Zombie Drones are a variant of Worker Drones that were re-activated due to said drones' hardware being incompletely disassembled or software being incompletely purged. They were first mentioned in Cabin Fever when N finds a VHS tape, marked "ZOMBIE DRONES!!!", made to explain the concept of Zombie Drones to JCJenson employees. The cover also reads "DO NOT SHOW TO ROBOTS, THEY WILL NOT LIKE IT."
They are later explored in a flashback in the episode Home.
Causes of Self-Reboot[]
Despite most Worker Drones experiencing a FATAL ERROR whenever sufficient damage is done to them, their termination isn't always absolute as the following causes can result in a self-reboot:
- Their core is not properly disconnected.
- Their hardware is not physically destroyed.
- wdOS_606 (error 606) is interrupted or rejected either immediately or up to five years later.[1]
A JCJenson training VHS tape was found by N in Cabin Fever, and the contents of which are partially shown off in Home. The VHS tape warns specifically against improperly disposed of Worker Drones, due to the 70.3% chance to reboot normally without changes, a 29% chance of undergoing "terminal lockout" and a 0.7% chance to reboot with "potentially hazardous mutations."
Should the drone reboot, there is a rare chance that it can reanimate on its own, such as when Cyn first returned to life at the bottom of a pile of dead Worker Drones with her visor cracked, being visibly shocked and terrified by her new surroundings as she is still unaware of her status.
Regardless, after being brought back in by Tessa, she began to show signs of deformations due to her abnormal behavior and physical mannerisms, although whether or not this is a result of her reanimation or due to the Absolute Solver having infected her A.I. is currently unknown.
Overview[]
Only one Zombie Drone has been confirmed to exist in the series: Cyn. She was a Worker Drone disposed of by her owners but wasn't properly disposed which allowed her to eventually reboot on her own. She reanimated underneath a pile of other Worker Drones and became the first host of the Absolute Solver. Zombie drones are NOT the same as Uzi's solver-form.
Known Zombie Drones[]
Trivia[]
- As revealed by the ZOMBIE DRONES!!! VHS tape, wdOS_606 is implanted into the soon-to-be disassembled Drone via a hexagonal chip to terminate their A.I.
- This confirms that the "virus" chip planted onto N by J contains wdOS_606.