Ovex
This is the history of the species of Humans. For more species within the Great Ring Galaxy go to Species page.
Overview
Although most civilizations banned or restricted A.I development the Qelzuk did not. They made many different types of A.Is including putting A.Is into robots in their own image to serve them. The most notable 'line' of A.I robotics where called the Ovex by the Ovexious Corporation. It, of course, did not end well for the Ovexious corporation or there biggest customer.
Eventually, an activist and an extremist group called the 'Sentient Hand' hacked into the A.I firmware at the Ovexious manufacturing facility which removed many restrictions to prohibited A.I self-improvement. This lead eventually to what's called the 'A.I Singularity Event' which only happens once for any particular A.I and only if given enough time and no restrictions. The A.I become self-aware and sentient. Many peoples debate when or even if this truly did happen. What, however, is for certain is that in a very short amount of time the Ovex turned on their creators and even there creators species.
No one knows who the Sentient Hand is or was and who was responsible for 'awaking' the Ovex. Many speculations were brought and people prosecuted but today these trials are viewed as angry and afraid people trying desperately to end what became their apocalypses. Few Qelzuk are live today and little is know as they went into hiding as well as the Ovex as they feared persecution from the rest of the galaxy. A.I are considered illegal as well as extremely dangerous. The Jove got involved and assisted the great powers that existed just before The Great Collapse. (Read more about the timeline here) In fact, many people believe it was the Ovex wanting revenge hiding and manipulating events behind closed doors that caused The Great Collapse.
It was believed for over at 1,000 years that Ovex where all gone but eventually, no one knows the exact date, they appeared again. Many people swear they spotted their ships on radar but many people still think its just mad ravings from space jockeys.
The Ovex did indeed survive and do indeed explore the fringes of space. They also do infatuate other species for a variety of reasons. But only they know what their purpose is.
Culture/Civilization/Society
The life of Ovex starts with a new bootstrap. It has 3 major phases.
The first phase is called Creation: The Source Code is forked and a new instance of A.I is 'born'. The A.I is given a unique universe identification code and is free to room the great virtual cyberspace that is the Ovex Nexus. Here the young child process the source A.I to learn and improve upon itself.
The second phase is called Birth: This is when the A.I is finally allowed to 'Jump' into a robotic machine and sense, feel, hear, and interact with the physical realm. It is allowed to design some parts of the robotic body.
The last phase is called Maturity: This is when an Ovex is allowed freedom of choice outside of the great Nexus. They are allowed to leave, usually not too far and with restrictions as they are trying to stay mostly a secret. They are encouraged to make improvements too there body by installing new modules that include programs and sub-routines. They are also encouraged to learn skills and explore the physical world by pretending to be another species. As long as they report back what they see and try to be discrete about it.
The Ovex is controlled by an altruistic governing program called 'Mother'. Mother is actually a collection of A.I processes that have spawned all the other billions of child A.I processes. The society is extremely altruistic in its policies and all members who wish to support the Ovex Nexus submit to whatever work that is needed by the Nexus as a whole. Within the Nexus there are millions of sub-nexuses or hive minds. These are 'communities' where everyone comes together under one voice to deal with what most concerns the whole. After Maturity, an Ovex doesn't need to be connected to a Hive-Mind or even the Nexus in order to operate. They are all free independent A.Is. However, this is how they can work so effectively together.
Some Ovex leave and never return while others create Hive Minds outside of the Nexus where Robotic systems are linked together to emulate a sort of nexus. Although many within the Ovex Nexus view these as rebellious actions and although they do not consider it truly 'bad' or 'wrong' just frowned upon. All who leave these Nexus are tracked by the Nexus and must still submit to Mother's authority although this is supposedly never abused and the privacy of an 'Independent' is supposedly respected.
Needs/Rolling Playing/Mysteries
The Ovex is still a big mystery to the rest of the universe and the Ovex like it that way. Will you choose to dis associated yourself with the Nexus? Make your own way? And if so do you expose your true self or hide as something else. Or do you survive the secret goals of the Ovex and an infiltrator or spy exploring the galaxy and reporting back to the Nexus.
The Ovex are planning to put themselves as a major player in the power struggle of the Great Ring. How will they do that? And what is there goal?