Until
earth is ready to contribute its own technology you will be
using components manufactured by these civilizations:
The
Cytol were originally a race of bipedal hominids whose obsession
with automation became their downfall. Their robot slaves were
given too much autonomy and eventually eliminated their makers.
They have since modelled themselves after their former masters
in appearance and social structure, as well as inheriting their
enthusiasm for conflict.
Far
away from its local sun a massive gas giant planet with extremes
of gravity, cold, pressure and dense atmospheric gases, has
produced some extraordinary life forms. The Or Atha giant floating organisms
contrived of interacting fluid metals with a solid frozen exterior
have developed technology through exploiting the buoyant masses
of mineral resources which hang in their atmosphere.
A
lush warm planet, home to a diversity of silicon-based life.
Monstrous insect-like creatures dominate the globe, controlled
by intelligent symbiotic organisms able to feed electrical instructions
directly into the nerve center of their massive hosts. The Sri Kar through
cellular manipulation are able to define the crystalline
growth of physical components for specific purposes.
A
ludicrous discrepancy in the distribution of wealth curses this
severely over populated planet. The diminutive, single-eyed,
bipedal Raiken have developed a highly commercialized society
with overwhelming unemployment and crime. The oppressive corporations
who financially control the planet compete in ROBOFORGE to enhance
corporate prestige.
Millions
of years ago these autonomous "Von Neumann Machines" were sent
by their creators to establish potential new planets for colonization.
Directives prohibit them from harming life so they select suitable
uninhabited planets and set about adapting the environment for
their masters' arrival. The Ultair participate in ROBOFORGE to cement
good relations with neighboring worlds while they await communication
from home.
A
vast asteroid that has been used for decades as the dumping
ground for defunct hardware from several neighboring planets.
Not all of this equipment was thoroughly decommissioned resulting
in several processors amalgamating into a large self-aware entity,
capable of using the abundance of surrounding resources to evolve
a fully functional robot society known now as the Volker.
