chimpfrenzy Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Hi, I was wondering what version of the cog cult you prefere. I think I am quite familiar with the background, but I am interested, what image and theme of the Mechanicum you imagine, when exploring the Imperium. Be it the totally insane and clueless maniacs praying to a lightbulb; extremely orthodox, but learned innovation phobs or genuine scientists and engeniers, who just keep the good stuff to themselves. What is the Machine God in your WH40k? Pure Imagination; a star-god; an ACTUAL warp-god or a stupidly advanced A.I. from the DAoT? I personally prefere the idea, that the STCs are the work of an A.I., now worshipped by the ( learned) priests as a god, although i find the idea of the machine god as a concept for the acasha also interesting. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286471-your-cult-mechanicus/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
clanfield Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 I like the innovation phobes praying to the light switch and using the sacred oil of illumination etc Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286471-your-cult-mechanicus/#findComment-3586963 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Personally, I like the religiously obsessed heroes of knowledge, groping in the dark to try and understand their rituals but too frightened of getting it wrong to innovate except in the most dire of circumstances. My Machine God is the anima mechanus, the piece of soul inherent to every existing thing that, in the sacred works of the mechanicus, is awakened upon creation of their favoured works, while it lays dormant in all but the most loved and cared for pieces of gear... or the most tortured and abused. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286471-your-cult-mechanicus/#findComment-3587017 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Sefiel Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 GreetingsI like the idea of criminal Innovators, desperately trying to recreate old glories in order to fight off the existential threats to human society. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286471-your-cult-mechanicus/#findComment-3588286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimpfrenzy Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 What do you mean by "criminal innovators", the term doesn't make sense to me. Do you mean, innovation is in their eyes a crime, or what? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286471-your-cult-mechanicus/#findComment-3588912 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Sefiel Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 HelloThat's exactly what the term means, Chimpfrenzy. Lots of things don't make sense to us that are accepted as absolute truth by the lunatics of the 41st millennium...One of the reasons for this is that humanity was almost destroyed by its own creations prior to the formation of the Imperium. Another is that many believe that some technology is inherently corrupted. It is safer to stick with what they know to be reliable. Hence progress is almost absent. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286471-your-cult-mechanicus/#findComment-3589298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 What do you mean by "criminal innovators", the term doesn't make sense to me. Do you mean, innovation is in their eyes a crime, or what?Innovation - creating new technologies - is heresy in the eyes of the Adeptus Mechanicum... therefore any innovator who sets that out as their primary goal is a criminal. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286471-your-cult-mechanicus/#findComment-3589633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger9gamer Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 there is no nobel mechanicum is there? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286471-your-cult-mechanicus/#findComment-3599255 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellios Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Greetings I like the idea of criminal Innovators, desperately trying to recreate old glories in order to fight off the existential threats to human society. Heretech! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286471-your-cult-mechanicus/#findComment-3600352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 there is no nobel mechanicum is there?Closest thing to Nobility in the AdMech is the Knight Households, who aren't technically part of the AdMech - the Mechanicum is a meritocracy. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286471-your-cult-mechanicus/#findComment-3600391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain General Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Not trying to steal this thread, but , what is/are the "knight Households"? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286471-your-cult-mechanicus/#findComment-3600533 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Knight Households are families that act as guardians and rulers over non-forge AdMech facilities, such as the tithe worlds that produce food for their Forge Worlds. They pilot large, battery-powered combat armours called Knights, which GW has just released a model for. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286471-your-cult-mechanicus/#findComment-3600623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FashaTheDog Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 I have a soft spot for those who attempt to merge xenos and/or Warp technology to Mechanicum technology; a little heresy is good for the soul (be it a good thing for the soul or a good trade for the soul). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286471-your-cult-mechanicus/#findComment-3600648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demus Ragnok Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 there is no nobel mechanicum is there?Closest thing to Nobility in the AdMech is the Knight Households, who aren't technically part of the AdMech - the Mechanicum is a meritocracy. Furyou I think Tiger may have been referring to Nobel, as in Nobel prizes. And I have some fluff in my head for my DIY SM chapter that involves a Magos Biologis that goes down the dangerous path of innovation. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286471-your-cult-mechanicus/#findComment-3601009 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimpfrenzy Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 I still believe Tiger9Gamer just had a typo, but good pun. But something noble, shining examples of techpriests, who are utterly dedicated in a idealistic obsession, sounds nice. A left trace of hope makes all the darkness even more alien. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286471-your-cult-mechanicus/#findComment-3602777 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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