[AON Database] - The Centauri Threat (Patreon)

Worlds torn asunder, populations decimated, for millennia have the space faring civilizations fought with the Machine Union, a force that far surpassed the technological might of even the advanced Zetan empire. 

Infested worlds were stripped of the most valuable resources and reshaped to allow steady supply of organic life to be fed into the growing ranks of the Centauri. Those who don't willingly turn over their flesh to sew artificial systems together are liquidated into general biomass as mechanical lubricants and sustaining nutrients. For any that grew and survived the harsh environs of the twisted landscapes were inexorably drawn to the promise of greater power as an elite member of the union.

Throughout the void this horror spread, the machines using networks of FTL portal systems connected to their worlds shaped from excess flesh. Living worlds posed a natural defense against other organic life, the psychic screams of unintelligent organic matter and the near instantaneous response forces of the machines halted every scouting mission and attack. 

Crucial also to the Centauri is the need for processing power, once temperate worlds, after the population had been converted and the surrounding system captured, these worlds were moved to beyond the habitable zone. In the freezing cold, the machines could push their minds to the limit, calculating variables of their conquest and dreaming up new horrors to unleash upon the void.