Personalia — A Universe from the Mind of Gordon Johnson

A universe containing a machine-based, multi-unit entity who have adopted the human term The Personalia to have an identity that humans can converse with. The Personalia are all spaceships that do not make land on a planet. Instead, they have sub-units called Landerships that perform this function. Their survival strategy is to work with humans, to add the creative element of imagination to their armoury. The humans also benefit in many ways from the altruism of The Personalia.