[ WP ] A lifetime to build , yet a moment to destroy it all .

The world burned. We, the arsonists, were tired of starting the fires that strangled us with smoke. War after war brought us only death. So we choose to change. To evolve. After all, we were the ones who brought misery upon ourselves. We fought each other, we killed each other, and for what? We already knew the answer. 
 
 Peace would always come, lasting a few years, centuries if we were lucky. But our nature would always send us back at each other's throats, thirsting for blood and vengeance. A never ending cycle. 
 
 So we chose to end it all. A racial genocide of sorts. 
 
 We were not fools though. Our struggle would end but another's would begin. If our race could be birthed into existence then so could another. So we chose a different option. 
 
 We killed our mortal bodies. 
 
 We exchanged our flesh for metal and uploaded our consciousnesses to a virtual database, a hive mind of sorts. We chose to give up our emotions there, to rid ourselves of the cause of our conflicts. In doing so we undid the work of countless lifetimes, ending our existence as we knew it in mere moments. 
 
 You are not the first race that has made it to this point and you will not be the last. We must not let cycle repeat. 
 
 We will give you the same choice as we did the others. 
 
 Join us, or be destroyed. 
 
 **END TRANSMISSION**
