>>44076946It’s meant to say they got driven mad by shoving poorly-understood technology directly into the brain on a daily basis because that’s how space /vnug/’s powered hardsuit/mecha control system beyond the simplest ones work, but it can also manifest in ways beyond the average stark raving madmen. The connection might give them deviant tendencies and impulses that does not fit polite company like unabated bloodlust, but since crystalline vitubium also powers /vnug/’s AI technology they might start seeing strange ghosts and beings that others can’t perceive, and they might fall for them and start doing their bidding that generally does not end well for most parties involved
It’s probably an open secret but they’re simply too useful to get rid of, so people continue to use it and hope those going insane are just the exceptions while scientists try to understand the technology better and see if there are ways to mitigate side effects like this. Meanwhile the free people remain useful because many of them are seen as being more expendable and keeping them on deep space exploration/trading/raiding lifestyle keeps them and any harm they might do away while giving some degree of deniability. In a way the moleym are basically space /vnug/’s foederati