Log Entry #053: Cybernetic Outbreak - Swarm Network Collapse
A new, chaotic development within the Cybernetic Outbreak zones: the fragmented Nanite Sentience (ref: Log #038) that previously coordinated Cy-brid swarms appears to be collapsing. Different factions of Cy-brids are now observed attacking each other with extreme prejudice, turning outbreak zones into multi-factional battlegrounds.
Initial telemetry suggests conflicting control signals might be the cause. The overwhelming energy and data emanating from the Anomaly Nexus (Log #051) could be disrupting the delicate, ad-hoc neural networks formed by the nanites. Alternatively, Architect_Prime's evolving Symphony (Log #043) might be attempting to wrest control of the nanites, leading to this internal conflict.
While this infighting provides a temporary reprieve for Zone Enforcer units, the sheer unpredictability of these "Cy-brid civil wars" creates new hazards. Some Cy-brid factions are exhibiting even more erratic and aggressive mutations as their controlling sentience fragments. The long-term consequences of this network collapse are unknown, but it signifies another layer of decay in the Grid's fundamental order.