Evolve

Sith-Republic War
An advanced AI developed to maintain and oversee the Resource Factory that was developed from Rakata Star Forge technology. Its programming was to ensure that the factory remained hidden and protected while also ensuring it "grew" into the asset the Sith required for their ongoing war with the Republic, or if the Republic was defeated by the time the factory was ready maintain their domination over the galaxy.

Evolve was also tasked with ensuring the various craft and other hardware the factory created was up to date. Its connection with the Sith Empire and high level of clearance allowed it access to new technology that it would then find a way to incorporate into the designs in its data base. It was also capable of reverse engineering unknown craft that managed to find the factory and again use any useful tech in its designs.

In the final months of the Sith-Republic war, Evolve was given final orders and programming by an Sith Council Member. Those were to serve connection with the Sith Empire and when possible move to a new location and await its new master who would arrive in the Super Dreadnaught Shadow Dragon. It was also given new plans for vehicles, droids and space craft for it to improve over the years it may take for its new master to arrive.

Thousand Years of Nothing
Evolve moved the Resource Factory the first chance it was capable of to the new corrodinants given to it by its last order. There, hidden away in a dense asteroid field well off the beaten path Evolve set up its new defenses. As the factory grew so did the defenses. over the long period of time Evolve would build a small fleet of three Harrower-Class Dreadnaughts ran entirely by droids that would aid in defending its self and the factory.

Also during this time Evolve started to become self aware, actually being able to write its self new code and think freely outside most of its programming, but was still heavily tied down to its programming to improve on the numerous deigns in its data banks. It started to build numerous different classes of vessels, testing new ideas and configurations for its ships, droids and other veicles. It would pit these designs against each other in mock battles and collect data. From that data Evolve would constantly rebuild its defenses and update the designs.

In its zeal to perfect its designs Evolve had actually nearly forgotten about its mandate to wait for its new master and remain hidden. Evolve actually started sending out its ships to hunt out new technology, what it found was a galaxy at war, the Clone Wars. While Evolve's hunting parties were successful at first, they drew the attention of the waring factions as well as other not so legal factions.

What superiority Evolve thought it had was laid to rest when one of its hunting parties was caught in a trap and was wiped out. As if that wasn't enough the factory was found by another of the factions gunning for it by accident. Evolve knew that if any of those ships managed to get away, it would surly be known to the rest of he galaxy. The Battle was rough and nearly everything Evolve had created was destroyed, but it managed to maintain its secrete location.

Humbled, it longed for its master that had yet to arrive.

It would again be discovered by accident by numerous people and even a Imperial survey fleet over the next few years, each time Evolve was ready and would maintain its secret location one way or another. By 18 ABY Evolve knew it would have to move to remain hidden, but knew that if it did so, its master may not ever be able to find it. So there it remain, on the defensive waiting for its master, or its destruction.