puzzled by the lack of intelligent life within this network but driven by their curiosity and the urge to colonise the new worlds the terrans ventured into the x universe intent on expanding their territory. terraforming machines were created and dispatched to terraform planets into habitable worlds. the terraformers were self-replicating spacecraft, governed by a simple artificial intelligence. during a software update several flaws were introduced into the terraformer fleet and distributed between them causing a radical change in behaviour. the terraformers replicated and attempted to re-terraform colonised planets, causing the planets to lose their ability to support human life. in an attempt to halt the terraformers the terrans became embroiled in a war with their creations. no colony was able to defend against the attacks and mankind was pushed back to the sol system where the terraformers launched an attempt to destroy all life forms and terraform all of the inner planets.