[DuncanWaring]

The next day, a bigger and even hungrier herd arrives wanting your stuff.

If you survive the first few herds, a collection of heads on pikes around the perimeter might "encourage les autres" to move along.

[allmendream]

LOL. And you pinged “headsonpikes”. CLASSIC!!!! LOVE IT!

[headsonpikes]

Society will renew itself under these stressful circumstances.

As you say, nothing re-establishes the notion of effective authority better than heads on pikes.

In the fog of Hobbesian war, they provide a guiding light. ;^)