Consider the situation: you're living on a spaceship, after your home planet has exploded. War has broken out on the ship, with two factions fighting for control. One is using techniques and artificially grown monsters, the other sends armies of robots and androids to attack from ground, sea, and air.
What stance would you take in this conflict? Would you side the the magic slinging Layans or the mechanical movement of Orakians? Maybe you would rather stay neutral and try to find a nice, quiet corner to wait it out?