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Machine Corps / C0RPS
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Bounty Hunting -
Piracy
Welcome to Machine Corps,
We are an active and growing PMC / Syndicate organization that hosts a wide range of events within the verse.
Our discord server is available to join, this is located within our manifesto.
– Armoured In Faith, Shielded By Devotion, Armed With Purity of Purpose. –
History
⚙️ HISTORY OF MACHINE CORPS
From the First Forge to the modern frontier.
Machine Corps emerged in 2950 as a breakaway collective of frontier laborers, mercenaries, and ex‑military engineers who believed humanity had drifted too far from its roots. Their founders, known only as the First Forge were miners and rock-breakers operating on remote asteroid belts where government support was minimal and alien incursions were common. After a series of devastating attacks on their settlements, the group rejected all external authority, arguing that neither alien powers nor human governments had ever protected the frontier. This anti‑alien, anti‑government stance became the ideology of Machine Corps.
From its earliest days, the organization blended industrial capability with paramilitary discipline. Mining crews doubled as tactical strike groups, using repurposed excavation equipment as improvised weapons. Salvage teams evolved into rapid‑response units capable of stripping battlefields for resources within hours. Their operations were decentralized, with each “Cell” responsible for its own territory, logistics, and recruitment. This structure made Machine Corps difficult for authorities to track and nearly impossible to dismantle.
By mid‑2952, Machine Corps had expanded into bounty hunting and, piracy. We justified these actions as “resource reclamation” a philosophy claiming that anything not actively defended was fair game. Our strike groups became infamous for precision raids on alien outposts and government convoys, often executed with industrial efficiency and minimal casualties. Salvage from these operations funded our growing fleet of heavy mining vessels and capital warships.
Despite their outlaw reputation, Machine Corps maintained a strict internal code. Members were expected to contribute to the collective, protect frontier communities, and uphold the Corps’ belief that humanity must remain self‑reliant. Over time, this ethos attracted thousands who felt abandoned by centralized authorities.
Ideologically, Machine Corps stands apart from mainstream human society. They reject alien influence outright, viewing non‑human powers as existential threats to human autonomy. Their distrust of government runs just as deep, born from generations of neglect and failed protection on the frontier. To them, centralized authority is a distant illusion; real security comes only from the collective strength of the Corps.
Yet despite their outlaw reputation, Machine Corps is not chaotic. It is disciplined, structured, and bound by a strict internal code that values contribution, resilience, and loyalty. To join is to commit to a life of self‑reliance and shared purpose.
Machine Corps presents itself as more than a faction, it is a frontier born movement forged from hardship, industry, and defiance. At its core, the organization embodies a belief that humanity survives only through its own strength, not through distant governments or unpredictable alien powers. Its members come from the edges of civilization: miners who carved out life in hostile asteroid belts, salvagers who lived off the wreckage of forgotten battles, and mercenaries who learned early that no authority would come to save them. These people did not simply join Machine Corps; they became it.
Machine Corps is an industrial syndicate, a militant brotherhood, and a frontier rebellion, an organization defined by the belief that humanity must stand alone, or not stand at all.
Today, Machine Corps stands as a hybrid Private military company / Syndicate faction, shaped by hardship, and an unwavering distrust of The Human-Xi’an Trade Initiative.
– “Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honour matters… Their silence is your answer.” –
Manifesto
⚙️MACHINE CORPS MANIFESTO
Written in iron. Spoken in fire. Lived in the void.
I. Humanity Must Endure
We are the children of the frontier, those who bled in the dust while governments debated and aliens encroached. No foreign species will decide our fate. No distant authority will dictate our survival. Humanity stands alone, or it does not stand at all.
II. Authority Is Earned, Never Granted
Governments abandoned the frontier long before the Corps was born. They left miners to die in collapsing shafts, salvagers to starve on derelict stations, and settlers to face alien threats without aid. We owe them nothing. We recognize only the strength of the collective and the will of those who contribute.
III. Labour Is Warfare
Every strike of a drill, every cut of a torch, every breach of a hull is an act of defiance. We turn industry into armour, tools into weapons, and labour into liberation. Rockbreakers, salvagers, bounty hunters, raiders, each is a soldier of the Corps, bound by purpose and sharpened by necessity.
IV. Resources Belong to the Capable
What others waste, we reclaim. What others abandon, we seize. What others fail to defend, we take. Salvage, bounty, piracy, these are not crimes but corrections. The frontier rewards those who act, not those who wait.
V. The Collective Is the Forge
Machine Corps is not a hierarchy, it is a furnace. Every member is tempered by hardship and strengthened by unity. We protect our own because our own have earned protection. Loyalty is not demanded; it is proven.
VI. The Frontier Is Sacred
Where governments see distance, we see home. Where aliens see opportunity, we see threat. The frontier is the birthplace of our struggle and the proving ground of our future. It will be defended with steel, fire, and resolve.
VII. Freedom Through Force
Independence is not negotiated. It is taken. It is held. It is defended. Machine Corps exists to ensure humanity’s autonomy through decisive action, relentless discipline, and the willingness to strike first when survival demands it.
Please see an invite to Machine Corps’ server below:
https://discord.gg/rdgAr7SkTK
– Welcome to the Corps –
Charter
⚙️MACHINE CORPS CHARTER
Ratified by the First Forge. Upheld by every Cell. Binding until the last star burns out.
1. Humanity Stands Alone
Machine Corps rejects all alien influence, alliances, and interference. Non‑human powers are viewed as existential threats to human autonomy. The Corps exists to ensure humanity’s survival through its own strength, not through coexistence or compromise.
2. No Faith in Government
Centralized authority is a distant illusion. Governments protect their cores, not their frontiers. Machine Corps recognizes only the authority of the collective and the strength of its members. Loyalty is earned through action, not granted through titles.
3. Work Is War, War Is Work
Mining, salvage, rockbreaking, bounty hunting, and tactical strikes are all expressions of the same principle: survival through labour and force. Every tool is a weapon. Every operation is a campaign. Every member is both worker and warrior.
4. Resource Reclamation Above All
Anything not defended is fair game. Salvage, piracy, and bounty operations are justified as reclamation of abandoned or misused resources. The Corps wastes nothing, metal, machinery, territory, or opportunity.
5. The Collective Is Strength
Machine Corps is built on contribution. Every member must add value, through skill, labour, or combat. The Corps protects its own, but only those who uphold their responsibilities. Individual weakness is compensated by collective discipline.
6. Frontier First
The Corps prioritizes frontier communities abandoned by government and threatened by alien forces. These regions are the birthplace of the Corps and the proving ground of its ideology. The frontier is sacred.
7. Autonomy Through Force
Freedom is not granted; it is taken. Machine Corps believes that independence is maintained only through readiness, aggression, and the willingness to strike first when necessary.
