Communications Protocol
A major pillar of the project was interoperability between all controllers and all hovercrafts. This was achieved by standardizing the communications protocol used to communicate between controller and craft over XBee Radio. Each of the 11 project teams designated a representative for the communications committee (Comm Comm), also known as the Communications Oligarchy for Virtual Electronic Network for Asynchronous Network Things, i.e. the COVENANT. Our COVENANT representative was Alex Nathan Kahn, widely regarded as the godfather of this year's protocol. Below is the full-text protocol developed by Alex and the rest of the COVENANT.