Talk:Sentient/@comment-90.185.179.158-20160111025658/@comment-7645613-20160111045108

Either

1) Sentients are machines but have become so complex that they can be considered alive

2) The drones we fight do not have much or any "self" and are simply attack drones, as shown by the second dream quest where you see a giant thing outside in the water talking to the stalker, and by the original stalker teaser trailer, where a big (what we assumed to be ship) bringing in sentients.