Editing Kalkas Tygian (section)

===The Disciple of the Omnissiah===
{{Topquote|Reason provides a vision to the stars. Faith gives you the will to achieve that vision.|Kalkian Teachings, p.g. 359}}

'''Kalkas Tygian''' was born under the rule of his uncle, Fabricator General '''Leton Tygian'''. Kalkas showed his talents as techno-savant from an early age, being tutored under his relative for an unknown period of time. This continued until supervision over the forges upon Deimos was given to Kalkas. Overseeing the production of war material at the age of twenty-one, Kalkas endeavored himself to prove his worth. Working himself and the Adepts under him to their limits, efficiency peaked shortly on Deimos. Kalkas's devotion to manufacture was deeply religious, making him ignore his uncle's requests for further education on the political nature of Mars. In the last correspondence, Leton stressed the importance of a stable succession from one generation to the next. To him, it was crucial to seeing the Omnissiah's will.

The lesson would come too late for Kalkas, when Leton died shortly thereafter. 

After Leton's demise Mars descended into upheaval. The Fabricator-General was so beloved, few had considered his untimely departure from the Omnissiah's creation. Valran Burija, long time rival to Leton, moved swiftly. The Martian Parliament voted him in as Fabricator-General. His initial aim was to secure political power for himself, by lining positions in with his supporters. The issue of war with Terra weighed heavy on everyone's minds, but Valran was slow to move. After assembling a punitive force ten years after ascending to his post, Valran lead an [[Mars (Hektor Heresy)|attack on Sol-III]]. His abject failure and death sent a shockwave through Mars.

The defense of Mars became the sole issue surrounding the next election. The Parliament had at first discounted Kalkas because of his age. Now he was a decade older, and the memory of Leton's rule was fresh in the minds of the delegates. Kalkas Tygian saw this as the moment his uncle had told him of, and accepted. Work immediately began to strengthen Mars against invasion. But it was an attempt to project strength than a serious effort to achieve lasting victory. The Emperor's force of arms would leave Mars smashed, and weak to further attacks from beyond the Sol System.

Tygian was elected for a particularly deplorable reason. Mars did not want war, it wanted to explore the stars and reunite with its expeditions. As a result, amenable terms were on everyone's mind. No one wanted to be the Fabricator-General who signed peace with a foreign invader. It would be Kalkas's legacy to accept such a fate, and he knew this yet still volunteered. It was the will of the Omnissiah to him, unquestionable and required. Instead of being kept in ignoble infamy, his name would echo across the Milky Way.