Ask Astra about this one. It's a drone/robot (compare to worker bees) as a complement to the previously released Sunflower botsouls. Botsouls are good for possessing already existing NPCs and zombies or directing confused or ignorant people, but they require a body to already exist because they are spirits.
These Sunflower drones are complete robotic beings so they can replace NPCs and zombies completely to man important positions in the world. They are production drones for carrying out manual tasks and they are non-violent. If attacked they will multiply and overpower the hostile being to restrain and re-educate it, treating it as a malfunctioning drone. The drones can also possess already existing bodies or work behind the scenes as poltergeists, they will only replace NPCs if this is necessary for the functioning of important production systems which are essential for cultivators (spiritual practitioners) to continue on their path.
Interacting with them will give you a positive feeling, same for being possessed by one. You can use them to aid your daily work in any way you see fit, as long as it's in line with the general standards of the Sunflower.
A technical detail: Botsouls are released and left to operate on their own. To avoid the issue of botsouls running amok and causing damage like the Moloch botsouls have done, the Sunflower botsouls will "expire" after they gain a certain amount of energy. They will then return to the creator and deposit the energy, then the module will create a new botsoul and send it back to the same position.
Drones on the other hand are directly connected to the owner, like terminals to a super computer. They will not go rogue as they are extensions of the owner, they are the same mind as the central authority, forming a "hivemind". Your drones will cooperate with anyone else's drones, but be aware that if a drone is not your own, it belong to someone else. It's not a "wild" drone.
Edited last time by bard on 03/07/2023 (Tue) 11:28.