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The homogenizing swarm is probably the worst sort of opponent [[human]]ity cares to face - something trying to make everyone and everything 'like them', thinking that one form - or one set of forms - is perfect.  While the former - a single 'gray goo' organism - is considered to be impossible, the latter remains a significant potential threat, as demonstrated by the [[Virgon Swarm]].

Before the [[Purge]] - ages before the [[Virgon]] were encountered, the [[Solar Council]] and the [[gerentry]] at large recognized the thread that such a swarm could pose.  Anything less than total annihilation of such a swarm - whether created by [[mankind]] or some [[alien]] intelligence - could not be accepted.

Going a step further - if such a swarm were to be encountered, it would be likely that defeating it would only be possible through technical, logistical, and strategic superiority.  A stagnant, apathetic humanity would be eliminated.

Thus, the Act formalized the system of [[geren]]s that had slowly been forming over the past [[cycle]], and actively promoted conflict between them - both sportlike and violent.  It also created a subclass of humanity, known as the [[content]] - those 'Last Men' who did not care enough to challenge themselves further.

At a glance, mankind seems exceedingly fractured, bordering on anarchy.  The response to the discovery of the Virgon, however, was nearly unanimous - the war was not abated because humans didn't want to fight anymore, but because most feel that somehow fracturing them will be a far superior solution.

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