In giving some comments as to the name of this Energy, we begin with the word Hardware, which is relating to our interaction with machinery and the products that have sprung out of the mind of man. The ecliptic is the plane of the orbit of the earth.
Since it is in eclipse when looking at it below, this is the dross of unconsciousness, the machinery alien represents what is lurking below the plane of the ecliptic waiting to jump out and oppress.