By default, the streaming optical interface uploads images seen by the patient's bionic eye directly to monitors at The Berkut Group. It turns the bionic field agent into a remote camera for the Group. However, because a patient has the ability to turn it off, and the Group apparently has no way to override the patient's will, the device is ultimately of greater assistance to the patient than the Group. It is a means by which the patient can wordlessly communicate her endangerment to the Group, thus acting primarily as a defensive mechanism. It also allows for rapid, shared, recorded reconaissance.