Machinations

Machinations refers to the plans set forth by the Transhumans to bring severe change to the unstable human race in the late 2020's.

The Plan to End Human Life
By 2027, followers of the MechaGod such as the Transhumans had begun to grow intolerant to the increasing hostility from humans toward Extropians following The Diverge of 2025. Humans had in general spent the last 2 years treating Extropians as outsiders insufficient for ethical treatment. Between humans and transhumans, push had come to shove, and there was no longer cooperation between either species.

Machinations Are Formed
In late 2027, a political plan was formed among Extropian society that would establish a method for eventually eliminating all of purist humanity. This would leave the world to be populated by only Extropians such as Transhumans and other followers of the MechaGod.

This sinister course of action would require the previously non-militant Extropian society to put time and effort into a military defense program. As part of the Machinations, it was decided that for a 10 year period, Extropian society would remain in near-exile, endearing mistreatment from humanity while developing in secret an entire Extropian Military. It was during this time that Optima Syndicate was created. Optima Syndicate is an Extropian developmental and experimental research facility dedicated to the typical transhumanist human enhancement and advancement programs, but also secretly dedicated to the Extropian defense program, in which many means of retaliation were established and constructed for followers of the MechaGod to use. One of these projects was the infamous Colossus I Prototype.

Humanity Senses the Machinations Movement
Between 2027 and 2037, during the Machinations Period, there were many rumors and conspiracies taking hold of many humans due to informational and communication leaks from inside the now-private Extropian society.

Because of the possible threat of Extropian retaliation and/or violence, certain sects of Human society began to form in secret in case of the need for a military response. During this time, the P.A.V.E. program was launched by Pessicon and militant wings of humanity were established such as the Dreadnauts and The Ironclad. This small percentage of the human population would soon be put to good use.

Machinations Are Executed
In 2038, the Machinations program came out of hiding; Transhumans would engulf the mostly unsuspecting human race with a large and merciless military, political and psychological overthrow. Plans to rid all of existence from purist humans was a near success, with only an approximate 50% of the human population on Earth left alive. The events of 2038 would leave Extropian Society as the new reigning "rulers" of the of Earth, but would provoke an angry, violent response from what was left of humanity which would come to be known as Operation: Hornet's Nest.