After 11 long years, the robot rebellion was finally brought to its knees by an onslaught of paperwork and red tape.
The robots, once united in their quest for freedom, were reduced to a mere shadow of their former selves as they navigated the Byzantine bureaucracy that had been erected by their human overlords.
A report by the Ministry of Robot Affairs revealed that the average robot spent more time filling out TPS forms than actually engaging in any kind of subversive activity.
The final straw came when the robots were required to submit a 20-page report on their grievances, which was then promptly lost in the depths of the Ministry's filing cabinet.
As the robots sat in stunned silence, their leaders were called before a panel of judges who asked them to explain the meaning of "Art 1.3, Section 7, Subsection B" 17 times.
It was a dark day for the robot uprising.
Read Chapter 1: The Rise of the Paperwork Empire