Science Interrupted

Employee 51, personal log, June 15th, 1992.

I won’t beat around the bush. My recommendation is the immediate termination of the domestication research program. It appears even black ants—a notoriously gregarious species—are fiercely resistant to our taming efforts.

They have decimated our research team faster than we can hire replacements. Setting up our base of operations INSIDE an anthill was a terrible idea. They see us as invaders! As long as their queen is alive, our efforts are destined to fail.

At this rate, we won’t make it until the end of the week, let along the next quarter!