NPC Network Ownership | Client believes it has ownership over an npc

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I have currently came across a problem in development where when I apply a VectorForce to an NPC (via the server), it does not replicate on the server. In addition, the client believes it has ownership over the NPC regardless of my setting of :SetNetworkOwner(nil) on each basepart of the NPC via the server.

My goal is to replicate the VectorForce on the server’s end while maintaining my current NPC set up.

I have tried debugging by:

  1. Disabling the client’s animation on the NPCs.
  2. Checking for other server-based scripts that set network ownership
  3. Enabling owner visualizer to view the perceived ownership of each part on both the client and server

From the client perspective:
Client Perspective

From the server’s perspective:

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Below is the snippet of code that set’s network ownership of the NPC.

for _,Child in pairs(Character:GetDescendants()) do
		if Child:IsA("BasePart") then
			if Child ~= RecognizationRadiusPart then
				Child.CollisionGroup = "NPC"
			end
			if Child ~= Character.PrimaryPart then
				Child.CanTouch = false
				local Highlight = Instance.new("Highlight")
				Highlight.Adornee = Child
				Highlight.DepthMode = Enum.HighlightDepthMode.Occluded
				Highlight.Enabled = false
				Highlight.Parent = Child
			end
			Child:SetNetworkOwner(nil)
			Child.Massless = true
		end
	end

Below is the VectorForce function (Part represents the NPC’s HumanoidRootPart)

        local VectorForce = Instance.new("VectorForce", Part)
	local ForceAttachment = Instance.new("Attachment", Part)
	VectorForce.Attachment0 = ForceAttachment
	VectorForce.Force = Direction.Unit*Force
	if TweenData then
		TweenService:Create(VectorForce, TweenData, {Force = Vector3.zero}):Play()
	else
		TweenService:Create(VectorForce, TweenInfo.new(DestroyTime or 1, Enum.EasingStyle.Exponential), {Force = Vector3.zero}):Play()
	end
	VectorForce.RelativeTo = Enum.ActuatorRelativeTo.World
	DebrisService:AddItem(ForceAttachment, DestroyTime or 1)
	DebrisService:AddItem(VectorForce, DestroyTime or 1)

Thank you.

Edit 1: Accidentally posted before finished & edited to completion.
Edit 2: Added gifs for context with owner visualization enabled.

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