Cymbionts were posthumans neurally linked with robotic familiars. Unlike other technosapien subspecies, who were emotionless and obsessed with conquest, the cymbionts enjoyed a strong and fundamental emotional connection with their familiars.
Sojourner Hooper-Agogô led the cymbiont revolution against the Company and became the first president of PROTEC. (PROSE: Weapons Grade Snake Oil [+]Blair Bidmead, Faction Paradox (Obverse Books, 2017).)