Good game, man, but uh, I really enjoy the idea of the MC being a sort of..Connection point for the Cluster to communicate with.
But if I may say, to me, the Cluster does seem like a collective consciousness of the Machines. Think of like a sorta queen bee or hivemind type thing, where the Machines either originate or just protect. Great game though and thanks for coming to NoBodies' rambling V1!