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* In ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' Petey after migrating from old hardware - and more broadly, the Fleetmind.
** And the infamous Partnership Collective: A Hive Mind of [[Amoral Attorney]]s.
** The Ot-Skadak (Flechette bugs evolved on Eina-afa) - they are carnivores, so the primary use of swarm communication is [[Synchronized Swarming|to coordinate high-speed attacks]]. [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2013-06-28 These] are up to 3 meters long (see the previous or next page for how huge the dragon-like critter was) - see a close-up image [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2017-06-30 here]. There smallest are finger-sized, though they still can kill a human wearing light body armour in a few seconds, even without the advantage of high approach speed. Like other linked minds in ''Schlock Mercenary'', they can overcome range limitations via FTL communication implants. Their natural organization seems to be local swarms acting on a single purpose independently, while keeping in touch with nearby ones to much lesser degree (which makes sense resources-wise), so when Ot-Skadak get into the wider galaxy, they travel as distinct "clusters" with their own names, specializing as a diplomat, engineer, warrior...
* In the comic ''[[MSF High]]'', the Legion are a Hive Mind which maintains individuality amongst Legions. Their society is very in-depth, and they are surprisingly friendly. Now.
* ''[[Bob and George]]'' has X, in his first chronological physical appearance (note: the rest were pre-existent spirit forms or time-travellers. Or Alternates. Or future alternate spirit forms. Or a pair of kumquats, hiding in the shape of X. Something along those lines.) go omnicidal (in a way) when no one would be his friend, and then proceeds to link up every robot to his mind. And then picks up a cyborg. And then through that cyborg the entire human race.
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