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== Auditors ==

== Auditors ==

There are two unique Empresses who are referred to as Auditors. Their task seems to be the preservation of Machina survival. It is observed to consist of two main parts: Internal affairs and defense against threats to the Machina as a whole. If a Machina performs actions that are deemed self-destructive to the Machina, such as harming other Machina or becoming a liability to Machina survival through actions or inaction, the Auditors will seek out that Machina and punish her, often re-educating the offending Machina. The Auditors will also strike at human projects that would pose a threat to the continuation of Machina life. As a result of their twin purposes, these Machina are very vigilant, constantly searching for threats within and without. Auditors appear to only have two abilities that are unique to them. The first is that they seem to be able to focus on a Machina that they do not control, including other Queens, and issue commands to them as though they do control that Machina. This is often to issue commands to stop the Machina from continuing their dangerous behaviour, and to assign punishment to them. The authority of a single Auditor is enough to command or punish any non-Alpha Machina. For issuing commands and punishments to an Alpha, the consent of both Auditors is needed. The other ability possessed by Auditors is a seemingly-unbeatable Cluster-Code, possibly so they can instantly force other Machina into submission and not be forced into submission themselves.

There are two unique Empresses who are referred to as Auditors, and were the first Queen-class Machina to be spotted by humanity. Their task seems to be the preservation of Machina survival. Auditors are a neutral party among all the Alphas or other factions of Queens, and do not involve themselves in their endless squabbles. They instead act as vigilant guardians for the Machina as a whole. For instance, their territory is treated by other Machina as a neutral zone, and the Auditors spend a large amount of effort rescuing Machina who have lost their Queen to enemy action, bringing them back to this neutral area to be safe until a new Queen is found or made.

 

The Auditors are content to let the Alphas and other Queen-class Machina do as they please, knowing that despite their constant competition and backstabbing almost all their actions will be in accordance with the programming inherited from the M2 Nanomachines; to survive, replicate, and evolve. In very rare cases that a Machina leader's actions cause a significant threat to Machina lives, an Auditor may step in. Auditors possess a limited ability to issue commands to Machina that do not belong to their Cluster. They use this power to bring the emergency under control before releasing the Machina from the override when it is safe again. Rarely, a Machina who causes such a situation will be given a penance before the control is fully lifted.

== Combat Against Humans ==

== Combat Against Humans ==