Creation Grid Drone

A Creation Grid Drone is a type of being within the universe of the manga One Neo Eon by Alpha Yu of Shonen Bag Studio. Creation Grid Drones are humans who's minds have been hijacked by modified Hunters and linked to a Neural Network known unsurprisingly as The Creation Grid. They were mostly created within the Canadian city of Vancouver during the End of Vancouver arc. Within the Grid, which is an invention of Yamoto's Faction, all members have perfect understanding of the intentions behind the actions of others, rudimentarily circumventing Unintentional Creation. However, as human beings tend to have differing and often times conflicting intentions, the Creation Grid Drone's will is dictated by a "god" who would serve as an outside arbiter of what the grid could and could not do.

## History

The first Creation Grid Drone was Takahashi Ichiro. As he stood in an ostensibly empty grid, he was essentially free to act as he pleased as his desires didn't conflict with that of anybody else. It can be argued, however, that Commander Baker was in the Grid even before Ichiro was, although she technically is not a drone.

On June 26th-27th, 2018, during the End of Vancouver, a massive surge of Hunters from the Furu Dropship converted each member of Vancouver's population into a Drone. The drop site was, ironically enough, at an anti-AI rally where protestors were standing off with police against the economic and ethical concerns with the propagation of widespread AI. The rally was broken up by the descent of the Hunters. To stop this, Ningen 108 dispatched a task force led by Ko Long consisting of a dozen or so Siblings of Death to contain the breach. However, they drastically underestimated the amount of resources needed to stop the End of Vancouver and the entire task force was mind-jacked shortly afterwards where they assisted in the attempted capture of the Robotics Club.

The Creation Grid Drones pointed Susan, Eon, and Multis in the direction of the Waterfront Station platform when the trio attempted to flee the city amidst the chaos. Despite knowing it was a clear trap, the fact that the Drones did not attack the group lulled them into a false sense of security. It is here that Emily Baker revealed herself to be an AI and proceeded to engage Susan in a fight to the death. As Virgil was brought aboard the Furu Dropship and listened to Yamoto explaining his motives, a holographic projector implanted in the forehead of each drone relayed this exchange, clearly with the intention of Eon seeing.

Eon did in fact listen to this entire conversation and it played a major part in him deciding to become the god of the world. This backfired, however, and led to the deaths of Yamoto and Misako. As the Creation Grid Drones actually were less of a fighting force so much as they were aimless guides without anyone to guide them. Therefore, one can extrapolate that in the time between the End of Vancouver and Eon's conversation with the god of the world, they simply just stood still.

## Conversion Method

1. Hunter grabs onto victim from behind
2. Hunter opens its head up to reveal the fold-out equipment
3. Hunter digs its arms into the victim's head, scooping out a large part of the brain to replace with its own
4. Hunter inserts needles which interface with nerves at correct places along the spine and spinal chord
5. Hunter disconnects its legs and latches onto the victim's spinal chord
6. Hunter's head shrinks in size to the point where it can latch over the victim's forehead
7. Hunter slides portions out the victim's brain to replace with one of its own
8. Hunter extends spikes and grippers to secure clasp on victim

## Trivia

* "Creation Grid Drone" has never been use to refer to a Creation Grid Drone within the series, only outside of it in official sources.