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WildStar: About the Mechari

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These pics came from the game.

The Mechari.  Probably, in my opinion, the most awesome race in WildStar.  Giant 9 foot tall robots that were built by the Eldan many years ago.  According to their biography, they were built to be a servant race that could communicate with the other races of the galaxy, and watch for developments in culture and technology that might be of interest to them.  They were sent out to observe the various inhabited planets in the galaxy, studying their individual strengths and weaknesses, and reporting the information back to Nexus.  Although they were created by the Eldan, the Mechari themselves were not aware of the true scope of their builders advancements in technology.

Hundreds of years after they were first created, the Mechari helped the humans of planet Cassus (aka Cassians) establish the Dominion.  They helped the Dominion quickly expand though a series of brilliantly executed maneuvers.  They also established the Imperial Corps of Intelligence to protect the empire from spies and traitors, and took it upon themselves to oversee its operations.  Sounds to me that the Mechari are the ones who are truly running the Dominion, using the Cassians as their puppets.

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One of the things that makes them so cool is their head crystals made out of Exanite, a rare and powerful substance composed of all six primal energies (Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Logic, and Life). The unique properties of this material along with Eldan engineering give the Mechari their unique traits such as sentience and advanced intelligence.  Oddly enough, the color of their crystals is determined by its impurities.  Pure Exanite is perfectly balanced with all elements, and is colored pure white.  And yet, even the slightest imbalance will drastically ruin the quality and change the color.  Orange, for example, would be a crystal that has a dominant ratio of primal fire.

Contrary to popular belief, these imbalances do not affect the Mechari's personality, as the amounts are too small to have any effect.  For some reason, the properties of Exanite crystals allows smaller pieces to float around bigger chunks of it, like some kind of magnetic force between the crystals.  The Exanite core can be as small as the slot on the back of their head, to more elaborate, grand designs.  Where they get the crystals and why they spare such a large amount for aesthetics is unknown, though there may be practical reasons to it.

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Another thing that people may like about the Mechari is their extremely exaggerated body proportions.  Those body measurements are deemed efficient and aesthetically pleasing to other organics.  XDDDD  They have very long, elegant limbs, with the arms oftentimes bisected with a space in the middle, and joints little more than thin connecting pipes.  Males have extremely broad, muscular chests, and usually stand up straight. Females have thin hour-glass figures with large "breasts," their assets highlighted by their posture of leaning slightly back, pushing the chest upwards and outwards. Both have absurdly thin waists.  Their metal coating is made of a fascinating, as yet unnamed substance; it has much the same sheen as light and is as durable as metals like titanium, but can deform and stretch to allow the Mechari facial expressions.

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What I think is one of the most popular questions about the Mechari is "are capable of reproduction like organic life?"  The reason why I think this is one of the most popular questions is because we see certain things about them seen in the game that kinda makes people wonder.  For instance, if they were built by the Eldan then shouldn't they have known where Nexus was?  Another question that kinda makes you wonder about them is at the beginning of the game, when you chose to play as a Mechari, and your character is taken out of a cryo pod.  Which makes you wonder why they would need to go into cryo pods if they are ageless robots?  Unless they aren't ageless at all.  They even eat the same food as the rest of the races in the game, not batteries.  Why would they need to eat real food if they are robots?  Another question that ties in with all this is why the Mechari have genders if they are robots?

These questions tend to make fans wonder a lot of things.  Some think that the Mechari have all this stuff just so organic races can feel comfortable around them, because it was what they were programed to do.  Yet, Mechari seem to exhibit behaviors that suggest that they have emotions and independent thoughts.  Behaviors that pretty much classify them as a 'sentient species' with gender differences.  With this in mind, some fans speculate these theories stating that the Mechari aren't exactly ageless mechanical beings and will eventually die.  Which kinda brings us back to the question if they can reproduce.

As stated before, no one knows where the Mechari get Exanite crystals for their brains.  And Exanite seems to be a key component for them.  From the description of how Exanite sometimes has impurities, my guess is that the crystals are created by some sort of secret that only the Mechari know.  Also, if the metal armor they are made out of is unknown, how would the Dominion be able to build more Mechari.  My theory is that the Mechari are classified as a race, because they are more than just simple robots.  If they need to eat food and sleep in cryo pods, then I guess the Eldan created them with some sort of complex mechanics and programing that makes them need to replenish energy just like a non-roboict species.  Since nobody seems to know what their armor is made out of, or where they get Exanite crystals, I assume that the Mechari have some form of reproduction between them.  Which is why they have males and females.

This is all speculations of course, made up by fans of WildStar like me.  But who knows?  I guess the creators of WildStar will let us figure out the truth.
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If only all of these heads were in the game.