Analogues & Machinations of Stahlheim

'''Analogues & Machinations of Stahlheim'''

The realm of Stahlheim was once a prosperous one, now a decaying waste of what it once was. Many former nations and cities lie in ruin, while others have banded together into super cities to survive the onslaught of machine on machine violence. The remnants of historical records tell us when Stahlheim went through yet another technological and intellectual revolution, a group of engineers and scientists built a machine of inordinate power. It is still unknown the purpose of the machine, but legend tells it held all knowledge of the world and was concealed by a whole mountain range, thats how vast it was. The prospect of the device alarmed most and they set about attacking the machine. It was long held religious crusade to take down technology in the deserted region. The lead scientist took to eight automatons. These mechanical beings were each built using a different technology, and so he dismantled eight key parts of his machine and placed each of them inside these machinations. The machinations were intended to protect the parts and protect the machine, which he couldn't part with, even after his death. By building in the pieces from the machine (sometimes referred to as matrix), the eight machinations were given something that resembles 'free thought' and the ability to make decisions rather than just follow orders. These eight became known as Deciders and formed subjects of their own using their designated technologies. The most notable machinations became known as the Analogues. They were so called as they had no electronic parts, instead relying upon numerous cogs and gears, with their Decider taking on the name Liberator after his exploits. Soon enough, between the politics of man and machine involvement, Stahlheim fell on hard times and one Decider became intent on rebuilding the machine for nefarious purposes. It usurped the other Deciders and slowly combined the technologies they held for a more succinct army, wiping most biological peoples off the map and killing Deciders to retrieve their matrixes.

The last remaining force are the Analogues led by their Decider, The Liberator. They guard the location of the machine, not just in body, but also geographically as nobody knows exactly where it is. It is rumoured that the opposing force, calling itself Legion (which the Analogues sometimes call Digitals), fielding the towering Centurions does not even need the Liberator's matrix, but instead fights them as an inconvenience and to extract the location of the machine.