Returned

The Returned are the twisted biological weapons of the Singulus army. They are all that remain of the colonists lost during the Singulus Invasion.

Horror to Dread
Returned are the reprogrammed, animated remains of the colonists harvested by the Singulus to bolster their army. The prisoners are taken to processing stations where they are forced into servetude in the Singulus Army. Unfortunate victims are injected with nanaprobes and allowed to "return" to their family completely unware they will soon be committing unspeakable acts of violence against their will.

When activated, the nanoprobes assert themeselves in the victims' brain and begin re-writing their thought process with the aim of doing as much damage to ISA targets as possible. They assassinate ISA officers, destroy vital ship infrastructure, sabotage ISA insatllations, or outright take a weapon and begin shooting into populated areas. The process is so demanding on the human body, eventually the soft tissues disentigrate, leaving behind a grotesque skeleton called a Trace. If the subject lives long enough, Traces soon outfit themselves with heavier armor that they graft to their frames. Traces continue to their missions at no matter the cost, with no conscience, no remorse, or feeling of anykind.