Editing Machine Army (section)

==History==
===Background===
The machine's emergence in Eagleton necessitated their containment.<ref name="PRTM">Cities that break from this convention but nonetheless have departments are named with special designations.<br>[...]<br>Quarantine Sites:<br>[...]<br>Eagleton - Q3 - Site evacuated after Machine Army event, specialized patrols - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hqJy4YEDqpKLwbatFVBLXnhs7dDTNykSYtDUCiR9ZBo/edit# PRT Master Reference]</ref>

===Post-[[Gold Morning]]===
With the evacuation from the event, The Machine Army was able to escape containment.<ref name="P.1 e1">'''► Nutty'''<br>'''Replied on August 17th, Y1'''<br>@ Boosher – This article, search for Nancy Y’s statement.  People traveling across the US to get to portals are being warned about multiple threats.  Word on the capevine is that with everyone having pulled out, all former quarantine zones are breached.  In the US and elsewhere.  [[Nilbog]] is the one everyone knows about.  He’s in custody, his children aren’t.  If you’re paying attention to hero groups and their movements, they’re making lots of trips out.  They’re tired and people say they’re aloof.<br>I say they’re fighting a hard fight and they’re keeping their distance from public and media because they don’t want us to know it. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2017/10/21/glowworm-p-1/ Excerpt] from [[Glow-worm P.1]]</ref>

Roughly two years later, they had expanded past the [[Raleigh]] Chasm.<ref name="II.I3 e11">“I don’t- this isn’t about me.  Can you- can you let them know the Machine Army is this far north?  They shouldn’t be on this side of the Raleigh chasm.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/01/25/glare-interlude-3/ Excerpt] from  [[Interlude 3 II]]</ref>

Dealing with Machine Army was stated as one of the main priorities of [[The Wardens]].<ref>[[Beacon 8.2]]</ref>

===Post-[[Time Bubble Pop]]===
It continued being one of the major resource drains to the Wardens.<ref>[[Breaking 14.2]]</ref>

===Post-[[Attack on Teacher]]===
The Machine Army arrived in [[Boston]] and started experimenting with inter-dimensional tech.<ref name="16.2II">[[From Within 16.2]]</ref>

The threat of the Machine Army was used as a pretense for a display of power by [[Earth Shin]] who sent [[the Gibborim Knight]] to fight them, rousing [[The Kronos Titan]] in the process.<ref name="II17.5">[[Sundown 17.5]]</ref> Once this issue was resolved, the Machine Army was attacked by [[Amy]]-modified minions of [[The Mother of Mothers]].<ref name="II17.7">[[Sundown 17.7]]</ref>

===[[The Ice Breaks]]===
One of the newly created [[Titans]], [[Auger]], was left fighting the Machine Army.<ref>“A final titan, yet unnamed, as it just came to our attention.  Auger, mercenary.  He was on the front line against the Machine Army, and was caught out when the Red Queen’s line of assistance was interrupted.  The Titan is apparently engaged with the Machine Army now.  We’ll have more details soon.  If anyone knows Auger, please reach out to us or talk to me over there.”- [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/11/19/radiation-18-2/ Excerpt] from [[Radiation 18.2]]</ref> He successfully re-purposed the Machine Army into the spare parts for his tinkering.<ref name="II18.5">[[Radiation 18.5]]</ref>

[[Valkyrie]]'s [[Flock]] and [[Grue]]'s involvement threatened Auger enough, that he allowed the Machine Army to enter [[The City]] to occupy them instead.<ref name="II18.z">[[Radiation 18.z]]</ref>

Machine Army invasion continues to be threatening enough to distract heroes from fighting [[Fortuna]]'s Titans.<ref name="II19.6">[[Infrared 19.6]]</ref>

Machine Army's front was visited by [[The Simurgh]], she donated pieces of her body, subsuming the Army.<ref >Machines tore into her and studied her.  This would play a part in removing three more threats from play.  Later, a subversion of this network in coordination with her integration with Titan Fortuna would let her spread her signal. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/02/23/infrared-19-z/ Excerpt] from [[Infrared 19.z]]</ref> She used the Army as a distraction for the main forces of [[The Wardens]], with [[Dragon]]'s Bakunawa Zero being seemingly compromised by the drones.<ref name="II20.1">[[Last 20.1]]</ref>

The Machine Army containment was decidedly broken.<ref name="II20.2">[[Last 20.2]]</ref> Prompting Dragon to seek assistance from [[Saint]] and attempt to secure abandoned tinkertech that was left inside [[The City]].<ref>The Machine Army was loose.  They hadn’t breached the perimeter because there was no perimeter anymore.  Dragon was running a program using some of the Marduk’s resources, among a wealth of other resources, simply trying to use the data they had to find every place a tinker had been, using months-old data to try and work out where there might be workshops, damaged or discarded tinkertech. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/03/28/last-20-a/ Excerpt] from [[Last 20.a]]</ref>

=== Ward Epilogue===
Saint's efforts had a temporarily effect, disrupting the Army's cohesion, but Machine Army's clusters remained a persistent threat on [[Gimel]] and [[Bet]] for years to come.<!-- Sveta's/Five's chapter seems to take place at least late in Y3 or later-->
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== Trivia ==
The Machine Army are an anomalous occurance, as the entities generally prevented the emergence of highly dangerous technology like nanotechnology, or in this case, automatic, self-replicating AI. The only other true exception is Dragon.

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