I wonder if the idea has at all struck the ubernet staff working on PA that the lore could be similar to BSG in its back story only the machines are all war machines that continue to fight on long after the civilisations that created them have fled to a more peaceful corner of the galaxy. It would be worth watching the remake movie (if you like those kind of movies and haven't seen it before). I was a bit of a sci-fi fan but never knew about BSG until a few years back. Only mentioning it as I see a connection between the lore and BSG.
Any ideas what direction Uber are thinking of taking this? I see it highly likely people will want to mod AI on planets that extends or fires the back story.