While rival warlords battled over the remnants of Terra the Tech-priests built Mars anew, and the first temples of the Machine God were built.
Their resolve and devotion to the cult became unshakable.
The people interpreted their survival in the face of tremendous odds as vindication of the Cult Mechanicus. Many of the cultists died defending their shelters and some early shelters were destroyed, but the survivors emerged all the stronger and more determined. Marauders and mutant raiders tried to force their way inside the hurriedly constructed buildings. There were few shelters even for the Tech-priests and none for unbelievers. They built shelters to protect themselves from the radiation storms, and oxygen generators and food processing machines to enable them to live behind the enclosed shielding. Under the direction of their Tech-priest leaders, the cultists set about restoring order to the world. The cult demanded absolute devotion from its followers, for only by selfless dedication and often personal sacrifice could machines be recovered or the planet saved. The religious devotees sought out the now scattered technology needed to rebuild temporary radiation shelters. However, this was not to be, for a new idea began to spread among the people, a religion of survival - the Cult Mechanicus dedicated to the Machine God. The destruction of the entire planet seemed likely. Many of the survivors devolved into mutants or gibbering cannibals. Plagues caused by high radiation levels slew most of the population. Mars returned to being the red wasteland of the past. īecause of lack of maintenance during this time, Mars's atmospheric radiation shields soon disintegrated, allowing deadly solar radiation to destroy the fragile ecosystem and wiping out sparse vegetation which had taken millennia to cultivate. Civil war engulfed thousands of human worlds, including the twin empires of Terra and Mars. Across the galaxy mankind suddenly turned upon itself as a new breed of Warp-attuned humans emerged. The Age of Strife brought an end to the glory and peace of the human domains. Those that did founded new worlds in the name of the Machine God, building on them a likeness of the great factories and temples of their distant home world. Many perished in the terrible Warp storms that engulfed the galaxy at that time, but others survived.
At the height of its splendour during the Golden Age, and even later in the anarchic Age of Strife, Mars dispatched hundreds of colony fleets into the void. ĭuring the Dark Age of Technology, the two empires of Terra and Mars co-existed, to the mutual benefit of both. The arid surface of Mars was terraformed, and under a man-made atmosphere the colony flourished. Mars was colonised early in human history, and developed separately from Terra, both culturally and technologically. The birthplace of the Martian Mechanicum was the ancient Forge World Mars. Members are born already post-adolescence and are promptly put to work. Members of the Mechanicum are often fast-grown in vats, infused with a instinctual level of knowledge due to data uplinks during their gestation. The level of a techpriest's augmentation is highly dependent on his rank within the Cult Mechanicus a novice may have only one or two augmented systems, if any, while very senior members may have only a few biological organs left in their bodies. Tech-priests are often cybernetically augmented. As befits the religious nature of the Mechanicus, tech-priests usually wear robes, which are usually either rust-red or white. Any member of the Cult Mechanicus over the rank of menial will often be referred to as a tech-priest, though Magi and higher ranks are usually referred to by rank.
Īdepts of the Adeptus Mechanicus are known as tech-priests. The symbol of the Adeptus Mechanicus is a skull, half-bone and half-machine, set against the background of a black and white cog. The religion and religious structure of the Adeptus Mechanicus is known as the Cult Mechanicus. The Adeptus Mechanicus also follows a different religion from the rest of the Imperium. Due to the great amount of power it wields, the Adeptus Mechanicus could almost be compared to be like an allied empire, rather than an organisation within the Imperium. While the Adeptus Mechanicus is a part of the Imperium, it has developed separately and enjoys a considerable degree of independence. 6 Notable Members of the Adeptus Mechanicus.
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