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Adeptus Mechanicus
"There is no truth in flesh, only betrayal."
"There is no strength in flesh, only weakness."
"There is no constancy in flesh, only decay."
"There is no certainty in flesh but death."

— Credo Omnissiah

The Adeptus Mechanicus is the official Imperial name within the

Adeptus Terra for the Cult Mechanicus or Cult of the Machine based Adeptus Mechanicus
on Mars which provides the Imperium with its scientists, engineers and
technicians.

The Adepts of the Mechanicus are the primary keepers of what is viewed
as sacred wisdom, a privileged caste of Tech-priests who jealously guard
the knowledge required to maintain and construct much of the Imperium's
advanced technology.

In ancient times, before the current Age of the Imperium officially began
following the end of the Horus Heresy, the Adeptus Mechanicus was
instead called the Mechanicum.

The Adeptus Mechanicus was formally separated from the larger

Mechanicum of Mars by order of the Council of Terra in 012.M31. This
occurred after the Red Planet had fallen to the control of the Traitor
faction of the Mechanicum loyal to the Warmaster Horus later called the Race Mankind
"Dark Mechanicum."
Government Imperium of Man
The Mechanicus acknowledge the Emperor of Mankind as the ruler of the
Base of Mars
Imperium of Man, but not the religious truth of the Imperial Cult or the
Operations
Ecclesiarchy, and are granted an unusual amount of political and
religious autonomy within the Imperium's structure, a role protected by Leader Fabricator-General
the ancient Treaty of Mars. The Mechanicus essentially maintains an
empire-within-an-empire in Imperial space, and its interests usually, but Governing Ruling Priesthood of Mars
Body
not always, coincide with those of the wider Imperium.

State Religion Cult Mechanicus

Instead of the Imperial Creed, the servants of the Mechanicus follow their
own dark and mysterious scriptures and worship the strange deity they
Official Lingua-technis, Cant
call the Machine God or the "Omnissiah." Language Mechanicus

As part of this faith, the Adeptus Mechanicus believes knowledge is the Founding Date Age of Strife (Sometime
true manifestation of divinity in the universe, and all creatures and between the 25th and 30th
artefacts that embody knowledge are holy because of it. The Emperor is Millennia)

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