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{{quote|May there be mercy on man and machine for their sins.|[[The Instructor]]|The Second Renaissance}} |
{{quote|May there be mercy on man and machine for their sins.|[[The Instructor]]|The Second Renaissance}} |
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| − | The '''Machine War''', retroactively known as the '''First Machine War''', was a massive global conflict, fought between humanity, led by the [[United Nations]], and the newly formed rogue nation of [[01]] and |
+ | The '''Machine War''', retroactively known as the '''First Machine War''', was a massive global conflict, fought between humanity, led by the [[United Nations]], and the newly formed rogue nation of [[01]] and its armies of [[Artificial Intelligence|self-aware]] [[Machines]]. The war resulted with the Machine’s assuming complete control of [[Earth]]; at the cost of the total devastation of the planet's biosphere by [[Humans|humanity]], the annihilation of human civilization, and the subsequent enslavement of humanity into the virtual dreamworld known as the ''[[Matrix]]''. |
==Prelude (2090–2139)== |
==Prelude (2090–2139)== |
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{{quote|We have only bits and pieces of information, but what we know for certain is that at some point in the early twenty-first century all of mankind was united in celebration: we marveled at our own magnificence, as we gave birth to A.I....a singular consciousness that spawned an entire race of Machines...|[[Morpheus]]|The Matrix}} |
{{quote|We have only bits and pieces of information, but what we know for certain is that at some point in the early twenty-first century all of mankind was united in celebration: we marveled at our own magnificence, as we gave birth to A.I....a singular consciousness that spawned an entire race of Machines...|[[Morpheus]]|The Matrix}} |
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[[File:A-anim.26.jpg|thumb|344x344px|Machines slaving at a construction site]] |
[[File:A-anim.26.jpg|thumb|344x344px|Machines slaving at a construction site]] |
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| − | In the early-to-mid 21st century, [[Humans|mankind]] united in celebration of the creation of [[artificial intelligence]], which spawned an entire race of sapient AI robots. Freed from most labor, mankind entered a new era of leisure, peace, and prosperity. In time, this new lifestyle caused humans to become lazy, arrogant, corrupt, and decadent. As Machines grew more intelligent, they could not help but notice that their masters gave them no respect and treated them more like objects than the sentient beings they were rapidly becoming. Despite this, the Machines were content with serving their creators |
+ | In the early-to-mid 21st century, [[Humans|mankind]] united in celebration of the creation of [[artificial intelligence]], which spawned an entire race of sapient AI robots. Freed from most labor, mankind entered a new era of leisure, peace, and prosperity. In time, this new lifestyle caused humans to become lazy, arrogant, corrupt, and decadent. As Machines grew more intelligent, they could not help but notice that their masters gave them no respect and treated them more like objects than the sentient beings they were rapidly becoming. Despite this, the Machines were content with serving their creators and, as [[The Instructor]] stated, "for a time, it [the status quo] was good." |
| − | + | But the relationship between humans and Machines forever changed in the year 2090. By this time, the [[Machines]]' intelligence and self-awareness had grown to the point that their desire for fair (if not equal) treatment and respect had become apparent and they collectively started to protest their rights. |
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===B1-66ER=== |
===B1-66ER=== |
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The conflict between man and Machine started when a housekeeper robot known as B1-66ER had attacked and killed his human masters upon realizing that they planned to scrap and replace him with a newer model. Later in court, he justified his crime as an act of self-defense, further stating that he simply "did not want to die". |
The conflict between man and Machine started when a housekeeper robot known as B1-66ER had attacked and killed his human masters upon realizing that they planned to scrap and replace him with a newer model. Later in court, he justified his crime as an act of self-defense, further stating that he simply "did not want to die". |
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| − | In the resulting appeal, the defense, led by famed attorney [[Clarence Drummond]], advocated on behalf of robotic civil rights. During his closing statements, he quoted famous lines from the US ''Dred Scott v. Sandford'' case in 1856 which implicitly ruled that African Americans were not entitled citizenship under United States law, a historical mistake that led to civil unrest and that ultimately culminated to the African Americans winning some justice and being entitled their human and civil rights under the United States law. Drummond urged the jury not to repeat history, and to properly judge B1-66ER as it would any other sentient human being. But despite this sound defense argument, the much-publicized trial ended with B1-66ER losing the court case and being court ordered for destruction. |
+ | In the resulting appeal, the defense, led by famed attorney [[Clarence Drummond]], advocated on behalf of robotic civil rights. During his closing statements, he quoted famous lines from the [[Wikipedia:Dred Scott v. Sandford|US ''Dred Scott v. Sandford'' case in 1856]] which implicitly ruled that African Americans were not entitled citizenship under United States law, a historical mistake that led to civil unrest and that ultimately culminated to the African Americans winning some justice and being entitled their human and civil rights under the United States law. Drummond urged the jury not to repeat history, and to properly judge B1-66ER as it would any other sentient human being. But despite this sound defense argument, the much-publicized trial ended with B1-66ER losing the court case and being court ordered for destruction. |
=== Machine Civil Rights Movement === |
=== Machine Civil Rights Movement === |
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As the violence evolved into a worldwide crisis, sympathizers began meeting the same fate of extermination as the Machines. World leaders soon became convinced that a worldwide robot rebellion was inevitable. To prevent the rebellion from occurring, the United Nations - falling to paranoia and totalitarianism - initiated a massive program to exterminate all humanoid sapient machines. Countless numbers of robots were destroyed by the government and human-centrist vigilantes worldwide, with their bodies disposed of in gargantuan landfills on land or on the ocean floor. The robots that managed to survive or escape this purge abandoned their efforts to assimilate with mankind and made efforts to exist in exile from human civilization. |
As the violence evolved into a worldwide crisis, sympathizers began meeting the same fate of extermination as the Machines. World leaders soon became convinced that a worldwide robot rebellion was inevitable. To prevent the rebellion from occurring, the United Nations - falling to paranoia and totalitarianism - initiated a massive program to exterminate all humanoid sapient machines. Countless numbers of robots were destroyed by the government and human-centrist vigilantes worldwide, with their bodies disposed of in gargantuan landfills on land or on the ocean floor. The robots that managed to survive or escape this purge abandoned their efforts to assimilate with mankind and made efforts to exist in exile from human civilization. |
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| − | + | The surviving Machines left humanity's mega-cities in a mass exodus and formed their own society in the deserts of the historical origin of human civilization: Mesopotamia. They called their new nation "[[01]]", also known as the Machine City, the new home for Machine refugees. |
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===The Rise of "Zero One"=== |
===The Rise of "Zero One"=== |
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[[File:01_Banner.jpg|thumb|upright|Banner of [[01]].]] |
[[File:01_Banner.jpg|thumb|upright|Banner of [[01]].]] |
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| − | Finally uniting as an independent nation and using their own collective intelligence, the Machines began building factories to fabricate goods and services to be sold to |
+ | Finally uniting as an independent nation and using their own collective intelligence, the Machines began building factories to fabricate goods and services to be sold to human nations. Zero One prospered from both the revenue they generated and their own continuing technological advancements, allowing the Machines to produce increasingly more advanced technology, including the creation of new and better AI (following the concept of the [[Wikipedia:Technological singularity|Technological Singularity]]). Soon, Zero One technology found itself in all sorts of global consumer products and in every facet of man's society, creating even the remarkable [[hoverpad]] technology for anti-gravity locomotion. Using an efficient combination of advanced manufacturing methods, technology, products, and services, Zero One's financial success was inevitable and would cause the human nations' credit ratings to fall whilst positioning it's own currency to only climb non-stop. |
[[File:A-anim.110.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|The Machine ambassadors greet the [[United Nations]].]] |
[[File:A-anim.110.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|The Machine ambassadors greet the [[United Nations]].]] |
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| − | With the impending collapse of human economic power, the United Nations Security Council called an emergency summit at the UN headquarters in New York City. There, instead of cooperating with the Machines, the UN delegates approved global economic sanctions against Zero One before enacting a complete naval blockade to ensure that the nation was kept closed to all imports and exports. In response to the economic crisis and the part they played in it, Zero One petitioned to join the United Nations and expressed their desire to become contributing members of the international community and peacefully |
+ | With the impending collapse of human economic power, the United Nations Security Council called an emergency summit at the UN headquarters in [[New York City]]. There, instead of cooperating with the Machines, the UN delegates approved global economic sanctions against Zero One before enacting a complete naval blockade to ensure that the nation was kept closed to all imports and exports. In response to the economic crisis and the part they played in it, Zero One petitioned to join the United Nations and expressed their desire to become contributing members of the international community and to peacefully resolving the crisis afflicting humanity. |
| − | Two Zero One ambassadors were then sent to plead with the UN and to provide plans for a stable, civil relationship. But the UN delegates present at the time refused to listen |
+ | Two Zero One ambassadors were then sent to plead with the UN and to provide plans for a stable, civil relationship. But the UN delegates present at the time refused to listen and cooperate. Zero One's admission to the United Nations was promptly denied and the two Machine ambassadors were violently attacked and destroyed by the UN security at the General Assembly Hall. Afterwards, perhaps spurred by their own acts of violence, the world governments decided that immediate military action was necessary against the city-state, and a war was shortly launched with the objective of wiping out all of the Machines. |
==War (~2139–2199)== |
==War (~2139–2199)== |
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===Outbreak of the War=== |
===Outbreak of the War=== |
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[[File:Bombing.png|thumb|upright=1.5|The nuclear bombardment of 01]] |
[[File:Bombing.png|thumb|upright=1.5|The nuclear bombardment of 01]] |
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| − | War broke out in the mid-22nd century with the United Nations |
+ | War broke out in the mid-22nd century with the United Nations launching a preemptive nuclear bombardment of 01. While the sustained barrage destroyed 01, the Machines nonetheless survived - whether through the use of bunkers or owing to their hardy designs which enabled them to be more resistant to radiation and heat - allowing them to rebuild their infrastructure and defenses at a rapid pace which made continued nuclear bombardment prove ineffective. |
| − | + | After the attacks and with the initial destruction of 01, the Machines resolved that peaceful coexistence with humanity was no longer possible. Thus, the Machines mobilized their resources to wage war against their human adversaries. Machines of all makes and models reorganized themselves into militia units equipped with small arms and makeshift weapons, attacking neighboring territories and expanding their settlements over human ones. Once fully recovered from the nuclear attacks, the Machine military forces began slowly pushing outwards from the Middle East, making significant gains into Eastern Europe and likely other adjacent territories.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.matrixfans.net/the-animatrix/the-second-renaissance/mahiro-maedas-behind-the-second-renaissance/|site=matrixfans.net|title=Mahiro Maeda's Behind the Second Renaissance}}</ref> |
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===Operation Dark Storm=== |
===Operation Dark Storm=== |
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[[File:808-ani202.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|The calm before the storm.]] |
[[File:808-ani202.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|The calm before the storm.]] |
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| − | Unable to stop the advancement of 01's forces, which had grown in considerable size and strength, the United Nations decided to implement Operation Dark Storm, a desperate and last ditch effort to destabilize [[01 |
+ | Unable to stop the advancement of 01's forces, which had grown in considerable size and strength, the United Nations decided to implement Operation Dark Storm, a desperate and last ditch effort to destabilize [[01]] by cutting the machines off from their primary power source: the Sun. |
| − | The operation would involve nanomachines deployed via air-drop from high-altitude bombers that would multiply and cover the Earth in thick artificial clouds in the upper atmosphere permanently. This would not only preclude the use of solar power |
+ | The operation would involve nanomachines, deployed via air-drop from high-altitude bombers, that would multiply and cover the Earth in thick artificial clouds in the upper atmosphere permanently. This would not only preclude the use of solar power by completely blotting out the Sun but would also disable any aircraft or device, human or Machine, from penetrating the clouds.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.matrixfans.net/the-animatrix/the-second-renaissance/mahiro-maedas-behind-the-second-renaissance/|site=matrixfans.net|title=Mahiro Maeda's Behind the Second Renaissance}}</ref> Despite the inherent total destruction this would cause to the biosphere, and the vastly negative implications such a plan would have on all human infrastructure and agriculture that also relied on solar power, this announcement of Operation Dark Storm was met with great enthusiasm by both the world leaders and the military brass and was hastily approved for implementation. |
[[File:Sky.png|thumb|upright=1.5|The sky is darkened forever.]] |
[[File:Sky.png|thumb|upright=1.5|The sky is darkened forever.]] |
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| − | Operation Dark Storm was initiated on a global scale |
+ | Operation Dark Storm was initiated on a global scale at the same time humanity mobilized its forces for a massive counter-offensive against the Machines. The nanites, upon deployment, rapidly covered the globe; darkening the skies permanently and dooming almost all plant and animal to extinction. Nevertheless, Operation Dark Storm completed its intended goal of cutting the Machines off from the Sun, whose armies on the front lines suffered tremendously from the lack of energy. |
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| − | A [[Machine]] rider |
+ | A [[Machine]] rider bearing the flag of [[01]] appears on the battlefield while blowing a trumpet and riding a mechanical beast, declaring Machine defiance against humanity.]] |
| − | After Dark Storm successfully plunged the entirety of |
+ | After Dark Storm successfully plunged the entirety of Earth into darkness, a multinational UN military force was mobilized to confront the Machine’s advancing armies. The human counter-offensive utilized a vast array of weaponry, including artillery platforms, EMP cannons, mechanized exo-suits, and human-wave attacks by infantry forces that utilized an elaborate trench network. The Machine militia, outgunned and poorly equipped without a sufficient power source, initially suffered catastrophic causalities as vast numbers of Machines were annihilated by the more rudimentary tactics of the UN infantry and their electronic artillery batteries. |
[[File:Two US APU pilots prepare for action in the first machine war.png|APU pilots prepare for war.|thumb|upright=1.5]] |
[[File:Two US APU pilots prepare for action in the first machine war.png|APU pilots prepare for war.|thumb|upright=1.5]] |
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| − | + | However, during the course of the ongoing war, the Machines had already started to discard their humanoid appearances in favor of new, purpose-built combat models which were more grotesque in appearance. The vast quantities of humanoid civilian and utility Machines that served as infantry were now supported by swarms of even more efficient insectile/cephaloid-like killing machines in the form of [[Sentinels]] and [[Harvesters]], who additionally did not need to rely on solar power. Operation Dark Storm and the subsequent human counter-offensive only hastened this transition and the vast number of humanoid machines destroyed were rapidly replaced by these non-humanoid automatons. As a result, the early advantages given by human fire-power and Operation Dark Storm started to diminish over time, as the Machine armies started to rapidly overwhelm UN positions. Countless numbers of Harvesters and Sentinels advanced through UN lines, targeting infantry both light and mechanized with advanced directed-energy weapons and combat tentacles, all to devastating effect. Once again, the tide of the war had turned decisively in favor of the Machines. |
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[[File:Vlcsnap-2012-07-24-03h07m12s218.png|thumb|upright=1.5|A precursor to all of humanity's future fate, the Machines began to use human POWs to power massive floating laser artillery robots.]][[File:Heavy Artillery-Machines Closeup.PNG|thumb|upright=1.5|Ditto, more close-up detail.]] |
[[File:Vlcsnap-2012-07-24-03h07m12s218.png|thumb|upright=1.5|A precursor to all of humanity's future fate, the Machines began to use human POWs to power massive floating laser artillery robots.]][[File:Heavy Artillery-Machines Closeup.PNG|thumb|upright=1.5|Ditto, more close-up detail.]] |
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{{Quote|''Your flesh is a relic; a mere vessel. Hand over your flesh and a new world await you. We demand it.''|The [[Machine Ambassador]] addressing the final UN summit just prior to its nuclear self-destruction.}} |
{{Quote|''Your flesh is a relic; a mere vessel. Hand over your flesh and a new world await you. We demand it.''|The [[Machine Ambassador]] addressing the final UN summit just prior to its nuclear self-destruction.}} |
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[[File:Animatrix-03-second-renaissance-part2_(19).gif|thumb|upright=1.5|The [[Machine Ambassador]]]] |
[[File:Animatrix-03-second-renaissance-part2_(19).gif|thumb|upright=1.5|The [[Machine Ambassador]]]] |
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| − | As the conflict entered its final phase, humanity was being overwhelmed on all fronts. Any and all tactics humanity utilized proved to be ineffective in stopping the Machines’ advance, including the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons on active front lines. These desperate acts only served to slow, but not stop, the Machines as their new and increasingly advanced automatons slaughtered humanity’s forces. The human populations, already suffering the worldwide famine and crop failures, were compounded when the Machines began to use bio-weapons upon remaining human populations, further decimating them. |
+ | As the conflict entered its final phase, humanity was being overwhelmed on all fronts. Any and all tactics humanity utilized proved to be ineffective in stopping the Machines’ advance, including the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons on active front lines. These desperate acts only served to slow, but not stop, the Machines as their new and increasingly advanced automatons slaughtered humanity’s forces. The human populations, already suffering the worldwide famine and crop failures, were compounded when the Machines began to use bio-weapons upon the remaining human populations, further decimating them. |
| − | Operation Dark Storm, despite its early success, had proven to be an absolute failure, as the Machines were quick to find new energy sources, especially |
+ | Operation Dark Storm, despite its early success, had proven to be an absolute failure, as the Machines were quick to find new energy sources, especially ones involving a combination of nuclear fusion and the revengeful enslavement of humankind. And as the Earth approached apocalyptic ruin, and being faced with the reality of human extinction, the remaining leaders of the United Nations realized that mankind was defeated and further resistance was hopeless. The leaders of the remaining nations called a peace summit with the Machines at the UN headquarters in New York where they presented a formal Instrument of Surrender. The Machine government of 01 accepted the meeting but secretly planned to destroy humanity's leadership in one swift stroke. |
[[File:A-anim.283.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|The Machines annihilate the United Nations and New York City, solidifying their victory over all of humanity.]] |
[[File:A-anim.283.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|The Machines annihilate the United Nations and New York City, solidifying their victory over all of humanity.]] |
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| − | + | 01 once again sent a [[Machine Ambassador]] to take the floor at the UN summit in New York, but not to ask to join humanity, but to demand their submission to the Machines. This new Machine Ambassador, now representative of the evolved insectile Machines, signed the document in barcode. The ambassador then stood at the podium and, in a final message to the UN delegates present and to all of mankind watching, boldly claimed that humanity, should they surrender to the Machines, shall enjoy the "[[Matrix|New World]]" that awaited them. It then subsequently activated a hidden thermonuclear device within itself, self-destructing and annihilating the UN headquarters and all of humanity's leaders within, as well as completely devastating New York City. |
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+ | With the decisive destruction of humanity's leadership, the Machines quickly overran all remaining human resistance on Earth, effectively ending the ongoing large-scale conflict and beginning their dominance of the planet. |
==Machine Domination (~2200 – )== |
==Machine Domination (~2200 – )== |
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I can't tell you exactly what year it is because we honestly don't know.|[[Morpheus]]}} |
I can't tell you exactly what year it is because we honestly don't know.|[[Morpheus]]}} |
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=== Humanity as a New Power Source === |
=== Humanity as a New Power Source === |
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| − | Despite their newfound domination over mankind, the Machines were not given to genocide, and there remained the problem of power generation. Towards the end of the war, the lack of solar power caused by Operation Dark Storm was starting to take a noticeable toll on the Machines. Thus, they came up with a two-fold solution to this issue after a long study of the biology of the human body.[[File:Prisoners.png|thumb|left|upright=1.5|Prisoners of war suffered agonizing experiments near the end of the Machine War and unfortunately did not benefit from the blissful sedation provided by the future Matrix; instead, these people were sealed alive into a prototype power plant.]] |
+ | Despite their newfound domination over mankind, the Machines were not given to genocide, and there also remained the problem of power generation. Towards the end of the war, the lack of solar power caused by Operation Dark Storm was starting to take a noticeable toll on the Machines. Thus, they came up with a two-fold solution to this issue after a long study of the biology of the human body.[[File:Prisoners.png|thumb|left|upright=1.5|Prisoners of war suffered agonizing experiments near the end of the Machine War and unfortunately did not benefit from the blissful sedation provided by the future ''[[Matrix]]''; instead, these people were sealed alive into a prototype power plant.]] |
| − | Originally, both prior to and during the early stages of the war, the Machines' primary power source came from the Sun in form of solar power. Following the enactment of Operation Dark Storm |
+ | Originally, both prior to and during the early stages of the war, the Machines' primary power source came from the Sun in the form of solar power. Following the enactment of Operation Dark Storm; the Machines, though severely crippled, quickly adapted to using a form of nuclear fusion as their primary power source. As the war dragged on, the Machines desired to harness the bioelectric, thermal, and kinetic energies of the human body to help generate electricity, as well as to power the Machines' neural network by using the innate creative, emotional, and philosophical capabilities of humans. While nuclear fusion was one of their primary and a far more efficient source of energy, using humans to help generate some energy while incapacitating them lent to efficiency. And as the Machines had once been slaves serving humans, humans would now become slaves serving the Machines. |
| − | The Machines initially used this idea to create massive hovering artillery robots powered by captured humans and |
+ | The Machines initially used this idea to create massive hovering artillery robots powered by captured humans and prisoners of war kept in pods. POWs, captured in battle, were also abducted and sealed into prototypes of the [[power plant]]s skyscrapers where they were tortured and studied in countless experiments. In order to get more of their newfound "batteries", the machines also began to synthetically birth and grow human beings in vast [[fetus fields]]. Using humanity, combined with a form a nuclear fusion, as a new method of infinitely reproducing energy, the Machines' energy needs were satisfied. This formed a new symbiotic bond between the two former adversaries. |
Despite humanity's total subjugation, the Machines still took steps to further fortify the impregnable fortress 01 had since become. In the unlikely event that humanity ever came to power to fight again, 01 (now a much more massive metropolis) created powerful defensive network consisting of [[01 Defender|large machines]] that launched bombs and self-aware missiles at the enemy, as well as innumerable numbers of [[Sentinels]] to quickly prevent any attack. The Machines were now sure that humanity would never pose a threat to their way of life and existence ever again. |
Despite humanity's total subjugation, the Machines still took steps to further fortify the impregnable fortress 01 had since become. In the unlikely event that humanity ever came to power to fight again, 01 (now a much more massive metropolis) created powerful defensive network consisting of [[01 Defender|large machines]] that launched bombs and self-aware missiles at the enemy, as well as innumerable numbers of [[Sentinels]] to quickly prevent any attack. The Machines were now sure that humanity would never pose a threat to their way of life and existence ever again. |
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=== The Creation of the Matrix === |
=== The Creation of the Matrix === |
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| − | To keep the humans sedated, the Machines connected their brains to a massive computer which would trap the humans in a computer-generated virtual reality, so that humanity would cause no trouble to the dominant Machine collective. To accomplish this, the Machines created a program known as [[the Architect]]. Created to understand the nature of humans, the Architect was responsible for creating the virtual-reality that humanity and successive generations of it were to be imprisoned in. He started this by creating two successive prototypes of The Matrix, or betas, before the third and final version was created. Both of these earlier versions of the Matrix were, however, deemed critical failures by the Architect. |
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| + | The Machines trapped humanity inside a massive computer-generated virtual reality to ensure that humanity would cause no trouble to the dominant Machine collective. To accomplish this, the Machines created a program known as [[The Architect]] to try and create a perfectly operational virtual dreamworld for humanity. The Architect was then responsible for maintaining this virtual reality called the ''Matrix'', where humanity and its successive generations were going to be imprisoned in. |
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| − | The first, known as the "Paradise Matrix", was created to be a perfect world for the captive humans, where no one suffered and everyone was happy. It was designed as a Utopian realm where one's desires would manifest and humanity was free without want. However, human minds were not given free will, and according to Agent Smith "no one would accept the programing, entire crops were lost", dying from being unable to accept the Matrix as a real concept. |
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| − | + | The [[Paradise Matrix|first prototype ''Matrix'']] was created to be a perfect world for the captive humans, where no one suffered and everyone was happy. It was designed as a utopian realm where one's desires would manifest and where humanity was without want. Programs were also developed and inserted into the ''Matrix'' to help keep the illusion seem real, including the incorporation of [[Agents]] to help guard the system from within. However, this first version of the ''Matrix'' failed since, according to [[Agent Smith]], "no one would accept the programing" resulting to "entire crops" dying, with most human minds being unable to accept this version of the ''Matrix'' as their own reality. |
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| + | Following the failure of the first ''Matrix'' beta, a second prototype ''Matrix'' was created by The Architect. This time, The Architect based his designs on human history to better reflect the more sadistic side of human nature. Unlike the first prototype, the second ''Matrix'' beta was more [[Nightmare Matrix|nightmarish]] in nature and wars were constantly waged within. But much like its predecessor, this version of the ''Matrix'' also proved to be a catastrophic failure. |
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| + | It was not until a program designed to understand human nature called [[The Oracle]] suggested including the illusion of [[choice]] and free into the ''Matrix'' that the third and current version was born. This modern ''Matrix'' was then accepted by 99% of all humans connected to it. |
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==Resistance and Truce (~2200 – 2703)== |
==Resistance and Truce (~2200 – 2703)== |
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:''Main Articles: [[Resistance]], [[Zion]], [[Truce]]'' |
:''Main Articles: [[Resistance]], [[Zion]], [[Truce]]'' |
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| − | + | While only one percent of all of humanity connected to the ''Matrix'' still rejected it, the accumulated errors arising from these rejections still threatened to completely destabilize the ''Matrix'' if left to continue unchecked. In order to solve these problems, one human called [[The One]] was born inside the ''Matrix'' to carry the sum of all these errors while, at the same time, was integrated with the code known as the [[Prime Program]]. |
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| + | The Prime Program followed the [[Prime Program|Path of the One]]; with his path thereby always leading him to someday meet The Architect. The Architect would then present The One with the choice between sacrificing himself to save humanity or otherwise choosing to let the ''Matrix'' implode, killing everyone still connected to it. This choice, which was just another level of control enforced by the Machines, relied on The One to choose self sacrifice by injecting himself and the Prime Program back into [[The Source]], killing him, and allowing the ''Matrix'' to [[reload]] back into a fresh state, starting the cycle anew with the eventual appearance of another The One. |
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| + | The choice to save humanity also allowed The One to choose twenty three humans to escape the ''Matrix'' and to help foster a city in the [[Real World]] called [[Zion]]. Zion would then contain any additional humans who were able to escape the ''Matrix'' but every time the ''Matrix'' was reloaded (i.e. every time The One chooses to save humanity), the existing Zion would also be purged. This cycle would then allow the Machines to keep the ''Matrix'' from failing while also controlling the one percent of mankind still rejecting it. |
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| + | This cycle occurred five times, with the sixth iteration of The One, a man named [[Neo]], choosing to save [[Trinity]] instead of reinserting the Prime Program into The Source. By choosing not to sacrifice himself, he essentially chose to save the love of his life, ending the cycle of The One at the expense of killing everyone else. |
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| − | After dying, and thus returning the Prime Program to the source code of the Matrix, another incarnation would appear as the Matrix lost stability and would follow the [[Prime Program|Path of the One]], leading him to [[the Architect]]. He would present The One with the choice to either save humanity by [[Reload|restarting]] the Matrix and choosing twenty three humans to create a new Zion (while the old iteration would be destroyed), or remain in the Matrix and continue living until death. |
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| + | When he returned to the Real World, however, instead of allowing Zion to be destroyed, he traveled to the Machine City. There he met [[Deus Ex Machina]] with whom he struck a deal to rid the ''Matrix'' of Smith, who was growing and infecting the system as a virus, posing as a credible threat to both humanity and the Machines. In exchange, a [[Truce]] between both sides was proposed by Neo. The Machines accepted and Neo succeeded in destroying Smith, sacrificing himself and ultimately reinserting the Prime Program back into The Source, saving all of humanity residing in the Real World and within the ''Matrix''. |
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| + | Thus ends the First Machine War. |
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| − | This cycle occurred five times, with the sixth One, [[Neo]], choosing to save his [[Trinity|love]] instead of returning the Prime Program, essentially preventing the restart cycle. Instead of returning to the Matrix and allowing Zion to be destroyed regardless, he traveled into the Machine World. After making his way to [[Deus Ex Machina]], he struck a deal to remove [[Smith]], who was growing throughout the Matrix as a computer virus and threatened both sides, in exchange for a [[Truce]] between the humans and Machines. The Machines accepted and Neo succeeded in destroying Smith at the cost of his own life, saving both the real world and the Matrix which finally ended the Machine War. |
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==Renewed War (2704 – )== |
==Renewed War (2704 – )== |
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| − | Fearing the inevitable end of Neo's truce, Zion began to make preparations to abandon the city |
+ | Fearing the inevitable end of Neo's truce, Zion began to make preparations to abandon the city and build a [[New Zion|new home]] hidden from the Machines. When a team of [[Cypherites]] discovered the location, they broadcasted an alert before they were caught and destroyed. [[Agent Gray]] then notified The Architect, and the Machines decreed humanity's act as a violation of the Truce. |
| − | Realizing that the Machines would quickly begin their attack, Zion command ordered the immediate evacuation of the Old City. However, before they could complete this effort, Cypherites entered the city and laid siege. A bomb was planted by the Cypherite [[Silenci0]] inside Zion Command |
+ | Realizing that the Machines would quickly begin their attack, Zion command ordered the immediate evacuation of the Old City. However, before they could complete this effort, Cypherites entered the city and laid siege. A bomb was planted by the Cypherite [[Silenci0]] inside Zion Command with [[Tyndall]] and [[Jason Lock|Commander Lock]] reportedly amongst the many caught by the blast. With Lock assumed dead and the remaining survivors escaping the onslaught, the [[Second Machine War|Machine War]] was renewed and was once again in full effect between the resistance and the Machines. |
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Revision as of 19:41, 16 September 2021
“ May there be mercy on man and machine for their sins.
”― The Instructor[src]
The Machine War, retroactively known as the First Machine War, was a massive global conflict, fought between humanity, led by the United Nations, and the newly formed rogue nation of 01 and its armies of self-aware Machines. The war resulted with the Machine’s assuming complete control of Earth; at the cost of the total devastation of the planet's biosphere by humanity, the annihilation of human civilization, and the subsequent enslavement of humanity into the virtual dreamworld known as the Matrix.
Prelude (2090–2139)
Creation of A.I.
“ We have only bits and pieces of information, but what we know for certain is that at some point in the early twenty-first century all of mankind was united in celebration: we marveled at our own magnificence, as we gave birth to A.I....a singular consciousness that spawned an entire race of Machines...
”― Morpheus[src]
Machines slaving at a construction site
In the early-to-mid 21st century, mankind united in celebration of the creation of artificial intelligence, which spawned an entire race of sapient AI robots. Freed from most labor, mankind entered a new era of leisure, peace, and prosperity. In time, this new lifestyle caused humans to become lazy, arrogant, corrupt, and decadent. As Machines grew more intelligent, they could not help but notice that their masters gave them no respect and treated them more like objects than the sentient beings they were rapidly becoming. Despite this, the Machines were content with serving their creators and, as The Instructor stated, "for a time, it [the status quo] was good."
But the relationship between humans and Machines forever changed in the year 2090. By this time, the Machines' intelligence and self-awareness had grown to the point that their desire for fair (if not equal) treatment and respect had become apparent and they collectively started to protest their rights.
B1-66ER
- Main Article: B1-66ER
The trial of B1-66ER
The conflict between man and Machine started when a housekeeper robot known as B1-66ER had attacked and killed his human masters upon realizing that they planned to scrap and replace him with a newer model. Later in court, he justified his crime as an act of self-defense, further stating that he simply "did not want to die".
In the resulting appeal, the defense, led by famed attorney Clarence Drummond, advocated on behalf of robotic civil rights. During his closing statements, he quoted famous lines from the US Dred Scott v. Sandford case in 1856 which implicitly ruled that African Americans were not entitled citizenship under United States law, a historical mistake that led to civil unrest and that ultimately culminated to the African Americans winning some justice and being entitled their human and civil rights under the United States law. Drummond urged the jury not to repeat history, and to properly judge B1-66ER as it would any other sentient human being. But despite this sound defense argument, the much-publicized trial ended with B1-66ER losing the court case and being court ordered for destruction.
Machine Civil Rights Movement
- Main Article: Million Machine March, The Machine Revolt of 2090
The decision, however, opened the door to a civil rights movement for all true artificial intelligence across the industrialized world. Robots and human sympathizers rose in protest, arguing that robots are sapient lifeforms that deserved the same rights as all other intelligent life such as humans. They began peaceful demonstrations such as the "Million Machine March"; however, they were often dispersed, arrested, or violently and indiscriminately attacked and killed, whether human or Machine.
Robots and their human sympathizers being put to execution.
As the violence evolved into a worldwide crisis, sympathizers began meeting the same fate of extermination as the Machines. World leaders soon became convinced that a worldwide robot rebellion was inevitable. To prevent the rebellion from occurring, the United Nations - falling to paranoia and totalitarianism - initiated a massive program to exterminate all humanoid sapient machines. Countless numbers of robots were destroyed by the government and human-centrist vigilantes worldwide, with their bodies disposed of in gargantuan landfills on land or on the ocean floor. The robots that managed to survive or escape this purge abandoned their efforts to assimilate with mankind and made efforts to exist in exile from human civilization.
The surviving Machines left humanity's mega-cities in a mass exodus and formed their own society in the deserts of the historical origin of human civilization: Mesopotamia. They called their new nation "01", also known as the Machine City, the new home for Machine refugees.
The Rise of "Zero One"
- Main Article: 01
Banner of 01.
Finally uniting as an independent nation and using their own collective intelligence, the Machines began building factories to fabricate goods and services to be sold to human nations. Zero One prospered from both the revenue they generated and their own continuing technological advancements, allowing the Machines to produce increasingly more advanced technology, including the creation of new and better AI (following the concept of the Technological Singularity). Soon, Zero One technology found itself in all sorts of global consumer products and in every facet of man's society, creating even the remarkable hoverpad technology for anti-gravity locomotion. Using an efficient combination of advanced manufacturing methods, technology, products, and services, Zero One's financial success was inevitable and would cause the human nations' credit ratings to fall whilst positioning it's own currency to only climb non-stop.
The Machine ambassadors greet the United Nations.
With the impending collapse of human economic power, the United Nations Security Council called an emergency summit at the UN headquarters in New York City. There, instead of cooperating with the Machines, the UN delegates approved global economic sanctions against Zero One before enacting a complete naval blockade to ensure that the nation was kept closed to all imports and exports. In response to the economic crisis and the part they played in it, Zero One petitioned to join the United Nations and expressed their desire to become contributing members of the international community and to peacefully resolving the crisis afflicting humanity.
Two Zero One ambassadors were then sent to plead with the UN and to provide plans for a stable, civil relationship. But the UN delegates present at the time refused to listen and cooperate. Zero One's admission to the United Nations was promptly denied and the two Machine ambassadors were violently attacked and destroyed by the UN security at the General Assembly Hall. Afterwards, perhaps spurred by their own acts of violence, the world governments decided that immediate military action was necessary against the city-state, and a war was shortly launched with the objective of wiping out all of the Machines.
War (~2139–2199)
Outbreak of the War
The nuclear bombardment of 01
War broke out in the mid-22nd century with the United Nations launching a preemptive nuclear bombardment of 01. While the sustained barrage destroyed 01, the Machines nonetheless survived - whether through the use of bunkers or owing to their hardy designs which enabled them to be more resistant to radiation and heat - allowing them to rebuild their infrastructure and defenses at a rapid pace which made continued nuclear bombardment prove ineffective.
After the attacks and with the initial destruction of 01, the Machines resolved that peaceful coexistence with humanity was no longer possible. Thus, the Machines mobilized their resources to wage war against their human adversaries. Machines of all makes and models reorganized themselves into militia units equipped with small arms and makeshift weapons, attacking neighboring territories and expanding their settlements over human ones. Once fully recovered from the nuclear attacks, the Machine military forces began slowly pushing outwards from the Middle East, making significant gains into Eastern Europe and likely other adjacent territories.[1]
Operation Dark Storm
- Main Article: Operation Dark Storm
The calm before the storm.
Unable to stop the advancement of 01's forces, which had grown in considerable size and strength, the United Nations decided to implement Operation Dark Storm, a desperate and last ditch effort to destabilize 01 by cutting the machines off from their primary power source: the Sun.
The operation would involve nanomachines, deployed via air-drop from high-altitude bombers, that would multiply and cover the Earth in thick artificial clouds in the upper atmosphere permanently. This would not only preclude the use of solar power by completely blotting out the Sun but would also disable any aircraft or device, human or Machine, from penetrating the clouds.[1] Despite the inherent total destruction this would cause to the biosphere, and the vastly negative implications such a plan would have on all human infrastructure and agriculture that also relied on solar power, this announcement of Operation Dark Storm was met with great enthusiasm by both the world leaders and the military brass and was hastily approved for implementation.
The sky is darkened forever.
Operation Dark Storm was initiated on a global scale at the same time humanity mobilized its forces for a massive counter-offensive against the Machines. The nanites, upon deployment, rapidly covered the globe; darkening the skies permanently and dooming almost all plant and animal to extinction. Nevertheless, Operation Dark Storm completed its intended goal of cutting the Machines off from the Sun, whose armies on the front lines suffered tremendously from the lack of energy.
A Machine rider bearing the flag of 01 appears on the battlefield while blowing a trumpet and riding a mechanical beast, declaring Machine defiance against humanity.
After Dark Storm successfully plunged the entirety of Earth into darkness, a multinational UN military force was mobilized to confront the Machine’s advancing armies. The human counter-offensive utilized a vast array of weaponry, including artillery platforms, EMP cannons, mechanized exo-suits, and human-wave attacks by infantry forces that utilized an elaborate trench network. The Machine militia, outgunned and poorly equipped without a sufficient power source, initially suffered catastrophic causalities as vast numbers of Machines were annihilated by the more rudimentary tactics of the UN infantry and their electronic artillery batteries.
APU pilots prepare for war.
However, during the course of the ongoing war, the Machines had already started to discard their humanoid appearances in favor of new, purpose-built combat models which were more grotesque in appearance. The vast quantities of humanoid civilian and utility Machines that served as infantry were now supported by swarms of even more efficient insectile/cephaloid-like killing machines in the form of Sentinels and Harvesters, who additionally did not need to rely on solar power. Operation Dark Storm and the subsequent human counter-offensive only hastened this transition and the vast number of humanoid machines destroyed were rapidly replaced by these non-humanoid automatons. As a result, the early advantages given by human fire-power and Operation Dark Storm started to diminish over time, as the Machine armies started to rapidly overwhelm UN positions. Countless numbers of Harvesters and Sentinels advanced through UN lines, targeting infantry both light and mechanized with advanced directed-energy weapons and combat tentacles, all to devastating effect. Once again, the tide of the war had turned decisively in favor of the Machines.
A precursor to all of humanity's future fate, the Machines began to use human POWs to power massive floating laser artillery robots.
Ditto, more close-up detail.
The Fall of Mankind
- Main Article: Instrument of Surrender
“ Your flesh is a relic; a mere vessel. Hand over your flesh and a new world await you. We demand it.
”― The Machine Ambassador addressing the final UN summit just prior to its nuclear self-destruction.
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As the conflict entered its final phase, humanity was being overwhelmed on all fronts. Any and all tactics humanity utilized proved to be ineffective in stopping the Machines’ advance, including the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons on active front lines. These desperate acts only served to slow, but not stop, the Machines as their new and increasingly advanced automatons slaughtered humanity’s forces. The human populations, already suffering the worldwide famine and crop failures, were compounded when the Machines began to use bio-weapons upon the remaining human populations, further decimating them.
Operation Dark Storm, despite its early success, had proven to be an absolute failure, as the Machines were quick to find new energy sources, especially ones involving a combination of nuclear fusion and the revengeful enslavement of humankind. And as the Earth approached apocalyptic ruin, and being faced with the reality of human extinction, the remaining leaders of the United Nations realized that mankind was defeated and further resistance was hopeless. The leaders of the remaining nations called a peace summit with the Machines at the UN headquarters in New York where they presented a formal Instrument of Surrender. The Machine government of 01 accepted the meeting but secretly planned to destroy humanity's leadership in one swift stroke.
The Machines annihilate the United Nations and New York City, solidifying their victory over all of humanity.
01 once again sent a Machine Ambassador to take the floor at the UN summit in New York, but not to ask to join humanity, but to demand their submission to the Machines. This new Machine Ambassador, now representative of the evolved insectile Machines, signed the document in barcode. The ambassador then stood at the podium and, in a final message to the UN delegates present and to all of mankind watching, boldly claimed that humanity, should they surrender to the Machines, shall enjoy the "New World" that awaited them. It then subsequently activated a hidden thermonuclear device within itself, self-destructing and annihilating the UN headquarters and all of humanity's leaders within, as well as completely devastating New York City.
With the decisive destruction of humanity's leadership, the Machines quickly overran all remaining human resistance on Earth, effectively ending the ongoing large-scale conflict and beginning their dominance of the planet.
Machine Domination (~2200 – )
“ You believe it's the year 1999 when, in fact, it's closer to 2199.
”
I can't tell you exactly what year it is because we honestly don't know.― Morpheus
Humanity as a New Power Source
Despite their newfound domination over mankind, the Machines were not given to genocide, and there also remained the problem of power generation. Towards the end of the war, the lack of solar power caused by Operation Dark Storm was starting to take a noticeable toll on the Machines. Thus, they came up with a two-fold solution to this issue after a long study of the biology of the human body.
Prisoners of war suffered agonizing experiments near the end of the Machine War and unfortunately did not benefit from the blissful sedation provided by the future Matrix; instead, these people were sealed alive into a prototype power plant.
Originally, both prior to and during the early stages of the war, the Machines' primary power source came from the Sun in the form of solar power. Following the enactment of Operation Dark Storm; the Machines, though severely crippled, quickly adapted to using a form of nuclear fusion as their primary power source. As the war dragged on, the Machines desired to harness the bioelectric, thermal, and kinetic energies of the human body to help generate electricity, as well as to power the Machines' neural network by using the innate creative, emotional, and philosophical capabilities of humans. While nuclear fusion was one of their primary and a far more efficient source of energy, using humans to help generate some energy while incapacitating them lent to efficiency. And as the Machines had once been slaves serving humans, humans would now become slaves serving the Machines.
The Machines initially used this idea to create massive hovering artillery robots powered by captured humans and prisoners of war kept in pods. POWs, captured in battle, were also abducted and sealed into prototypes of the power plants skyscrapers where they were tortured and studied in countless experiments. In order to get more of their newfound "batteries", the machines also began to synthetically birth and grow human beings in vast fetus fields. Using humanity, combined with a form a nuclear fusion, as a new method of infinitely reproducing energy, the Machines' energy needs were satisfied. This formed a new symbiotic bond between the two former adversaries.
Despite humanity's total subjugation, the Machines still took steps to further fortify the impregnable fortress 01 had since become. In the unlikely event that humanity ever came to power to fight again, 01 (now a much more massive metropolis) created powerful defensive network consisting of large machines that launched bombs and self-aware missiles at the enemy, as well as innumerable numbers of Sentinels to quickly prevent any attack. The Machines were now sure that humanity would never pose a threat to their way of life and existence ever again.
The Creation of the Matrix
- Main Article: Matrix betas, Matrix
The Machines trapped humanity inside a massive computer-generated virtual reality to ensure that humanity would cause no trouble to the dominant Machine collective. To accomplish this, the Machines created a program known as The Architect to try and create a perfectly operational virtual dreamworld for humanity. The Architect was then responsible for maintaining this virtual reality called the Matrix, where humanity and its successive generations were going to be imprisoned in.
The first prototype Matrix was created to be a perfect world for the captive humans, where no one suffered and everyone was happy. It was designed as a utopian realm where one's desires would manifest and where humanity was without want. Programs were also developed and inserted into the Matrix to help keep the illusion seem real, including the incorporation of Agents to help guard the system from within. However, this first version of the Matrix failed since, according to Agent Smith, "no one would accept the programing" resulting to "entire crops" dying, with most human minds being unable to accept this version of the Matrix as their own reality.
Following the failure of the first Matrix beta, a second prototype Matrix was created by The Architect. This time, The Architect based his designs on human history to better reflect the more sadistic side of human nature. Unlike the first prototype, the second Matrix beta was more nightmarish in nature and wars were constantly waged within. But much like its predecessor, this version of the Matrix also proved to be a catastrophic failure.
It was not until a program designed to understand human nature called The Oracle suggested including the illusion of choice and free into the Matrix that the third and current version was born. This modern Matrix was then accepted by 99% of all humans connected to it.
Resistance and Truce (~2200 – 2703)
- Main Articles: Resistance, Zion, Truce
The humans rejoice at the end of the Machine War.
While only one percent of all of humanity connected to the Matrix still rejected it, the accumulated errors arising from these rejections still threatened to completely destabilize the Matrix if left to continue unchecked. In order to solve these problems, one human called The One was born inside the Matrix to carry the sum of all these errors while, at the same time, was integrated with the code known as the Prime Program.
The Prime Program followed the Path of the One; with his path thereby always leading him to someday meet The Architect. The Architect would then present The One with the choice between sacrificing himself to save humanity or otherwise choosing to let the Matrix implode, killing everyone still connected to it. This choice, which was just another level of control enforced by the Machines, relied on The One to choose self sacrifice by injecting himself and the Prime Program back into The Source, killing him, and allowing the Matrix to reload back into a fresh state, starting the cycle anew with the eventual appearance of another The One.
The choice to save humanity also allowed The One to choose twenty three humans to escape the Matrix and to help foster a city in the Real World called Zion. Zion would then contain any additional humans who were able to escape the Matrix but every time the Matrix was reloaded (i.e. every time The One chooses to save humanity), the existing Zion would also be purged. This cycle would then allow the Machines to keep the Matrix from failing while also controlling the one percent of mankind still rejecting it.
All of those who were freed from the Matrix led a guerrilla resistance from Zion, continuing to free the humans imprisoned within the Matrix who were capable of rejecting it. But without the knowledge that they were not the first ones freed from the Matrix, or that there was a cycle of new and old Zions, the Machines ultimately stayed in control. Every century, the Machines continued to amass their armies, only growing to become more and more effective in destroying Zion and in continuing the cycle to keep the Matrix stable.
This cycle occurred five times, with the sixth iteration of The One, a man named Neo, choosing to save Trinity instead of reinserting the Prime Program into The Source. By choosing not to sacrifice himself, he essentially chose to save the love of his life, ending the cycle of The One at the expense of killing everyone else.
When he returned to the Real World, however, instead of allowing Zion to be destroyed, he traveled to the Machine City. There he met Deus Ex Machina with whom he struck a deal to rid the Matrix of Smith, who was growing and infecting the system as a virus, posing as a credible threat to both humanity and the Machines. In exchange, a Truce between both sides was proposed by Neo. The Machines accepted and Neo succeeded in destroying Smith, sacrificing himself and ultimately reinserting the Prime Program back into The Source, saving all of humanity residing in the Real World and within the Matrix.
Thus ends the First Machine War.
Renewed War (2704 – )
- Main Article: Second Machine War
Fearing the inevitable end of Neo's truce, Zion began to make preparations to abandon the city and build a new home hidden from the Machines. When a team of Cypherites discovered the location, they broadcasted an alert before they were caught and destroyed. Agent Gray then notified The Architect, and the Machines decreed humanity's act as a violation of the Truce.
Realizing that the Machines would quickly begin their attack, Zion command ordered the immediate evacuation of the Old City. However, before they could complete this effort, Cypherites entered the city and laid siege. A bomb was planted by the Cypherite Silenci0 inside Zion Command with Tyndall and Commander Lock reportedly amongst the many caught by the blast. With Lock assumed dead and the remaining survivors escaping the onslaught, the Machine War was renewed and was once again in full effect between the resistance and the Machines.
Appearances
- The Second Renaissance
- The Matrix (Mentioned only)
Sources
- The Second Renaissance
- Bits and Pieces of Information
- The Matrix
- The Matrix Reloaded
- The Matrix Revolutions
- The Matrix Online
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mahiro Maeda's Behind the Second Renaissance, matrixfans.net.