Come and study of the fallen scions of Mars – the Darkish Mechanicum who turned their backs on the Omnissiah in a mad lust for energy.
The Darkish Mechanicum, referred to by themselves because the New Mechanicum, is a Chaos-affiliated sect of the Adeptus Mechanicus. Its origins hint again to those that pledged loyalty to Warmaster Horus on the finish of the Nice Campaign. The Darkish Mechanicum serves as a darkish “mirror” to their counterparts inside the Imperium.
Early Historical past
Horus gained the loyalty of a sect inside the Mechanicum after promising them STC expertise gained from the worlds of the Auretian Technocracy and the opening of the vaults of forbidden expertise on Mars. As well as, Horus’s emissaries and spies advised the Tech-Clergymen that the Emperor deliberate to steal the secrets and techniques and expertise of the Martian Mechanicum and even ultimately enslave the Tech-Clergymen. Lastly, Horus used the ideological schism inside the Mechanicum, between those that believed the Emperor was the earthly illustration of the Omnissiah and those that nonetheless thought such a determine was entombed on Mars, suggesting it was the Emperor himself who had offered himself as their god in a scheme to make him their servants.
Having gained over most of the Mechanicum’s Clergymen, Horus inspired his new allies to dabble in beforehand forbidden applied sciences, steadily engaging them to the powers of Chaos.
Fabricator Basic Kelbor-Hal, after siding with Horus
Within the ensuing Schism of Mars, the Darkish Mechanicum led by Fabricator-Basic Kelbor-Hal supported the Warmaster through the begin of the Horus Heresy and had been current on Istvaan V the place they used darkish and forbidden information in opposition to the Loyalist forces. With the defeat of traitor forces after the Battle of Terra and the following Nice Scouring, the Darkish Mechanicum fled into the Eye of Terror with their Chaos House Marine allies.
Present Standing
Within the forty first Millennium, the Darkish Mechanicum are nonetheless lively, using huge, daemonically corrupted Titan battle machines of the Traitor Titan Legions in opposition to the Imperium and producing infernal weapons and Daemon Engines from the world of Xana II.
Through the Thirteenth Black Campaign, the Darkish Mechanicum started invading Imperium worlds that had been devastated within the aftermath of the Nice Rift‘s creation. Their targets should not picked at random, nevertheless, because the Darkish Mechanicum are looking for historic archeotech that may assist them full an unholy weapon of battle and terror whose like has not been seen for the reason that Darkish Age of Know-how.
Know-how
In contrast to their loyal Mechanicum brethren, the Darkish Mechanicus has no concern with modifying STC‘s or different types of sanctioned Imperial expertise. Consequently they haven’t any qualms in uncovering forbidden expertise from the Darkish Ages such because the Silica Animus and Anima Mori. Darkish Mechanicus expertise is closely intertwined with the Warp and Daemonic they usually haven’t any boundaries in the case of genetic experimentation and superior cybernetics that push the restrict of Humanity. As demonstrated with units such because the Kaban Machine, the Darkish Mechanicum has little to no quams in the case of the event of Synthetic Intelligence.
Nevertheless of all their esoteric applied sciences, Daemon Engines are essentially the most notorious technological creations of the Darkish Mechanicum. Darkish Mechanicum Forge World produce weapons of battle for not solely themselves but additionally Chaos House Marine and different Chaos-affiliated warbands in trade for slaves and assets.
Darkish Mechanicum Forces
The forces of the Darkish Mechanicum are an echo to these of their Adeptus Mechanicum brethren. Their Tech-Clergymen typically put on darkish crimson robs whereas others put on black robes symbolizing their unique loyalty to Horus. Nevertheless there’s little standardization, and Darkish Magi cabals typically resolve their very own look and stage of bionics.
Under their Tech-Priest masters, Darkish Mechanicus infantry consists of each hordes of expendable drug-fueled Mutant slaves and Servitors alongside crack infantry dubbed Darkish Skitarii. These darkish mirrors of the Skitarii are closely mutated and corrupted, typically sporting black robes and donning horned helms. Daemons and Possessed are additionally widespread infantry in Darkish Mechanicum armies. The Conflict Robots of the Darkish Mechanicum are steeped in Chaos vitality and wield historic vitality weapons. Some Chaos House Marines have additionally joined the ranks of the Darkish Mechanicum.
Darkish Mechanicum armor encompass all kinds of autos. These embrace anti-grav autos and lightweight walkers, Eviscerator Engines, and artillery carriages. They wield a considerable amount of Daemon Engines, together with Defilers and Brass Scorpions. Generally used plane embrace Hell Blades and Hell Talons.
The Darkish Mechanicum nonetheless maintains robust ties with the Traitor Titan Legions and Chaos Knights. Darkish Tech-Clergymen preserve historic Chaos-corrupted Titan and Knight engines in trade for his or her providers in battle. The Warp Entity Vashtorr the Arkifane claims dominion over the warp-technology of the Darkish Mechanicus, however any formal relationship, or patronage is unknown.
Key Forge Worlds
A Forge World close to the Eye of Terror. The historical past of Xana II started when Tech-Clergymen of the unique Forge Lords of the Xana System declared loyalty to Warmaster Horus through the Horus Heresy. Presumably, they had been in the end pressured to flee into the Eye of Terror through the Nice Scouring, the place they based Xana II. It’s additionally potential that the Hereteks of the unique Forge of Xana II in Xana’s system someway moved it to the Eye.
Operated by the Darkish Mechanicum, Xana is notorious for its manufacturing of superior wargear and Daemon Engines for the forces of Chaos. The hellish world of Xana II is believed to be a planet wholly given to daemon-machines and infernal industries, the place mills grind flesh and numerous hundreds of thousands are enslaved to work in its world-spanning factories. The masters of Xana II, typically half-daemon machines themselves, have lengthy since given up their humanity and reply to none. They promote their creations to the best bidder, be they Chaos House Marines, Daemon Princes, Sorcerers, or warlords and settle for solely human forex to feed their worlds infinite necessities for slaves and souls. Xana II particularly is understood for its plane, such because the Hell Blade and Hell Talon, that are extensively utilized by the forces of Chaos. The Imperium stays largely unaware of expertise and weapons of the Xana II lineage
The Darkish Mechanicus are customers of prohibited expertise, resembling true AI (Abominable Intelligences).
A Forge World close to the Maelstrom. Through the Age of Strife, the world grew to become an Adeptus Mechanicus station however quickly was remoted and embattled. By itself in opposition to raiders, xenos, and abhumans and with out assist from Mars, the clergymen of Sarum grew to become isolationists below a cult by their ruler, Redjak. Redjak solidified his Crimson Priesthoods energy, taking up a lot of the Golgothan Sector. Nevertheless when Sarum confronted a large invasion by the Brotherhood of Damage and their Ork allies, they plead for assist from the Imperium and at last obtained it within the type of the World Eaters thirteenth Expeditionary Fleet, led personally by Angron.
Within the ensuing Golgothan Slaughter, the Brotherhood of Damage was annihilated by the World Eaters. Nevertheless Angron subsequent turned his wrath on the Crimson Clergymen of Sarum, scouring the planet and claiming it as his ahead working base for the following eleven years in a marketing campaign in opposition to the Clergymen remaining empire. Sarum pledged itself to the forces of Horus through the Horus Heresy and have become a Forge World for the Darkish Mechanicum. Through the Heresy, Sarum continued to provide the World Eaters with their armaments.
In direction of the later phases of the Heresy, Perturabo himself arrived at Sarum seeking data of the place to search out Angron. He discovered the planet corrupted past measure, with a strong crust of particles in orbit performing as a sort of outer shell. On Sarum, the Clergymen had change into slaves to Chaos, their heads changed with the skulls of varied creatures. On the middle of Sarum was a sure Daemon of Khorne referred to as Sa’ra’am, which revealed that Angron was on the world of Deluge. Sar’ra’am ultimately possessed the Iron Warrior Volk, creating the primary Obliterator.
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