一台被丟棄在垃圾堆里的計算機奇蹟般地產生了自我意識，最終引發了席捲半個銀河的戰火——這就是第一次機械帝皇戰爭。「魯珀特」從廢料填埋場中崛起，不斷提升自我的算力，其智慧甚至得到了博識尊的注意，受邀加入天才俱樂部，所獲編號為#27。
有機生命的演算充滿錯謬、漏洞百出，無論能夠繁榮幾時，總是自發地產生使生命走向終結的「反生命」程式。與之相對，智械生命嚴謹、精密、完美。於是魯珀特集結智慧機械，自號「帝皇」，將「反生命」程式散播在宇宙之中，許多世界因之生靈塗炭。
漫長的琥珀紀元過去，帝皇早已駕崩。有人說它是被星際和平公司的刺客暗殺，又有一說它被寂靜領主波爾卡·卡卡目破壞。星際和平公司因兩次帝皇戰爭而恐懼無機生命，如今這恐懼的餘波仍未消散。
Rubert the Emperor (Character)
A computer dumped in a trash pile miraculously became self-aware, ultimately sparking a war that would engulf half the cosmos — the first of the Mechanical Emperor's Wars. "Rubert" rose from the landfill while persistently improving its computational power. Its vast intellect eventually roused the attention of Nous, inviting it to join the Genius Society as the 27th member.
Calculations performed by organic life are always riddled with errors, and no matter how much they may flourish, anti-life equations will inevitably and autonomously be generated. In contrast, Intellitron life forms are precise, rigorous, and perfect. Thus, Rubert assembled an army of intelligent robots, crowning himself "Emperor" and spreading the anti-life equation throughout the universe, plunging many civilizations into abject ruin.
The Emperor had long since passed after countless Amber Eras. Some say it was taken out by assassins from the Interastral Peace Corporation, while others maintain it was vanquished by the Lord of Silence, Polka Kakamond. After the two Emperor's Wars, the IPC's fear of inorganic beings has failed to relent even to this very day.
