The Core

== Overview ==
The Core is a fanatical cult dedicated to preserving technology, knowledge, and the like. They are known to be at odds with ARD, as they have a similar goal of innovation and exploration. They are known to worship the "Machine God" and his "gifts" (such as the Fedorium Battery). Most of them also augment their forms with various robotics enhancements, and are known to almost exclusively raid AEGIS for the purpose of acquiring ARD technology and knowledge.
The organization's leaders are called tech-priests, and the commander of the Core is codenamed the "Iron Marine", who is suspected to own the stolen set of titanium armor that was in the Behelium Robotics building.
== History ==
Most of the Core's history is not known to non-Core members, however it is highly suspected that they descend from Behelium Robotics employees shortly following the nuclear fallout.
It is known that they originally guarded and owned the Behelium Robotics building, but what is not known is why they abandoned it. It is suspected that they retreated into the Helvarna Caves. Shortly after this, they started scouring the wasteland to find knowledge and technology, to which they found the AEGIS Corporation. Due to being extremely fanatical and unwilling to negotiate, they became one of the earliest documented raider factions at the time. They mostly targeted ARD and their labs due to them having similar goals as the Core, just more focused on logic and reason.
Tensions began to rise between the two groups, and soon afterwards, it came to a breaking point.
== War of the Machine ==
After a series of skirmishes, raids, and other battles between the Core and AEGIS, the tensions escalated when the Core stole a vital piece of technology that set the Corporation back years. As a result, AEGIS High Command issued a declaration of war against the Core. Both sides scrambled to prepare their military forces, and what is now known as the War of the Machine began.
Records of the war are sparse, however it is known that AEGIS went into complete lockdown mode, closed the gates, and mostly took a defensive stance against the raiders. ARD labs also went into shutdown mode, with researchers becoming completely focused on simply maintaining the integrity of the Border and curing the infected.
Due to an extremely lopsided amount of manpower, it is extremely likely that AEGIS won the War of the Machine.
== Current Operations ==
Most of the Core's membership was either absorbed into PKSF/ARD, or turned into subjects. The rest likely devolved into simple cavemen long ago.