>>10679353>or establish a functioning universe.In the early days the robot was just a robot. No stupid fucking island domes. The Matoran maintained the machine functions inside and crewed the whole thing like a ship. The GSR was an Ark that safeguarded a population of survivors from a dying world in stasis and the intent was to discover and terraform a new home. Before all the complexities of the Metru era and beyond, the functions of the universe were well established and Makuta fit into that just fine. Yes, things needed to change to keep the story going, but the intial premise was solid.