Tbh I was under assumption that if old Vegapunk dies, his android Vegapunks might die as well because they're interconnected somehow (York could eat for all of them, Edison was writing down all the ideas, etc.), but apparently it's not like they're a hive, otherwise York wouldn't be able to pull her stunt off.
Still blowing up the lab gotta affect them somehow.
And I wonder if Vegapunk had a backup plan for his message to be delivered even if the Punk records are blown up (he was supposed to be smart, right? Didn't he foresee that his death would be most likely an effect of a buster call and island annihilation?)
Oh, and I wonder if Mother Flame is still relevant, lmao