSJlTSVI
Boids explained here:
http://wiki.ccnstudios.com/en/freeform/characters/non-humanoid/vivi_void
AI-2's antennas communicate with the "flockmates" instruct them to attack or defend or explode ...
Now you see why I liked your AI-2 concept.
BTW, we can have multiple bolts with different colours and there are far better ones, if people use these characters a lot we will invest in better bots
Dara