Fiction:The Sequence

S.K.U.T.H.E.R. is a line of programing that has created a robotic army for itself.

= History =

Cyber-Conversion
Four billion years after the BIG BANG, a warlike race called the Zylok reigned supreme. They wanted to conquer all. They decided that the only way to do that was to convert themsevles into machines. Each Zylok was now incapable of individual thought, exept the Supreme leader. If a unit was destroyed, all knowledge was beamed to it's imidiate superior. If the Supreme was killed, it's knnowledge and rank would be beamed to it's imidiate inferior. The Empire was called the S.K.U.T.H.E.R. Imperium.

Dyson Sphere
S.K.U.T.H.E.R. launched workers to mine each planet of their system. When they were done, in two years, now planet remained. S.K.U.T.H.E.R. needed a base of operation, an indestructable one, one that no adversary could penetrate. The Imperium then started developing a Dyson Sphere around their sun. It was realised that not enough resources had been consumed in order to build it. Soon, the S.K.U.T.H.E.R. Imperium spread across their local area, consuming many planets to fuel the making of the sphere.

Galactic Conquest
S.K.U.T.H.E.R. only lived in a small galaxy orbiting a spiral galaxy, near the Andromeda Galaxy. The S.K.U.T.H.E.R. homegalaxy was completely consumed by S.K.U.T.H.E.R. forces, in order to create Dyson Spheres in order to house the growing Imperium. Ships were launched to the larger galaxy, which was consumed, and many new Dyson Spheres were created. The empire never encountered any other space age creatures, however, S.K.U.T.H.E.R. did have powerful weapons. They expected all alien life to be powerful and hostile. They pictured all life as being like the Xhodocto.

The Venhokwe
The first space aged empire to be found was the Venhokwe. The S.K.U.T.H.E.R. Imperium attacked with full strength. The Venhokwe had no weapons. The S.K.U.T.H.E.R. managed to take half of their territory. The Venhokwe kept testing weapons on the Zylok, but none worked.

The Mines
The next conquest of the Imperium was a small mining planet. The Zylok had the miners pined in the mine. The miners decided to fight back with their mining tools. The tools inflicted pain upon the Zylok, which gave enough time for half the miners to escape. The mining tools were developed into weapons, so the tide of the war was turned.

Gar
The S.K.U.T.H.E.R. were so confident, they belived they could start a second war and win both. Small Kardashev 1 creatures, called Gar, were the victims.

The Great Loses
With efficient weapons, the Venhokwe then made two huge blows to the S.K.U.T.H.E.R. Imperium. The first was destroying teleporters. S.K.U.T.H.E.R. and the Venhokwe used teleporters, but they used different kinds of teleporters. The Venhokwe used the kind most empires use today. S.K.U.T.H.E.R. used a crude and sloppy variety. When a Venhokwe teleporter was destroyed, the other end would shut down, when a S.K.U.T.H.E.R. teleporter was destroyed, the other end stayed online, so if anyone went through, they would be torn into nothingness outside the universe. The Gar were the first to start destroying S.K.U.T.H.E.R. teleporters, and the Venhokwe soon followed. Thousands of S.K.U.T.H.E.R. soldiers were unknowingly marching to their doom.

The Venhokwe then sent several craft into the Dyson Spheres, and time looped them, slowing the production of S.K.U.T.H.E.R. soldiers.

Final Battle
The final battle occured on Zencrie, the planet the Gar inhabited. Details of the battle were mainly unknown, but it was known that the Gar were attacking a S.K.U.T.H.E.R. base. At the end of the battle, the S.K.U.T.H.E.R. species were declared extinct. The Gar were declared critically endangered, with only one suvivor. The Venhokwe themselves were also now endangered, and so the remains flew into a black-hole, attempting to follow the Krass. None would ever be seen again. However, the S.K.U.T.H.E.R. species was declared extinct. However, the Venhokwe had made a fatal mistake. They kept prisoners...

= Technology =

Leader
The Leader of the S.K.U.T.H.E.R. Imperium has complete control. It is the only robot with imagination. It is the leaders job to think up battle plans, new designs for the robots, ect.

Soldiers
The most common robot. They come in four variants:
 * Standard Trooper: Standard Troopers made up the bulk of the military. They were equiped with simple plasma rifles to fight.
 * Mounted Trooper: Mounted Troopers rode on the backs of cyber-converted animals. They were equiped with plasma flamethrowers.
 * Grenadier: Grenadeir's purpose was to take out multiple targets at once. They did this with genade launchers.
 * Anti-air: Anti-air troopers did precisley what their name suggested. They were armed with big fat missles.

Ultra-Units
During certain events, two kinds of ultra-unit had to be called into battle.
 * Xho-mech-to: During a short encounter with the Xhodocto (Seventh Form), S.K.U.T.H.E.R. built large soldiers to counter them. While they are nowhere near the power of the Xhodocto, they do match in terms of physical strength.
 * Defector: When the going gets tough, the S.K.U.T.H.E.R. are forced to break their own rules. They create groups of soldiers with individual thought and imagination. These are extremely deadly, and are therefor not trusted by anyone. When their purpose is done, the defectors, as their name suggests, defect. They are destroyed on the spot when this happens.

'Civilians'
These robots merely build and repair.
 * Worker: Workers are small servants of the rest of the S.K.U.T.H.E.R. Imperium. The workers build buildings and collect resources. They are despised by the higher castes.
 * Bug: Bugs are small insectoid machines that create and repair S.K.U.T.H.E.R. robots. All castes have an odd respect for the bugs, to the point were Xho-mech-to would react violently to their destruction.

Vehicles
Vehicles are also robots.

Land Vehicles
On solid ground, the soldiers are supported by several vehicles.
 * Α3 Scout: A small vehicle used to scout the immediate area. It was lightly armoured and armed.
 * Ξ7 Striker: A still small vehicle used as light combat units.
 * Γ17 Destroyer: Standard Combat Machines. It could also carry four S.K.U.T.H.E.R. soldiers.
 * Π21 Assulter: Very powerful machines. Can carry entire platoons of S.K.U.T.H.E.R. soldiers.

Buildings
= Trivia =


 * The last remaining Gar gave himself a second name, this name being that of his enemies: "Skuther"