Solar star field, solar system, Mars, rusty wasteland
This planet known as the "Red Star" is hailed as a miracle of the Milky Way. In the early 22nd millennium, it became the first planet to be modified by humans.
Once the planet became habitable, Mars was dominated by industrial conglomerates and soon developed into the first hive world and a center of industrial and scientific advancement.
In the age of dark technology, Mars and Earth, which both belong to the same empire, coexist peacefully.
During the Age of Strife, Mars experienced centuries of isolation, and the entire planet was in a state of anarchy.
For a long period of time, Mars was cut off from the Earth by super subspace storms. Mars' own atmospheric barrier also collapsed, exposing it to deadly radiation, causing havoc on the surface.
During this period, radiation-proof shelters were the only hope for human survival on Mars. Technology was the key to maintaining human survival on Mars at that time. It was also during this period that the worship of the Ohm Messiah began to take shape and develop.
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When the Terran Unification War ended, Mars had developed a culture completely different from that of Earth. A religious organization called the Mechanicus ruled the planet with high-tech means. What they respected was a being named the "Mechanicus."
Belief.
After the Emperor powerfully unified the Earth, he immediately visited Mars and signed a covenant with the Adeptus Mechanicus, bringing the red star back to the embrace of humanity.
During the Great Crusade, the Titan Legion on Mars and the newly created Space Marine Legion fought side by side to expand territory for the Empire. At that time, Mars and many forge worlds belonging to the Mechanicus provided almost all the munitions and equipment for the Human Empire.
, and penetrated into every aspect of imperial society.
During the Horus Heresy, Mars also became a key battlefield. A war broke out between the Mechanicus who were loyal to the Empire and the Dark Mechanicus who had taken refuge in Horus.
Initially, in the civil war, the Dark Mechanicum was victorious, the Loyalists retreated to Earth, and the Traitors occupied Mars.
As Horus advanced, the Imperial Fists sealed Mars for several years, and in the final stages of the Sol System War, Mars was "liberated" by Horus' rebels.
During the Battle of Terra, Horus was killed, the rebels were completely defeated, and Mars once again returned to the Empire.
But this does not mean that Mars has achieved peace. In fact, decades after the end of the Great Rebellion, the "liquidation" work has been ongoing. Countless technologies have been destroyed in the flames of war. The technological level of the Mars Mechanicus has also declined since then, and they only rely on recycling.
Living through the legacy of the past.
As the only light of science and technology for mankind, the Cult of Mechanicum involves almost all areas where mankind needs science and technology, whether it is people's livelihood, military, medical treatment, education and other fields.
There are only three areas that the Mechanicum cannot touch, namely the Royal Palace of Terra, the Chamber of Assassins, and the Adeptus Astartes, because these three areas have their own independent technological production systems and are highly closed.
But among them, the relationship between the Astartes and the Mechanicum is the most ambiguous.
On the one hand, as a military institution, the Adeptus Astartes has a large number of warships and weapons and equipment that need to be updated and maintained.
On the other hand, the Adeptus Astartes, as an independent armed force of the empire, is highly closed and will not allow other organizations to penetrate deeply into the order.
Therefore, in this special relationship, the technical sergeant came into being.
A Space Marine chapter will discover those battle brothers in the company who are particularly sensitive to machinery as pre-selected technical sergeants. Those selected warriors will be sent to Mars as "abroad students" for thirty years of training.
There they will be imparted knowledge about the God of All Machines, how to use engineering runes for divination, and how to perform maintenance and blessing rituals. This great knowledge must be fully understood and remembered by the Techmarines.
The knowledge involved in these thirty years of study not only includes numerous and intricate maintenance rituals and hymns, but also requires learning a variety of solutions to deal with any situation that may be encountered on the battlefield.
A fully qualified Techmarine will have the ability to "sense" the "pain" of damaged machinery and heal it.
After completing their training, Techmarines will return to their Chapters as required and serve as a link between the Adeptus Mechanicus and the Adeptus Astartes, making them very different from other battle brothers.
Rico Rogris from the Astral Knights has also spent the tenth year of his study abroad career on Mars.
He spent the first ten years studying in the Temple of the God of All Machines, where he mastered a lot of basic knowledge, a large number of complex special terms, and even more complex code programming teachings.
These may be very difficult for a mortal, but for an Astartes, they are not very complicated.
In the process, he also met several warriors from the same batch as him, including Rui Boronat from the Raven Guard, Loic Lugo from the Star Dragon, and the Pioneers.
Harland Alucard of the Chapter.
Among them, the Star Dragon Chapter is particularly interesting to Rogris, because the members of this Chapter will perform ritual skin tattooing and embed electronic circuits in the deep wounds, making them look like stars imprisoned in a cage.
sparkling with light.
Roglis once asked about the meaning of these metal tattoos, but the other party remained silent.
But Rui Boronat speculated that they might be the descendants of Ferrus Manus, but Harland Alucard countered that Loic Lugo lacked the Iron Hands.
He has a cold logic, but is often guided by strong emotions - simply put, he is prone to acting emotionally.
In any case, having a few good friends in Mars, a ruthless and mechanical place, is finally some comfort to Roglis.
And today, they have completely ended their studies in the temple and will go to a new place to learn new knowledge.
It needs to be emphasized that the term "Technical Priest" is a very broad general term, which includes thousands of roles with different titles and titles in the Adeptus Mechanicus. These roles can be roughly divided into four types, namely sages and sages.
Scholar, geneticist, logician, blacksmith.
The Magi carry out obscure agendas and are tasked with commanding them, and the results of whatever agenda is often either great achievements or terrible disasters.
Logicians are the senior technical priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus, who are analysts, statisticians, and logistics experts. Their task is to predict future trends and make predictions about the expenditures and needs of the Adeptus Mechanicus.
Duty, they are often considered the prophets of the Mechanicus.
Genetics are constantly exploring the mysteries of living things. They can create the most incredible and strange semi-mechanical life forms, or they can kill countless aliens just so that they can understand the secrets of alien life and social metabolism.
Blacksmiths forge and preserve a collection of awe-inspiring weapons of war, from gorgeous gamma pistols to majestic Ark Mechanics that are so huge that they are beyond the reach of ordinary minds.
Among these areas, the first three areas all contain secrets that the Adeptus Mechanicus is unwilling to share with outsiders. Only in the last area are they reluctantly willing to give some in exchange for the support of the Adeptus Astartes.
Therefore, the studies of the technical sergeants are all concentrated in the field of blacksmiths. What Rogris and the others are going to is a temple controlled by the master of the forge, the highest honor of blacksmiths - the Mareotis Forging Temple.
But before going there, Logris will go to the Temple of Omniscient one more time.