It maintains the glories of yesteryear with rite, dogma and edict instead of true discernment and comprehension.Ī Tech-priest ready to defend the works of the Omnissiah.įor instance, even the theoretically simple process of activating a vehicle's engine is preceded by the application of ritual oils, the burning of sacred resins and the chanting of long and complex hymns. No longer the master of its creations, the Cult Mechanicus is enslaved to the past. Though their bodies often incorporate many inorganic components as bionic replacements, Tech-priests are fully Human, unlike the cybernetic servitors created by the Adeptus Mechanicus that carry out most of the heavy labour for all of the Imperium's myriad organisations and enterprises.ĭespite the never-ending thirst for knowledge of all branches of the order, most Tech-priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus have lost the ability to innovate or carry out basic scientific research. The Tech-priests provide the rest of the Imperium with its equivalent to technicians, scientists and engineers. Tech-priests are members of the Cult Mechanicus, the Cult of the Machine, a priesthood which forms an ecclesiastical hierarchy of technicians, scientists, and religious leaders who believe that knowledge represents the only true divinity in the universe. Vox Servitor Theta, on behalf of Cult Mechanicus Adept Manuel.Ī Tech-priest, also spelled Tech-Priest or even tech-priest, is an adept of the Adeptus Mechanicus of the Imperium of Man who is generally responsible for maintaining all of the advanced technology of the Imperium, enlarging the Imperium's stocks of technical knowledge and conducting what little new scientific research occurs within the Imperium since the end of the Horus Heresy. I speak to the spirits of ancient tech-machines, from the warrior heart of a battle tank to the secret wisdom of the cogitator."
The rites of manifold applications, the liturgies of ignition and the songs of Engine-seeing are mine own to know. " I am a Child of the Omnissiah, cultist of the Machine God.
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