Grund units were designed as cognitive-linked tactical companions, engineered to operate alongside their assigned owners with full environmental awareness. When an owner is lost, disconnected, or forced to sever the link, the unit does not deactivate. Instead, Grunds enter a residual protocol, clustering with other unlinked units to form temporary factions. Within these formations, sensory data, vision systems, and behavioral fragments are shared to maintain survivability. These patchworked units now exist in a dormant state exhibiting characteristic traits to their previous owners. Each Grund carries traces of prior use, repair, and memory embedded into its construction.
