After the Metal-Body Species was born, it entered a period of chaos. Individuals fought one another out of an intelligent being's admiration for strength and desire to prove themselves, but that period soon ended.
After all, the entire species possessed fragments of the greatest individual's memories and could still distinguish friend from foe. The transition from civilization's birth to an ordered society happened swiftly, and they soon established themselves on the technological planet Origin One had left behind.
Because they were metal bodies, their malleability and means of absorbing energy required almost no conscious effort. Merely eating a little of any substance or basking in sunlight could sustain an individual for a long time.
Their meager desires made the Metal Race's technological development slow, but fortunately, their memories were excellent.
As time slowly passed, there were always some who gazed up at the stars. Dreamers and ambitious souls emerged within the civilization.
But some individuals were also content with things as they were.
Two major schools of thought gradually emerged within the species: the Striver Faction and the Sunny Faction. Birds of a feather flocked together, even among alien species.
Thanks to the Striver Faction's efforts, the Metal Race had now reached a point where it had to choose the next stage of its civilization. Faced with the dazzling allure of the stars, two dominant voices emerged within the race.
One side supported voyaging beyond their current stellar system, which contained only three stars. The Striver Faction wanted to find celestial bodies near more stars to settle on, and to explore the vastness of space.
The Sunny Faction wanted to remain on the planet. Its members saw no need to make pointless trouble and were content with their current lives, wanting nothing more.
This was a divide-a choice every civilization