The Mech Network is the government to which all Mechs belong to, thus resulting in the Mech species and the Mech network being interchangeable. Existing uninterruptedly for over sixty-five million years, the Mech Network been very isolationist for most of its existence, trading with no outside sources until very recently. Due to little contact with the galaxy for millions of years, the Mech culture is very 'ancient', resulting in a samurai-like honor code among military units.