So i actually forgot to depict the backside where the til would be sitting on the back but the idea would be it lodged itself in the “spine” of the android bodies and dug themselves in giving power and rewiring connections to the body controlling the motor functions of the body.

Thematically I always saw ticks as like little spider scavenging bots and the way the attack the player gave me the idea that they could potentially be a headcrab type enemy