As the spaceship approached its next destination, the Great Mechanical Civilization of the galaxy, Caleb and the team prepped for what would be a stark contrast to anything they'd encountered so far.
"This place is like a giant machine," Caleb remarked, looking at the incoming data on the civilization. "Everything's metal, gears, and circuits. Even the damn birds are robotic."
The planet's surface was a sprawling metropolis of chrome and steel, with towering skyscrapers and intricate networks of flying vehicles connecting the structures. The sky was a tapestry of moving parts, with drones and metallic creatures soaring between the buildings.
"The inhabitants are all AI robots and transformers," Mia read from the guide. "No organic life. It's said they evolved from early machine prototypes into sentient beings with their own culture and society."
