Fictional history repeats itself...
"Using recursive manufacturing, a much simpler idea is to seed space with factories churning out other factories (of course), detection systems, and intelligent missiles. Within a few years, such factories will have transformed most of the nearby asteroids and planets into missiles"
... until a buffer overflow error results in the robots turning rogue and assimilating everyone in a Borg-like apocalypse.
One giant weapon means direct control. And that's what all baddies really want.
/Strokes white cat
Biting the hand that feeds IT
