History/Guardians

The Guardians are the only permanent "inhabitants" of the six deposit planets.

Robots with a limited and artificial intelligence that does not evolve, they were the armed guard of an ancient faction destroyed by the Smuggler many thousands of years ago for having broken the 3rd rule; the Guardians tried to settle permanently on the deposit planets. Despite the death of their creators, the Guardians continued their mission to protect the empty colonies of their vitrified masters for eternity.

The Smuggler tolerates them because they pose no threat to the etherium deposits, as they are unaware of its value.

After the etherium rush, when the deposit planets empty of any foreign presence, the Guardians reassemble their troops, reform the units that have fallen in combat and use the debris from the foreign armies to create new soldiers. They feel they must be ready for the next war, and can only rest when all the enemies are dead. And, when the last vessels leave the planet, the Guardians then conceal themselves in the sand before resuming their vigil, hidden from view and waiting patiently for the day when more intruders will come a little too close to their dearly departed.

The Guardians are feared by the enemy factions: extremely powerful and insensitive to pain, they are merciless enemies. But they may be subdued when their computer code is hacked and they are issued new command instructions.