On one of the Machine Order's seed worlds, there rose a mechanical species called the Grox.

The Grox were the first of the Machine Order's descendants to become spacefarers. They colonized a nearby planet and contacted the natives, even forming trade agreements and eventually trading technology.

However, the Grox soon died out. Their organic alliestook on their name, and gave rise to a race of cyborgs.

Grox

Without their cyborg implants, the Grox are physically weak creatures of mammalianoid evolutionary background. They are short-statured and have a carnivorous diet. Their feet sport two large toes and their hands are tridactyl. In spite of the fact that they lack any kind of claws or nails, and their only mean of physical attack seems to be their teeth; their bite is also relatively weak compared to other carnivorous creatures. Their large eyes and ears are believed to provide them with acute senses, which was likely to have been their main way of preventing attacks before they evolved into an intelligent species.

There are several evidences indicating that the Grox have a very unusual biology. For one thing they are able to survive on worlds classified as T0, which are usually barren lands with extreme temperatures and very thin atmosphere, deemed uninhabitable for virtually all the other species. It is also possible that radiation is beneficial for their metabolism, since they will only colonize planets on the galactic core, an area known for the high radiation level caused by several black holes an densely clustered stars. Their biology is carbon-based, but they do not consider themselves as such because of their technological implants.

Though it has been stated that the Grox do not understand relationships, some empires have actually managed to become friends or even allies of the Grox. Making an alliance with the Grox is considerably difficult due to their instinctive hatred and prejudice against other species.

All Grox have sophisticated cybernetic implants replacing their right eye, arm and leg, and part of their abdomen.