"Heresy is a subjective term -- only you who are in fear of the Iron Messiah's righteous gaze wish this work to cease. In His name, I shall see this is never so!"
- —Last recorded words of Pater Machinae Dorylbus, heretek
The Cog Mechanicum of the Adeptus Mechanicus
The Omnissiads are a sect of the Adeptus Mechanicus that are interested in probing forbidden technological secrets in the hope that they might find a way to create a material avatar for the Machine God in realspace.
History[]
There is a movement within the Adeptus Mechanicus not unlike that of the Inquisition's Thorians. Theirs is a philosophy considered highly dangerous by their brethren, a philosophy in which the summoning of either the Omnissiah (the Mechanicus' term for the Emperor), or the Machine God Himself into a pre-built, or extensively modified, avatar, is greatly desired so that He might lead the tech-priests on to the end of their Quest for Knowledge.
Though the majority of this faction may be united in purpose, these members of the Mechanicus differ greatly in method. Some may seek out the most able of their mind-scrubbed servitors, so that they may create a host of both flesh and metal for their Machine God. There are Genetors that grow monstrous creatures, that they consider absolute organic perfection, in great bio-vats, or even darker, those that may pursue an entirely mechanical construct, touching upon the dark and forbidden arts of Abominable Intelligence (artificial general intelligence).
To the Adeptus Mechanicus, this is on par with the soliciting of Daemonic entities so reviled by Inquisitors of a Puritan (or sane) state of mind. Unsurprisingly, then, this particular tenet results in its adherents maintaining and fostering close relationships with other like-minded philosophies, such as the aforementioned Thorians, Horusians, and other Radical Resurrectionist cults that may provide assistance in the great endeavour to make the Machine God walk amongst his followers. It is for this reason that the Inquisition knows so much about the Omnissiads and has formed numerous secretive pacts with the Mechanicus in the name of eradicating the heretical sentiment of summoning deities.
To the Omnissiads it is clear that the hour of His return is at hand. The xenoheresies of the Necrontyr have revealed themselves so that they may be righteously smote, the unbelievers of the Forge World Gryphonne IV have been judged unworthy and purged, and numerous Dark Mechanicum Traitors slain or captured during the 13th Black Crusade of Abaddon the Despoiler.
Omnissiad Plots[]
Examples of the plots that Hereteks of the Omnissiad sect have sought to pursue, include the following:
- A crazed magos had the idea that a Warlord-class Titan would serve as the perfect avatar for the Machine God, and on the pretext of a "cockpit inspection" took the princeps and his command staff hostage. Unknown to him, a fellow magos had infiltrated the Titan, and with his faithful Skitarii worked his way to the cockpit through the Titan's many corridors and ducts to prevent the machine going rogue on a Forge World, let alone becoming possessed by what could result in being a malevolent Warp entity! It would be nice if the princeps and his command staff could survive too -- but what if they've been swayed over and willingly want the Titan to be used as a vessel for their Machine God in the material realm?
- The Tech-priest Dorylbus had need of vital information on various methods of summoning powerful entities, and so sought to raid the Inquisitorial Grand Librarium on Olynthia III. Little did he know that the Thorian Inquisitor who informed him of the Librarium's existence has since been arrested and informed his brethren of Dorylbus' plan. Will the Omnissiad survive the trap? Might the Thorian escape and warn him?
- In order to power his ceremony to activate the summoning algorithms of an Abominable Intelligence super-computer that will house the Machine God's consciousness, Magos Gratterdrak sought to drain the power of an entire Forge World through the strategic placement of numerous arcane devices. Insane enough at the best of times, to complicate matters the world is the only remaining planet producing armaments and supplies for an Imperial Crusade to liberate a local sub-sector. Should its production lines halt for even a solar day, the crusade will most certainly fail. The Forge World's governing fabricator-general alerted the Imperium to Gratterdrak's presence, and this long-wanted criminal now has the attention of the Officio Assassinorum.
Sources[]
- Inquisitor: Corpus Auxilla Mechanicus (Specialist Game)