"We are Worker Drones, autonomous robots helping humans mine exoplanets."
―Uzi talking about her species
Worker Drones are autonomous robots created to help their parent company, JCJenson, mine exoplanets for resources, which Uzi describes as 'being mistreated in the name of Windex.' After the extinction of biological life on Copper 9, they started a society of their own.
Appearance[]
When first created by JCJenson to mine resources from exoplanets before Copper 9's explosion, all Worker Drones wore hard hats and orange jackets, with their only eye color being light blue.
Following the core explosion of exoplanet Copper 9, all humans on the planet were wiped out, turning it into a winter-apocalyptic wasteland. Seizing this opportunity, the Worker Drones quickly picked up where the humans had left off, formed their colony, and embraced this newfound freedom by wearing human-like clothing and having different eye colors. Known colors they can have are red, orange, green, blue, cyan, aqua, magenta, pink, purple, and white. When a Worker Drone feels fear, shock or other intense emotion, their eyes become hollow, with a black circle overlaying the normally fully-colored eyes.
A key trait to notice about the Worker Drones' eye colors is the total absence of yellow. This trait was thought to belong solely to the Disassembly Drones until it was revealed that they were once Worker Drones themselves and that their yellow eye color originates from the Zombie Drone, Cyn.
After 'banishing' herself from the colony, Uzi sadistically rants about how she wants to kill all humans on Earth in retribution for sending the Disassembly Drones to kill them all. While doing so, her right eye turns yellow while her left eye turns into a yellow hazard symbol hinting at the presence of the Absolute Solver.
Visor messages[]
Drones have two bright eyes on their visor that emotes. Under some circumstances, their eyes can be overridden by an error, status warning, or system message:
- Absolute Solver symbol replacing one eye or covering entire visor: Caused by the Absolute Solver awakening within the drone or being utilized. The Solver's glyph covering the entire drone's visor is caused when they fully initiate their Solver Form.
- System messages briefly covering visor: Caused by minor errors experienced by the drone. An example is Uzi's 'EDGE LEVELS CRITICALLY LOW' error.
- Rampant error messages covering visor: Caused by injecting wdOS_606, a core termination program, into the drone.
- Warning sign: This is caused by severe damage to the drone's visor like being pierced by a sharp object. It is also found on numerous deceased drones. Uzi also suffers this after being hit by J's EMP.
- HIGH TEMP: Accompanied by a warning sign. Self-explanatory, usually appears on Absolute Solver hosts.
- FATAL ERROR: This occurs when a drone dies, usually by external causes like severe hardware damage.
- X shape replacing both eyes: Used to signify that a drone has died.
- Elongated 'X' on visor: Either caused when a faulty OS string is present or when an Absolute Solver host becomes violent and/or starts to transform into their Solver Form.
- Flashing ERROR 606 message: Accompanied by an elongated 'X'. This is caused by the removal of one or more core OS strings. Drones with this error are non-sentient, unresponsive, and immobile.
- Buffering symbol: Caused by being boot-looped by Sentinels. Like ERROR 606, drones with this error are non-sentient, unresponsive, and immobile.
- Text: Can be generated at will to communicate without speaking. It is also used to display when a drone is in SLEEP MODE, as well as emoticons.
- Games: Games like tetris can be played in one's screen.
- Swirl shape replacing both eyes: This occurs when a drone feels dizzy.
- Images: Drones can also display images on their visor, as seen with Cyn.
- Nothing: If a drone's visor displays nothing, not even their eyes, it usually means that the said drone is dead.
Variants[]
Zombie Drones[]
In the case of any Worker Drone that has been rebooted, either by a human or on its own, runs the risk of becoming what is referred to by the company as a Zombie Drone as shown in a JCJenson VHS training tape discovered by N in Cabin Fever and shown in Home.
The video warns against the act of improperly disposing of a Worker Drone marked for disassembly due to the possibility that a drone may reboot without changes (70.3%), carry 'terminal lockout' (29%), or revive with 'potentially hazardous mutations' (0.7%), which can lead to human fatalities or injury. High federal fines may be incurred on the handler's behalf.
N, V and J were Worker Drones that rebooted normally (as they had armbands indicating that they were marked for disassembly and were found by Tessa in a landfill), whereas Cyn was a Worker Drone that rebooted by herself with dangerous mutations, seemingly revived by the Absolute Solver, resulting in her becoming a full-fledged Zombie Drone.
Untrained Neural Networks[]
An Untrained Neural Network is a premature Worker Drone that is put in infantile pods before being uploaded to a properly functional drone body. After the core collapse on Copper 9, this is noted to be the first stages of Worker manufacturing as, before, they were assumed to be made in factories by humans. For a new neural network to be born, a male and female Worker Drone must both upload 50% of their source codes into an empty shell for their codes to fuse, creating the new personality. However, if either of the parent's code is infected with mutations, those mutations will pass onto their child.
Known Worker Drones[]
Active[]
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Deceased[]
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Former[]
Trivia[]
- Worker Drones have a vast knowledge of therapy, human hormones (Uzi mentions this when apologizing for lashing out at Thad, stating it's because she's generally just a very hormonal person), feelings of existential dread, and deities. They are shown to mimic human culture.
- During the Pilot episode, Uzi injures herself with her railgun. After, she is shown with bandages and an ice pack. It is unclear if this aids in regeneration or an example of Worker Drones mimicking human behavior.
- According to N, Worker Drones are powered by oil, which the Disassembly Drones must consume to prevent overheating and self-destruction.
- Whilst it's unclear if Worker Drones can or require sustenance, Alice had been seen consuming batteries in Dead End, implying Worker Drones can eat.
- Worker Drones have IDs as seen with Kelsey Day (#4421) and Uzi's Teacher (#2342).
- There also seems to be another way of identification for specific drones who are used as hosts for the Absolute Solver in Cabin Fever Labs, as seen with Nori (002), Alice (017), Amda (029) and Yeva (048).
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