These are a very interesting species. Once robots from the In A Can Corporation, they were created when an INCC mining fleet attempted excavation of a planet's work of volatile crystal. However, they triggered the highly reactive substance, and their entire fleet was bathed in lightning, turning most ships to slag, disabling the rest. This was a crippling loss to the INCC, but they never scavenged the fleet back.
It seems that the crystal infected the robots, turning them into new beings, linked by an inefficient and partial hive mind, using the minds of organic employees as templates. They scavenged the fleet into new ships, and colonized the system's planets. Now, they are expanding, and offering their extremely unique crystal.
Fleets and territory:
They currently have a total of ten systems under their grasp, most being developed as fast as possible. They have 100 military vessels in total, though there's a lot of reserve and civilian ships. They boast a very large economy considering their only sustenance is Uitree Crystal and its electricity.
They are located in R5.
Their ships are not pretty, being scavenged vessels with no beauty intended.