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===Het===

Het, or Lathe-Het, is the ''primus inter pares'' of the Lathes. It was the first planet to be settled in the system after the Mechanicus laid claim to the place and was also the first to be developed into a Forge World, giving it a preeminent status that it has maintained ever since. It is not truly a "Forge World" in the classic sense anymore, as most of its manufactorums and other industrial facilities have been moved into orbital stations or elsewhere in the system. It is home to the ruling council of the Mechanicus in Calixis and also plays host to countless ancient data-vaults and scriptoriums, containing knowledge that the Mechanicus have hoarded over the millennia.

Notable features include the Nidus Omega, the central governing complex built deep below the hull of the ''Het'' itself. Within the Nidus is contained the Covenant Elogium, a data-vault housing priceless primary records from the time of the Angevin Crusade, and the Grand Atrium of the Lathes, an immense assembly hall with enough seating to accommodate every tech-priest with the rank of magos or higher in the entire system.