Editing Diamond Watch (section)

==The Cult of Cystral (793-865M38)==
In this period of properity, there where those in the Silver City who grew complacent, and saught meaning beyond eternal servitude to the Emperor. They were mostly of the younger generations, the firstborn humans on Cystral, who rejected the teachings and wisdom of the absent Father. So the Cult of Cystral rose, dedicating themselves to the lost culture of the xeno civilization which they had built their city on. While it had first been necessary to rely on the xeno technology to stay alive, the cultist member went well and beyond, commiting acts of increasingly dangerous techno-heresy. Abominable experiments were carried out, spurred on by the tempting knowledge found in translating the runic scripts, databank terminals, and tomes spread around the ruins. Soon they had found a new god to revere, Uityxizl, the deity of the long dead inhabitants, and the construction of temples of worship began in secret.

It would take some years until the Diamond Watch discovered the existence of a cult in Silver City, and even longer before they had sufficient evidence to make judgement. By the time they were ready to take down the cult, circa 827M38, there were few members of the public whom remembered and revered the Imperium they had been separated from, seeing as many of them had died of old age and weakness. The statue of the Emperor stood as it did, but the respect and gratitude had faded with the years. Regardless, Cpt. Romero Whitefall made the decision to overturn the frail political system in place (a pseudo-democracy) and the first civil war on Cystral started.

Against the might and fortitude of the Diamond Watch, the Cult stood little chance. However, some had re-discovered ancient weaponry, capable of piercing through the Power Armor and fatally wounding the holy warriors of the Emperor. As such, while the civil war raged on, and the fractured people died left and right, so too did many of the brothers. In the end, it was not strength of arm that won the Diamond Watch the war, but their training, discipline, and propensity for strategy and tactics. The Cult was quelled, and the temples brought to ruin. However, the cost was great. The people now feared the Diamond Watch and mistrusted them greatly.