Minions aren't really a good example though, given only some are actual automatons/robots - a lot of minions are living creatures who have no real sentinence like the Courel Kitten, and some are aetheric entities with their own free will (like Midgardsormr and Anima). So a hypothetical Discipline that uses minions like FFXI PUP uses their automatons.... doesn't really ring that true (Lord of Verminion is simply an in-universe game that at least appears on the surface to be not even 'real' but just a simulation depicted on screens which is what the player character accesses, this is how you can put multiple of a type of minion on the battlefield in it).

Incidentally, I never knew that about the Mammeteer title, that is so awesome! Thank you for that explanation.