I edited the detailed history to make more sense of what happened in how the UGO overtook mars as the dominant power.

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And hey, where's the AI that's gained self-awareness?
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They're in there, technological capabilities mentions that self aware AIs have been made, but generally it is seen as a crime to "give a machines a soul". Of course it still has happened, but the fate of the AIs generally involve either having them take a human identity through making them believe they are a mind uploaded human by altering their memories or euthanization.