The robot faction got its own soundtrack and it sounds appropriately detached from human emotion. Mark Macbride builds most of these tracks around cold, precise electronic textures that feel clinical in the best way. "Forged for a Purpose" hums with industrial purpose, all mechanical rhythm and processed tones.
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"The Optimal Path" is sterile and calculated, like music designed by an algorithm that almost understands beauty. "Memories from a Lifetime Ago" cracks the synthetic shell open just slightly with something resembling nostalgia.
The holiday sanctuary tracks from Homero Sanchez add weird warmth, robots celebrating Auraximas. Eight tracks, tight and focused. If you main NSO and want background music that validates your faction choice, here it is.