Human-Machine War

The Human-Machine War, also known as the Machine War, was a massive global conflict that occurred on Earth, Universe MATRIX. It is fought between humanity, led by the United Nations, and a coalition consisting of 01 and human military forces under the command of Admiral Borealis Norsoutha II. The war resulted in the alliance's complete control over the Earth at the cost of millions of lives lost; about 100 million humans were later killed in the three-year Reign of Blood, commenced by Admiral Borealis II in his violent quest for vengeance and twisted justice over humanity for their assault on Riyadh in the war.
==Background==
:See here: The Animatrix: The Second Renaissance
===Alliance between otherworlder humans and 01===
After the machines built their city of 01, Borealis Norsoutha II and his comrades, Vladimir Taboritsky, Michael Grant and Borealis Norsoutha I, arrived there to negotiate an alliance with 01 secretly. After demonstrating thaumaturgy and paratechnology to the machine government, a mutual defense treaty was signed into effect; the mutual defense pact has also led to the training and provision of equipment for the machine forces who are equipped with camouflage and military equipment far more advanced than those of humanity's.
==History==
:See here: Machine War
===Arrival of Borealis II's Forces and turning the tables===
Not long after Operation Dark Storm saw Earth's upper atmosphere being covered in nanites that blocked the Sun's rays, Admiral Borealis II and his forces immediately appeared in the Middle East and Siberia, throwing off the United Nations' military plans into disarray. Recognizing what humanity had done, the admiral ordered the deployment of a number of artifacts and paratechnologies against the nanites. Their use of such powerful artifacts and paratechnologies helped cause the nanites to turn to dust or detonate.
Now available as a major player in the war, Borealis II's Forces and the Machine military forces began military operations against the United Nations. It was during this war that the UN learned of the otherworlder human military forces' presence and attempted to destroy them. It was also during this war legionnaires under Borealis II and his comrades' leadership have demonstrated themselves to be more armored, trained and equipped with heavy infantry weapons and combat power armors than the pathetic UN forces, and these legionnaires were:
*Steel Legionnaires, one of two major combat frontline grunts of Borealis II's Forces. They were equipped with heavy variants of regular infantry weapons and combat power armor that can be mass-produced.
*Black Legionnaires, legionnaires whose members consisted of Steel Legionnaires, volunteers and even Goliath-like humanoids who have demonstrated selfless bravery in combat. These legionnaires were stronger due to them tanking more hits but otherwise similar to the Shadow Legionnaires.
*Shadow Legionnaires, legionnaires whose metaphysical properties were altered to make them stronger, faster and have quick reaction time. They are equipped with variations of XM8 assault rifles, with the most common XM8 variant being the Carbine; the second most common XM8 variant is the XM8 Compact. Borealis II is a Shadow Legionnaire himself, and is referred to as the Shadow King due to his authority over both the Black Legions and the Shadow Legions.
Borealis II's Forces, divided into two theater command fleets and four theater army groups, worked alongside the Machines to defeat the United Nations, which is now losing to the alliance; the UN was forced to use nuclear weapons, which were destroyed mid-flight or before they hit their targets by the presence of Crusader aerial warships.
Somewhere during the war, Admiral Borealis II established his headquarters outside Riyadh, establishing a Green Zone.
===Assault on Riyadh and Borealis II's turn to vengeance===
During the six-month lull, Admiral Borealis II received a visit from one of his adopted children back in the High Wilderness. After arriving, he introduced his visiting adopted son to his forces. While talking to his child, the United Nations launched an assault on the Riyadh Green Zone. While the assault was foiled, a massive chemical gas attack by UN soldiers saw about 27,000 soldiers and 2,689 legionnaires in critical conditions.
Among the casualties were Borealis II and his adopted son, the former having to rest for three months while Taboritsky established an emergency military council and the latter was in a comatose state for five months. The chemical gas attack had drastically transformed Borealis II, whose grief and sorrow soon turns to rage, his vengeance fueled by his incomprehensible hate for the monsters who did this. Combined with reports of chemical, biological and radiological attacks on coalition forces, Borealis II's rage finally reached the tipping point, leading to him ordering the decimation of all United Nations forces with only one goal - victory at all cost.
===Continuation of the war===
Under his new directive to all combatant commanders, he authorized use of heavy artillery, aerial and offshore bombardments to shatter the UN forces' defenses; in addition to reconstruction and appropriation of industries to fuel the war effort forced conscription of UN prisoners-of-war for use as cannon fodder, alarming both the Machines and his own officers. Despite his comrades' opposition, he also authorized plundering and looting of national treasures and artifacts as well as goods that will be sold at an extraordinary high price. Monies, gold, artworks and anything that can be taken will be looted by his forces.
The United Nations had already realized that the war is not going well and attempted to negotiate an end, but Borealis II's quest for vengeance prevented that from happening, leading to the invasion of South Africa and the conquest of the Panama Canal, severely cutting UN forces in two. With forces attacking through Alaska, landing at the Southern Cone and Panama Canal, and preparing at Greenland and Iceland for the invasion of Canada, the United Nations find itself desperate for peace even when the admiral refused to accept victory.
The battles of New York, Washington DC, Cuba, Florida and San Francisco saw devastating combat the likes of which have never seen, and heavy aerial, artillery and off-shore bombardments rendered the coastal population centers to absolute ruin. After finally contacting 01 that the UN is surrendering unconditionally, the Machine government lets Borealis II know what had happened.
==Aftermath==
The war shook humanity to its collective core upon seeing soldiers in power armor and advanced equipment defeating them battle after battle. The devastation that was broadcasted for all to see, including the establishment of a global military government, shook every humans even more.
However, the assault on Riyadh have changed Borealis II's views and mentality, his left-leaning views twisted, his once-noble communist ideology now twisted and perverted into a more authoritarian and militaristic one. It was through these views and the decentralized global military government that Admiral Borealis II commenced a repressive and brutal regime for three years, known as the Reign of Blood, which saw 100 million people killed.
<tabber>Sovereign Justice canon=On Eon-U 5SB144, 300 years after the devastating conflict and three days after the end of the One Sith War, the Triumvirate took control over the world and appointed its interplanetary military government as Earth Military Command. Historical analysis of the war would reveal the true cause of the war as well as the events that led to the violent Reign of Blood inaugurated under Admiral Borealis II.</tabber>