# Lore - Intro

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From within your Manufactory, the parts that you make will either help preserve your *own* pioneering efforts in the vast and lonely cosmos, or be sold to *Echo-9,* who own the monopoly on interplanetary part distribution.

Take heart. Your unique ARF assistant will be with you every step of the way in your quest to advance and succeed in the Alloy Space metaverse. And as you advance, so will your ARF.

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