Humans once explored space visiting many different planets across the galaxy. After discovering nothing, they returned to Earth believing they were alone. After a signal detected at Ecosystem Nine, humans set off with their machines of war to claim their place in the greater galaxy.
In the process of decommissioning their instruments of war, mankind concludes that the most deadly instruments are they themselves. War is a product of human nature. They fully pull themselves above the decision-making loop, relegating the majority of action to their AI constructs. Until the signal arrives that reminds them of their past.
With only an academic knowledge of warfare, and access to the greatest technology in creation, the Human expedition on Nine must resurrect their old instruments of war and return themselves to the seat of command; for their own survival, and potentially the survival of all life in the Galaxy.
History
Origins
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The Human civilization depicted in Grey Goo seems to reflect our own, but projecting events that take place many years in the future.
At some point in the 21st century, Humanity created a series of artificially intelligent androids called Valiants, which led to constant, brutal conflict.
The Armistice
After centuries of pointless infighting and the seeming absence of other intelligent life in the universe, humans tired of their condition, withdrawing to Earth, where they enacted the Armistice, a treaty to end all treaties that put a permanent stop to the constant wars that had plagued them for so long.
Human civilization advanced into an age of utter perfection, using their technology to create artificial intelligences that assisted in maintaining a conflict-less utopia.
Ecosystem 09
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Military
While human technology is technically advanced well beyond the Betas and even arguably the Goo itself, human military capabilities are weak at best. Because of the Armistice, and a perceived isolation from outside attack, standing militaries and even personal weapons have become artifacts of an uncivilized and reviled era.
As such the human military is not explicitly reflective of the vastly advanced technology behind it. Their current forces consist of what could be assembled from existing technology, with very few advanced weapons being available to them.
All human units are unmanned drones with the exception of the Core, which has a physically present human being overseeing it and all its assigned forces. This is due both to the fact that humans have the capability to use unmanned technology, and because the expeditionary force sent to Ecosystem 9 is not very large. With manpower being a rather valuable resource for a smaller team, the risk of sending an actual human into the field is kept to a minimum.
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