LORE

Zoryavolkov’s so called “Grounder” class submarine is the name the public has given to a rumored unmanned undersea vessel believed to be designed and operated by Z.V.Corp. Its true designation (if it has one) remains unknown, what the chatter supplies instead is a nickname born from the ship’s behavior, it hugs the seafloor like a stone and moves with patient, relentless purpose.

Reportedly, Grounder is not built for crew in it. Freed from the constraints of human life support, its internal architecture (if one exists in the conventional sense) has been radically optimized for function rather than habitability. Observers describe it as almost monolithic, few, if any, pressurized living compartments, minimal internal volume, and systems densely packed or embedded within a pressure tolerant hull. The lack of cabins and crew gear doesn’t just reduce noise and silhouette, it allows the vessel to tolerate pressures that would crush conventional submarines, permitting operations at depths far below the reach of most naval craft.

At the heart of speculation about the Grounder sits its autonomy. The vessel is widely believed to be governed entirely by artificial intelligence, algorithms running propulsion, navigation, and weapons without onboard human oversight. That autonomy explains several recurring themes in reports, extreme silence, long endurance, and unpredictable patrol patterns. Coupled with rumored compact nuclear power, the result would be an undersea asset capable of months (potentially years) of submerged operation without surfacing for crew needs.

Weapons and capabilities remain in the realm of rumor and fragmented sightings. Some analysts assert the Grounder carries at least two kinds of torpedoes, mid-range conventional types and long-range, nuclear-propelled delivery systems armed with non-nuclear warheads, intended to threaten both ships at sea and targets in port. Whether these reports overreach or point to genuine capability is unknown, what is less disputed in open commentary is the platform’s specialization in undersea hardware, stealthy propulsion, pressure hardened launch systems, and remotely operated payloads suited for littoral and abyssal environments.

Operationally, the Grounder’s danger is as much strategic as technical. By operating too deep for conventional anti submarine weapons and by minimizing detectable signatures, it converts the ocean floor into an asymmetric shield. Naval planners and environmental commentators alike voice a common worry, trying to neutralize such an asset risks severe environmental fallout and uncertain military returns. One frequently repeated line among analysts is blunt and telling: find it, and you still may not be able to strike it without hurting the ocean, and in doing so, hurting everyone who depends on it.

Finally, empirical evidence for the Grounder is thin, a single, grainy photograph of a surfaced hull circulates online, and most other details are anecdote, intercepted telemetry, or inference. Until verifiable intelligence surfaces, the Grounder remains a compelling absence in the public record, an imagined weapon grown from gaps in data, sightings that don’t quite add up, and an uncertain fear of what an AI run warship might do when it never needs to sleep.

CONTROL

Throttle + Yaw + Brake: Ships Movement.
VTOL: Diving

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