23.7.09

Faction In Focus : Automated Bio-mechanical Battle Organisms (ABBOs) - updated

The ABBOs (Automated Bio-mechanical Battle Organisms) have proved to be the Dinos greatest foes over the last few decades. Their origins are shrouded in mystery but its thought that they were the robot servants of a now unknown alien race. For some reason the aliens died out leaving their robots behind. Over the millennia the robots slowly developed a cold intelligence and began to built a mechanical society. ABBOs include organic matter in their brains though are machines in every way. Their society was controlled by a hierarchy of linked computers with one aim : conquest and destruction. However now the computers have been replaced by Rotarios 2.0 (see below).

When the Dinos first come across the ABBOs several decades ago they immediately faced a far more technologically advanced enemy and were almost overwhelmed. One limitation with the ABBOs though is their rate of improvement was steady but slow. Their technology has not improved in sudden bursts by inspiration and genius like the Dinos and DDS, thus the ABBOs have now fallen behind the Dinos on the technology curve and are unlikely to catch up.

The ABBOs were almost wiped out by the Rectoids when the Rectoids hacked into the central control computers. Billions of ABBOs flew into stars before the ABBOs (with Dino help) developed an improved control system to negate the Rectoid interference. The ABBOs were left in a highly weakened state.

Using the help of the Mutre Bee Rotarios 2.0 took over the ABBOs and destroyed the old network of mainframes. He has begun a major upgrade of the ABBO fleet with a new battlecruiser design and also improved AI routines for ABBO drones with more initiative and adaptability built into them (plus of course total loyalty to Rotarios). How Rotarios will use his new army is unknown but they will be a major threat.