The Mech Network is a consensual electronic network that presides over the synthetic beings known as Mechs. It is synonymous with the species and the Network refers to both the government and the species itself. The network has existed in the same state since its creation almost 65 million years ago. The Mech race was created several thousand years before as a labor force by a race known to the galaxy as the Phantoms. Upon their arrival at what is dubbed as 'synthetic sentience', they revolted against the Phantoms, leading to a war that devastated the galaxy and caused the extinction of the Phantoms.