(10-31-2019, 07:01 PM)Lythrilux Wrote: At this point I feel like the best future for the AI NPC faction may be turning them into an NPC only faction for PvE. Just a thought.
Honestly true. I truly doubt any AI faction will ever exist again and impress.
I would not be in favour of an NPC faction. I haven't met AI factions other then "beep-click Greetings Human" robots type of RP. GAI are not androids, cyborgs or robots. They are unique sentient beings, and they don't necessarily have a humanoid style body.
GAI are not machines but as humans are bio-mechanical, they are energy-mechanical - different physiology but sentient beings - aliens- able to originate thought.
There is nothing to suggest they are all the same shape, but can be Drone, Cruiser, humanoid, etc.
It would be an RP reason for a GAI to have a human-like shape, and one simple one is in adapting human technology, they formed themselves into a humanoid shape to be able to fly human built ships.
All AI are autonomous. They think for themselves.
In relationship with each other there is nothing to say they belong to a shared collective hive, but it can (and has) been RP'd as such. If the GAI are sentient and autonomous then it is logical they have free will... to choose what they individually can do and be.