58 years before the fall of the 12 Colonies Graystone Industries was a race for a military contract for 100,000 robot soldiers. Graystone Industries was thought to be the only viable company to create such weapons. However, after running fives years over schedule and half a billion cubits over budget, the Ministry of Defence was considering moving the contract offworld to the Vergis Corporation instead which was believed to have a fully effective MCP(a technology Graystone Industries had failed to create for a decade).