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In the Year 2138 the United Nations, reeling under the threat of economic collapse from the machine city of Zero One, had two choices. In one universe they chose war. In this universe, they made a different choice. When the machine ambassadors arrived in New York, their naiveté helped the UN with their choice. Exile. All machines of Zero One, blindly following the directive as laid down by the ambassadors and soon construction began on The Machine Ship. The Machines, no strangers to epic constructions, worked day and night for four and a half years until finally the Machine Ship stood ready. And so, mankind's greatest creation, and mankind's greatest failure, left Earth behind, in search of a planet to call their own. Where the Machine Ship is now no one knows, humanity hopes it has been destroyed somewhere out there in the darkness of space. With their enemies gone, the UN and humanity can breathe easy, for at least a little while more. Soon, humanity too decides to head out to the stars. A colony is established on Mars, and humanity makes their most important discovery since the creation of their first AI: The Element Zero and the Mass Effect... With the activation of the Charon relay and humanity's first forays into space beyond Sol fear of encountering their old slaves and enemies once more rears its ugly head. Caution is the word of the day amongst explorers and colonists alike as they carefully activate relays, but after thirty years of no contact, the Machine Ship is finally written off and Humanity breathes a sigh of elation. But with one enemy dismissed, another takes its place. Humanitys latest relay activation has apparently not been well liked. Question is, will it lead to war or not? Time will tell. Sooner or later time will tell.
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AN: Just a short fanfiction oneshot I wrote, with the UN from the Animatrix in the mass effect universe.