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The New Synchronized Empire, also known as the Machine Empire, was the second empire of the thinking machines who followed the evermind Omnius, following the destruction of the first Synchronized Empire in the Great Purge in 108 BG at the end of the Butlerian Jihad and the removal of its last outpost in human-explored space after the Battle of Corrin in 88 BG.
History[]
Origin[]
Actions of the Giedi Prime Omnius[]
In 203 BG, an Omnius incarnation on Giedi Prime attempted to expand into uncharted space as a means of preserving its legacy. To that end the Giedi Prime Omnius distributed large quantities of probes carrying Omnius gelspheres. The probes contained sufficient automization and a self-powered gelsphere, and upon arriving on other worlds were able to synthesize and produce new robotic servants. The actions of this Omnius incarnation were never learned by the other Omnius instances, and not fully realized by humanity.
Battle of Corrin[]
In 88 BG, the League of Nobles launched the Battle of Corrin against the machines. Omnius drew the Bridge of Hrethgir around Corrin to stop the human fleet but Vorian Atreides launched the attack. But unbeknownst to the free humans, their victory was far from complete, because in the final Corrin battle the Omnius transmitted radio signals into deep-space containing the whole of his psyche. The scheme was a last, desperate grasp at life by the final Omnius instance. It was unlikely to succeed because the signals were unlikely to reach anything capable of intercepting them before they had dissipated beyond use. Unfortunately for the humans, this transmission reached the hidden robotic empire beginning to form from the Giedi Prime probes, and their long-time nemesis and his machine empire was effectively reborn, but had no contact with human-kind for over 14,000 years.