Not wishing to detract from the comments above, but,
Personally i see the need for the introduction of the Space Colonising Uber Monkey's (SCUM) as a token allied faction for humanity in the epic struggle with the AI
I recently played host to one of their prestigious emissaries aboard my Home Command, a monkey by the name of Mr Tiddles, he suggested an allied war on two fronts ... he said something about an exo-galactic wormhole but i forget the details. It's damn hard to concentrate when confronted with a waistcoat wearing battle primate replete with shield generating cymbols and banana blasters, anyway i digress,
This is most certainly an avenue to be investigated further