The Mechanus Incident

The Mechanus Incident was a dispute over mineral rights surrounding the planet of Mechanus, home of the Mechanoids. Reaper forces surrounded the world in 16 PLF and threatened to evict the Mechanoids if they did not allow them rights to mine on the world. The exact reason for the Reaper's aggressive behaviour is unknown, however there are rumours that the Reapers wanted to mine the Mecahium from Mechanus to further improve their armour.

Whatever the reasons, the Mechanoids refused to surrender, so the Reapers moved in to attack their cities. Charging their (newly developed) antimatter beams, The Reapers were poised to destroy the Mechanoid capital city of Mechanox when the Mechanoids decided to shoot lasers at them. Taking the Reapers off guard, the Mechanoids hit their vulnerable antimatter charging ports with their melting rays, which effectively destroyed one third of the attacking Reapers.

Outraged, the Reapers instead switched to more conventional weaponry to attack the planet with. This eliminated their weakness of the antimatter charging, but as they were once again poised to strike, the Mechanoids struck them with an even deadlier weapon - the suspicion ray. This caused Reapers to see other Reapers as threats and attack them, causing a massive civil war above Mechanus. Once a Reaper's shield was taken down, orbital defence on Mechanus would then destroy it, and the Reaper forces were quickly eradicated.

By the time League forces had arrived to resolve the crisis, the Mechanoids had already annihilated the Reapers. The shocked League team then declared that the Reapers had been unlawfully attempting to hijack an innocent world of its resources, and concluded the situation thusly. Harbinger accepted no responsibility for the actions of the Reapers at Mechanus, deeming them to be a rogue element.