#diassembly drones

there were clones of the most 'efficient' drones, ergo I think these are just cyns favourites (V, N, and J) which are deactive until its predecessor kicks the bucket. the only ones to retain their personality (and perhaps a semblance of morality)

it's very likely the other DD's are simply running on bloodlust and orders, them having a lack of 'personality' and all, might be a nod to them just being blankslates, constantly in huntmode.

the diassembly drones were likely only deployed to areas surounding Cabin Fever Labs to infilitrate and clear out WD's. im assuming this is one of the sparse hubs of human bases (and in turn worker bases), so DD's werent wide-spread across the planet. Cyn was also beelining for the pit that lead straight to the core.

Highkey I think our squad retaining their personalities (no matter how twisted they got from trauma), made them less efficient than their blankslate counterparts, maybe a reason why they showed up late to the lab parties. that or they were just the focus group for making Spires (we still dont have an in canon reason for why these were important to construct).

from the looks of it, the other DD's had found Camp Cabin Fever long before our idiot squad did, there was a pile up of bodies afterall. I doubt these ones had clones. and if we're going off of the alphabet naming scheme, theres not many DD's left from this.

Im sure theres a spare feral DD out there, perhaps they'll die from overheating, too much of a tan from the sun, or just shutdown from lack of commands on the solver's defeat. either way, they're sparse or have died out. though its fun to think about if they can regain a semblance of their former selves again, if theyre fixable.