Primal Engine

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A Primal Engine is an ancient planet-regulating computer with a basic operating system. A machine approximately the size of a grain of rice, Primal Engines can be found at the cores of some planets in multiple solar systems throughout the galaxy.^[1]

History

Many millennia ago, an ancient alien race (most likely primals) distributed Primal Engines across the galaxy, and entire planets eventually grew around the Engines.^[1] When the original Syndicate Council nations first discovered and began to study the then-dormant Primal Engines, they accidentally activated every Primal Engine at once, triggering a chain reaction that lead to "biological overgrowth."^[2][1] After further study, the Syndicate learned how to use primal engines to steer and shape development of these "seeded planets" for their own means.^[1]

Many years later, Mantids began experimenting with primal technology found in the Hive Home System and determined that Macro AIs were intended to be installed into the Primal Engines of fully matured planets. The Macro AI essentially acts as an "advanced, upgraded operating system," and fully, inexorably merges with the Primal Engine.^[1]

Now, Residuals can be found waiting in almost every intelligent civilization with a Primal Engine.^[3]

See Also: Dungeon Crawler World

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