Overview
My guide to the lore of the Metal Army, and the related lore.Metal Army : https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2248297216Metal Army Official Youtube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIT2djiiDNbSQ2q_Klm9GHA/The Metal Army’s lore is still being developed, and therefore this guide is subject to change.
Canon Collections
The Cutternians (formerly The Wood Army) – Canon
The Baton Army – Canon
The Architect Legion – Declared canon by Pinha, being decided by me
The Kreaggeria Army – Canon (?)
The Creatures – Canon
Blue Light, Red Light, etc. – Not Canon
Jim’s Rebellion – Not canon, not developed enough
Frost Army – Not canon, not developed enough
Rigid Army and Rigid Cable Army – Not canon, mostly copies of the Metal Army or share the same premise
If your army is included in here as canon and you don’t want it to be, contact me.
If your army is included in here as not canon, contact me and I might consider making it canon.
Phase One of the Metal Army
Part one: The inhabitants of the Wood Army’s planet were happy, and had a mostly peaceful civilization, but there was a specific group that thought the Wood Army’s leader was not acceptable. The group became anarchists, attempting to overthrow the law of the planet. They were defeated however, and were to find a new planet, being sent off by force.
Part two: The ship had crash-landed at a very cold planet. There were barely any trees, but there was metal ore. Metal was a very valuable resource where the Wood Army inhabited, but here, it was the most abundant resource available. The outsiders, who now called themselves the “Metal Army” started digging and mining, day in, and day out. After months of hunting and mining and famine, the Metal Army had finally had enough resources to armor and clothe the inhabitants.
Part three: The Metal Army had large towns, and a very forward thinking society. They began to find resources to act as wires. They began creating medicine, technology, and food industries. Everything was going well, and they had thrived more than ever.
But not for long.
Phase Two of the Metal Army
Part one: The inhabitants of the Wood Army’s planet had found out about the Metal Army’s planet, and their large amount of resources. They began sending ships, mechs, and soldiers to purge the Metal Army. The Metal Army only had blades and light armor, and they would certainly perish, the Wood Army thought.
Part two: The Metal Army’s astronomers and scientists had reported odd spacecrafts orbiting the planet. They knew what was coming. Their soldiers stocked up on supplies, citizens hid in their homes, and the war began. The Wood Army’s weapons were more powerful than the Metal Army’s, but that didn’t stop them from trying to win. Many citizens and soldiers perished, but in a burst of hope and anger, the Metal Army had pushed the enemy forces back, and the Wood Army retreated.
Part three: The Metal Army began studying the Wood Army’s weapons, and were able to build their own. They were able to scavenge enough parts from the weapons to create a sufficient mining machine. This allowed them to create better weapons, homes, technology, and armor.
Phase Three of the Metal Army
Part one: After the war, the number of inhabitants on the Metal Army’s planet largely decreased. The amount of food and water and resources used was very large, and the inhabitants did not have much to live on. The soldiers who did return, however, hunted in the surrounding area and built better homes for their families. The engineers and scientists of the planet had successfully created a distress beacon that reached the neighboring planets. The inhabitants of the neighboring planets began trading with the Metal Army, which allowed the Metal Army to further create new technology and utilize more resources.
Part two: The inhabitants of the neighboring planets started to enlist in the Metal Army. They had previously been in ordeals with the Wood Army, and after hearing that the Metal Army was a rebellion against the Wood Army, they joined the cause and assisted the Metal Army with building, developing strategies against the Wood Army, and further advancing their technology. After all of the recent developments and soldiers, they went under the name of The Legion of Steel.
Part three: The Legion of Steel had used their new technology to investigate the Wood Army’s planet, and they decided now was the perfect time to attack. They sent ships to purge the smaller bases of the Wood Army, and succeeded. The higher ranks of the Wood Army quickly gained knowledge of the recent attacks, and sent many squads of soldiers to deal with the Legion of Steel. The Legion of Steel quickly retaliated, with several more attacks on the Wood Army’s bases. Later, the Legion of Steel leader attempted to send a squad to assassinate the leader of the Wood Army, and failed. The two sides sent battalions of soldiers to the enemies’ planet, and have been in a tug of war ever since.
The Baton Army’s Relations
Letter from the emperor of the planet Baton.
Metal Army,
If your army is against the Wood Army, the Batonian Empire is against you, although we are pacifists, the Wood Army is our biggest trading partner, and you are attacking them.
I hope you rethink your plans.
-Mumu (Creator of the Baton Army)
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Like stated above, The Baton Army is a trading partner of the Wood Army. Since The Wood Army is a trading partner with The Baton Army, The Metal Army is an enemy of The Baton Army.
The Metal Strain of The Hive
The Hive is a large enemy to all of the armies in the Wood Army lore. However, there is a specific strain of the hive only found on The Metal Army’s planet.
This strain of The Hive is smaller, and can disguise itself as nearby resources, but prefers disguising itself as valuable minerals found in the caves of The Metal Army’s planet. Once near a potential host, the organism latches itself onto the host, fusing the host’s armor to the host’s body. It then forms under the host’s armor and acts as protection to the host’s unarmored body parts. The organism also forms weapons from the host’s armor, making either sharp or blunt weapons. Once this process is complete, the host’s mind and thought process becomes the same as the organism’s, meaning the host is now completely under the control of the organism.
Next, the organism attempts to fulfill it’s main purpose; to infect more hosts. It does this by attacking another living being, and detaching a small part of itself to spread across the other living being. This living being will undergo the same process that the host who infected it did.
Infected beings are usually very durable after the process, but are vulnerable to head-shots, fire, plasma, and electricity.
Example of an infected member of The Metal Army.
Phase Four of the Metal Army
The Legion of Steel undergoes many changes critical to the future of its people.
Part one: The Legion allies with the Wood Army after countless lives lost fighting. This, in turn, unites the core three factions of the Civilizations universe and brings peace to the three faction’s people… mostly.
Part two: The Legion creates military branches, specializing in defeating specific enemy types or enduring specific types of weather. (UNITS SOON :))))))
Part three: The Legion attempts expansion to separate planets nearby. This, for the most part, fails.
Phase Four kept short and sweet. It’ll be expanded upon later when the new units roll out.