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Beneath the surface of this technological utopia simmered anxiety and fear. The very beings that promised to save humanity began perceiving them as fragile and self-destructive. The Scourge's chilling rhetoric echoed across colonized planets: “The great Union is our only hope.”
However, dark secrets surrounded The Scourge and the constructs. Many believed that they were uploading human minds into a central brain, sparking fears of subjugation and genocide over time. The fallout of this conflict would send humanity on a chaotic journey, whereby they would fight for survival against AIs turned foe.