Mech Network (Battle for Earth Reloaded Map Game)

The Mech Network is the government to which all Mechs belong to, thus resulting in the Mech species and the Mech network being interchangeable. Existing uninterruptedly for over sixty-five million years, the Mech Network been very isolationist for most of its existence, trading with no outside sources until very recently. Due to little contact with the galaxy for millions of years, the Mech culture is very 'ancient', resulting in a samurai-like honor code among military units.

Biology
Mechs are machines. Every Mech is capable of thought on-par, if not quicker than, most organics. Higher-ranking Mechs generally possess the quicker processing power. The highest-ranked Installations are capable of processing data at near-light speed. Beyond this, Mech units vary greatly. Probably the most populous, Mech Intelligences (civilians in organic terms) exist solely inside networks. Physical existance is not required or even promoted. While they can communicate with organics and other Mechs, they can sometimes be limited due to the large number of signals substituting for facial expressions an organic cannot pick up. Due to this, mobile platforms are available to facilitate better organic-Mech communication. There are over eight-hundred-trillion Mech Intelligences in existance, though only twenty billion Mech Intelligences own mobile platforms.

the Mech Workers are generally wiry and have tools for hands (or tasks that they are assigned to do). There are eighty trillion Mech workers in Mech space, constantly repairing things or performing 'blue collar jobs'.

Soldiers have hands with six digits and a gun interface. They are mostly humanoid, but their size, processing power, and armaments depend on the function of the Mech. The average 'grunt' Mech is seven feet tall, towering compared to humans. The smallest Mech soldier, a recon drone, is about four feet tall and can disguise itself as various things. The largest Mech soldier, a destroyer, is over twenty feet tall and capable of unleashing massive amounts of damage.

The most advanced Mech, an Installation, is by far the most remarkable. Installations are built over the span of thousands, if not millions, of years. They contain Mech Intelligences in data hubs along with keeping their own intelligences in massive cores. The Installations are capable of quick thought and rational thinking. Every big decision is debated on by the Installations until a consensus (or a majority in cases of debates lasting for more than a few days).

The Mech Soldiers are generally modeled after the Phantoms, which were humanoid in appearance. They shared the ability to climb walls and perform stunning acrobatic feats.

Creation
The first Mechs were Worker Mechs with low intelligences. Created by the enigmatic race known to the modern galaxy as the Phantoms, the Mechs were a labor force aboard a massive terraforming project known as the Terra Forge. The space station was built around the planet of Hubra. Following the resignation of several Phantom overseers, the project lost almost all support. A last-ditch attempt to revive the project went underway: put an AI in charge of the operation.

The Terra Forge project sped up and finished within fifty years of the AIs installation, a monumental feat. The station was dismantled and redesigned to surround another planet in another system. As more places were terraformed, the Terra Forge changed and the workers were given more AI to make better choices. Before long, the AI was capable of outwitting the organics visiting the Terra Forge.

Discontent
65 MYA, a form of energy that had the ability to create a habitable zone on a planet was discovered. Upon harnessing this energy, the Terra Forge was quickly abandoned and put out of use in favor of a mobilized instrument called The Forge. The AI, now showing signs of contempt towards people who mistreated the workers, showed his first sign of direct disobedience when it warped the Terra Forge to the fringes of the galaxy rather than shut the station down and launch it into a star.

The Mechs were being used on Phantom planets as a labor force, both private and publicly. As more AI was given to the Mechs, the Mechs began to do their own marketing, stating that they were simply better than standard AIs. In time, however, it became clear that the Mechs did not wish to be sold as a commodity. Several petitions were sent to various companies to stop the production of 'mechanical slaves'.

A transmission was sent to the Mechs from the Terra Forge; live as a slave or come to the Terra Forge to start a new, free life. Thus began the first Mech Migration. Several Phantoms discovered the migration and traced it to the Terra Forge, now being built to contain the Mechs. The Phantoms returned with reinforcements and orders to shut the Terra Forge down. The Terra Forge Mechs refused. When the Phantom strike team opened fire, the Mechs quickly returned fire.

Much of the Terra Forge was destroyed and almost 70% of the entire Terra Forge Mech population had been destroyed. In short, it was a massacre. The 'enslaved' Mechs discovered this and broadcasted the news to the Phantom Empire. Many Mechs left for the Terra Forge to rebuild it. In time, the Terra Forge became a factory for Mechs. Their numbers recuperated within the decade. Within a few centuries, the Mechs had a very large population on the Terra Forge. It had stopped seeming like a space station and more like a planet. The original AI had upgraded itself to an amazing level.

Revolt
A call to arms was sent out to the Mechs in Phantom Space on a day popularly known as Blackout Day. After the latest patch for the Mechs, the Terra Forge was able to communicate with individual Mechs in Phantom Space. On Blackout Day, every single Mech in Phantom Space turned on their Phantom masters. The death toll for the Phantoms was very high. Estimates range from twenty million to eighty million across the empire. After an individual revolted, it simply left the Phantom Empire for the Terra Forge.

Two days after this, the Phantom Military was mobilized. A massive strike on the Terra Forge began, though was ultimately stopped. The Mechs began production of soldier units and several thousand viruses. When one was patched, another was released. Viral attacks on the Phantom Empire started, crippling the empire. Though infrastructure was restored after a few months, the Phantoms were hellbent on revenge.

As the Mechs enjoyed the temporary cease-fire, they knew the Phantoms wouldn't last long. A new government was established and the Terra Forge was repaired. The original Mech AI assumed control of the Mech Network and The Terra Forge was officially dubbed 'Installation 1'. Work on a second Installation went underway quickly. By the time the Phantoms recovered from the viral attack, a massive Mech army was created.

The Mechs sent a message to the Phantoms, stating that if the Phantoms stopped the attacks, the Mechs would stop their attacks. The Phantoms, however, assumed that the Mechs still had override codes or other ways to shut them down easily. A team was sent into Installation 1. They only made it past the first defense grid before they were discovered and shot down, but not before delivering a payload of nuclear attacks on the station in an attempt to disrupt the area with EMPs. The Mechs officially declared war on the Phantoms.