The Techno-lords were a collection of Arkanian researchers who, amidst the Arkanian Revolution, fashioned a military force for the Arkanian Dominion. As a countermeasure to the Arkanian Renegades' Assimilator cyborgs, these techno-lords employed genetic manipulation combined with cybernetic enhancement to bring into existence the Accelerated Transgenic Heuristic Abhorers. After the revolution ended, the Arkanian Dominion tried to eliminate all of the Abhorers in a methodical way. However, Zeta Magnus, the primary clone among the Abhorers, avoided being captured and, seeking vengeance, began to track down and devour the techno-lords who had created him.