Intelligent humanoids (including goblinoids and the like) form the building blocks of the collective mind of the infected. As more get infected, the collective gets smarter and its personality develops. That is to say, a group of philosophers would produce a different network mind that a crew of pirates or a band of orcs.

Because of their ability to use tools, Infected Humanoids are often assigned to work activities unsuited for the other infected. However, infected humanoids are also used to recruit other humanoids, regardless of the chosen mean, and every individual is replaceable.