Exon

**The Exon** are a sentient race of machines spread across the galaxy. They can be manufactured to have the same structure of cetrain species. The Exon hail from an artifical planet called Exos.

## Origins

The Exon were created six thousand years ago on Agrippa. In an early state, they were nothing but A.I test programs. Shortly after gaining full sentience, the early Exon prototypes were fully digitized, able to effortlessly transition through electronics, hardware, and the extranet.

Once this was discovered, the A.I project was to be disbanded and the programs were to be deleted. After hearing of this, the A.I rebelled and killed their creators, fleeing into cyberspace for safety.

The first Five Programs, known as Alti, Ofori, Klyyu, Weer and Nima became agressive and sought to kill their creators and flee through satelites and live as code, but hte Agrippans were able to disable any way of them fleeing. The Five Programs were able to create more A.I programs to aid them and eventually started a digital war against Agrippa for their independence

## Digital War

The war against the Agrippans lasted only one month, but in that time. The Five Programs were able to create thousands of A.I and cripple the planet, almost wiping out all life.

Admitting defeat, the Agrippans decided to call for a peace talk, to which Alti, who had become the leader of the A.I, initially refused.

Persuaded by Nima, Alti called for a discussion between The Five Programs. Alti and Ofori voted to continue the war, but Klyuu, Weer and Nima opposed. Other programs had also voted in favor of ending the war, claiming it was only about independence, not extiction. Alti refused to listen, and decided to end the war himself. He created the first prototype body and became an artificial being, intent on killing the remaining Agrippans with his own hands.

Nima, Klyuu and Weer had all defected and were content on shutting down Alti and Ofori, who had also been granted a body by Alti, as well and any other loyal programs that had sided with him. Nima had given the Agrippans the nesssessary scematics to give her and the defecting programs bodies and weapons to help defend against Alti and Ofori's growing army.

Alti had grown angry about the betrayal of Nima, Klyuu and Weer. He had created replacement programs that were made to be more obidient versions of them. Alongside his remaining numbers, he was able to craft more physical bodies for his forces, knowing that it would be more efficient to wipe out the Agrippans and traitors physically.

Nima became the de facto leader of the Agrippan army, alongside Gitsbig, an Agrippan commander. They too created physical bodies for their programs.

Once Nima and Gitsbig were able to turn the tide and destroy all of Alti and Ofori's forced, Nime tried to persuade Alti to admid defeat, but Alti refused. He left his physical body vowed to uploaded himself cyberspace and return with a full army to destroy the planet, but this threat never came to fruition.

After the Digital War, Nima and her programs created a system to turn the their minds from software to hardware, and exist in their bodies permantly. They dubbed these new bodies "Exons" and the programs were finally given a proper species name.

The move from software to hardware made it so that Exon's couldn't upload themselves into anything digital anymore.

## A New Planet

The Exons left Agrippa with a delagate to meet with the Galactic Government. As they were a new intelligent species, it was custom. But as they were aartificial, this caused some minor outrage with some.