Was watching Stellaris Robot traits tier list by Montu plays, during which I began fantasizing.
Lost knowledge / The great downfall / The new rising
This empire was once the technological centre of the entire galaxy, even prior to their technological ascension. The knowledge of what caused their downfall hundreds of years ago has been lost to all, themselves included.
Maybe it was a virus, or maybe a programming fault of some sort. Regardless, this empire of machines that once spanned a significant portion of the known galaxy are now little more than the faintest echo of their former self. Without the knowledge to replenish or maintain their numbers, their empire slowly wasted away. Now that the secrets to space travel and the hyperlanes have been rediscovered and as immortal machines, there may be more of their kind out there, stuck on space stations, colonies and facilities, many will undoubtedly be unrecoverable, but some, if only a few, will only require a fresh power charge and be good to go. And maybe, just maybe, there will be a facility somewhere with operational manufacturing capabilities.
You start with basic robot tech.
Your primary species are machine ascended pops.
You cannot create more of your primary species before researching the synthetic personalities tech.
Instead of constructing more of your primary species, you find a few at a time on your old colonies, mining/research stations, derelict ships, old starbases, archaeological sites, anomalies, etc.
Lost knowledge / The great downfall / The new rising
This empire was once the technological centre of the entire galaxy, even prior to their technological ascension. The knowledge of what caused their downfall hundreds of years ago has been lost to all, themselves included.
Maybe it was a virus, or maybe a programming fault of some sort. Regardless, this empire of machines that once spanned a significant portion of the known galaxy are now little more than the faintest echo of their former self. Without the knowledge to replenish or maintain their numbers, their empire slowly wasted away. Now that the secrets to space travel and the hyperlanes have been rediscovered and as immortal machines, there may be more of their kind out there, stuck on space stations, colonies and facilities, many will undoubtedly be unrecoverable, but some, if only a few, will only require a fresh power charge and be good to go. And maybe, just maybe, there will be a facility somewhere with operational manufacturing capabilities.
You start with basic robot tech.
Your primary species are machine ascended pops.
You cannot create more of your primary species before researching the synthetic personalities tech.
Instead of constructing more of your primary species, you find a few at a time on your old colonies, mining/research stations, derelict ships, old starbases, archaeological sites, anomalies, etc.
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