Sentmac

Sentmac is a legal term and a race descriptor in the United Stars of the Galaxies. It means “Sentient Machine” and defines an artificial life form that gained or has self awareness and is Sentient. It is against Union Law to willingly or on purpose to create sentient machines. The only legal entity allowed to create Sentmacs is Mothermachine. In the case of accidental Sentmac creation the machine has to be destroyed before it can gain consciousness. Once the Sentmac is aware of its world and itself, First Contact procedures must be commenced. Should the Sentmac discovery occur anywhere within Union Territory, Mothermachine has to be consulted and her recommendations regarding the new Sentmac are law and must be followed. So far no other species like the X1o1 have been encountered, and no other Sentmac Civilization is known.

Notable Sentmacs :


 * All members of the X101 species,


 * Mother Machine,


 * SHIP,


 * CENTRON,


 * MATA HARI,


 * ALBERT (Luna)

(The first Engineer of the Kartanian is a Sentmac)