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	Among the stars of [[Setting:~~TriSector~~\|Cloudburst]], there is no institution older than the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] is. Their growing Forge Worlds of [[Setting:~~CloudburstCognomen~~\|Cognomen]] and [[Setting:~~CloudburstSeptiim~~#Outer_Worlds\|Solstice]] hang in the darkness of the spacious Sector, aglow with the fires of industry. The expanding Sector has an unquenchable need for resources, ships, and machines, and the Techpriests are there to meet it.		Among the stars of [[Setting:Tri-Sector\|Cloudburst]], there is no institution older than the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] is. Their growing Forge Worlds of [[Setting:Cloudburst/Cognomen\|Cognomen]] and [[Setting:Cloudburst/Septiim#Outer_Worlds\|Solstice]] hang in the darkness of the spacious Sector, aglow with the fires of industry. The expanding Sector has an unquenchable need for resources, ships, and machines, and the Techpriests are there to meet it.

	==History==		==History==

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	* Petals: This unique drug is a product of the Drimmerzole flower fields. It is an antibiotic, called P-n-benzene-triarsenolysitide, which is able to lyse any known gram-positive bacteria’s cell membrane and wall without damaging human cells. However, it is also destructive against some human normal flora, and is thus generally used only in emergencies.		* Petals: This unique drug is a product of the Drimmerzole flower fields. It is an antibiotic, called P-n-benzene-triarsenolysitide, which is able to lyse any known gram-positive bacteria’s cell membrane and wall without damaging human cells. However, it is also destructive against some human normal flora, and is thus generally used only in emergencies.
	* Harpes: The Harpes are bladed weapons, pioneered by the Chlorit Reapers, and previously exclusive to them. With the destruction of Chlorit, and the removal of all of the world’s residents to Foraldshold, the Harpes has caught on with some of that world’s defenders, including its Tech-Guard. Some of the more inventive Adeptus Mechanicus personnel of the world have even found a way to create a Power Weapon variant of the blade. It is approximately three feet of handle followed by eighteen inches of blade, curved inwards toward the wielder, but edged on the outer edge and serrated on the inner, originally used for harvesting the plants of Chlorit’s farms.		* Harpes: The Harpes are bladed weapons, pioneered by the Chlorit Reapers, and previously exclusive to them. With the destruction of Chlorit, and the removal of all of the world’s residents to Foraldshold, the Harpes has caught on with some of that world’s defenders, including its Tech-Guard. Some of the more inventive Adeptus Mechanicus personnel of the world have even found a way to create a Power Weapon variant of the blade. It is approximately three feet of handle followed by eighteen inches of blade, curved inwards toward the wielder, but edged on the outer edge and serrated on the inner, originally used for harvesting the plants of Chlorit’s farms.
	* Razor autorifle: The Razor rifle is visibly descended from an Age of Strife-era hunting weapon. During the madness of Old Night, the Martian nobility (prior to their extermination by the nascent Techpriesthood) would sometimes alleviate their ennui and bloodlust by using their gene-mod labs to create abominable beasts and unleashing them in the wilderness of Mars. When the climate control machines failed, the atmosphere that allowed this practice to continue ended, but the weapons that were abandoned did not simply cease to exist. Cognomen expatriates collected some of these weapons when they departed to establish their new home, and began exporting them to the Hapster colony in trade shortly after its establishment. Since then, many stockpiles of these weapons have made their way into the arsenals of Cloudburst military formations. The rifle uses the expanding gasses left behind after the explosion of the primer and powder of the cartridge to clear the chamber, like most modern guns. It comes in semi-automatic, automatic, and burst-fire modes. Cognomen spent thousands of years fine-tuning this design, and it is easily the match of the more popular Accatran and Voss patterns.		* Razor autorifle: The Razor rifle is visibly descended from an Age of Strife-era hunting weapon. During the madness of Old Night, the Martian nobility (prior to their extermination by the nascent Techpriesthood) would sometimes alleviate their ennui and bloodlust by using their gene-mod labs to create abominable beasts, and unleashing them in the wilderness of Mars. When the climate control machines failed, the atmosphere that allowed this practice to continue ended, but the weapons that were abandoned did not simply cease to exist. Cognomen expatriates collected some of these weapons when they departed to establish their new home, and began exporting them to the Hapster colony in trade shortly after its establishment. Since then, many stockpiles of these weapons have made their way into the arsenals of Cloudburst military formations. The rifle uses the expanding gasses left behind after the explosion of the primer and powder of the cartridge to clear the chamber, like most modern guns. It comes in semi-automatic, automatic, and burst-fire modes. Cognomen spent thousands of years fine-tuning this design, and it is easily the match of the more popular Accatran and Voss patterns.
	* Cognomen Siege Dreadnought: The most heavily armed of the Castraferrum variants, this Dreadnought is the preferred close-in combat Dreadnought of the Blue Daggers and Deathwatch. The Castraferrum Dreadnought chassis mounts the typical Siege Drill and integrated Heavy Flamer of the Martian template, with an Inferno Cannon mounted on the other arm. The distinction is a coaxial heavy stubber on the Inferno weapon, as well as a Storm Bolter mounted underslung from the main chassis. Coordinating all of these weapons can be intimidatingly difficult for a newly-interred Battle Brother, especially if the optional searchlight, Fragstorm package, triple Hunter-Killer missile rack, and smoke discharger are equipped as well. However, the sheer amount of room-clearing power the Cognomen Siege Dreadnought allows its occupant to employ at once is telling. More than one bunker of heretics or aliens have thought themselves impervious to the Imperium’s hate, right up until it knocked a wall down and set them on fire. Mars is aware of this development. Cognomen Magi successfully argued that this is not an act of Heretek, the sin of innovation. All they did, they explained, was affix a coaxial gun to a flamer, which some models of Imperial Knights already have, and put a Storm Bolter on something that carries them as a matter of course in other configurations. Since Cognomen has built a grand total of nine (one prototype, six for the Daggers, two for the Deathwatch) and there is no evidence of insanity in the known occupants, Mars suspects that there is no harm in keeping the template active.		* Cognomen Siege Dreadnought: The most heavily armed of the Castraferrum variants, this Dreadnought is the preferred close-in combat Dreadnought of the Blue Daggers and Deathwatch. The Castraferrum Dreadnought chassis mounts the typical Siege Drill and integrated Heavy Flamer of the Martian template, with an Inferno Cannon mounted on the other arm. The distinction is a coaxial heavy stubber on the Inferno weapon, as well as a Storm Bolter mounted underslung from the main chassis. Coordinating all of these weapons can be intimidatingly difficult for a newly-interred Battle Brother, especially if the optional searchlight, Fragstorm package, triple Hunter-Killer missile rack, and smoke discharger are equipped as well. However, the sheer amount of room-clearing power the Cognomen Siege Dreadnought allows its occupant to employ at once is telling. More than one bunker of heretics or aliens have thought themselves impervious to the Imperium’s hate, right up until it knocked a wall down and set them on fire. Mars is aware of this development. Cognomen Magi successfully argued that this is not an act of Heretek, the sin of innovation. All they did, they explained, was affix a coaxial gun to a flamer, which some models of Imperial Knights already have, and put a Storm Bolter on something that carries them as a matter of course in other configurations. Since Cognomen has built a grand total of nine (one prototype, six for the Daggers, two for the Deathwatch) and there is no evidence of insanity in the known occupants, Mars suspects that there is no harm in keeping the template active.
	* Cognomen-pattern Storm Bolter: Storm bolters are an ancient technology. Cognomen, called upon as it was to make the initial armaments of an entire Space Marine Chapter and the guns of untold billions of Guardsmen, created its own design based loosely on the Martian template to fill those needs. The weapon is bulky, even for a Storm Bolter, but quite versatile. This is because of its variable attachment points. The rear of the weapon has a point whereupon an ammunition feed, a stock, or a remote trigger could be mounted, while there are attachment points in front of and behind the magazine well. As such, the same device can be used as a co-axial mount on a cannon, a pintle mount for a tank, or an infantry weapon. The infantry variant usually uses a stock, a rear grip with trigger, and a forward pistol grip, while the Terminator variant uses a remote trigger and two armor mounts.		* Cognomen-pattern Storm Bolter: Storm bolters are an ancient technology. Cognomen, called upon as it was to make the initial armaments of an entire Space Marine Chapter and the guns of untold billions of Guardsmen, created its own design based loosely on the Martian template to fill those needs. The weapon is bulky, even for a Storm Bolter, but quite versatile. This is because of its variable attachment points. The rear of the weapon has a point whereupon an ammunition feed, a stock, or a remote trigger could be mounted, while there are attachment points in front of and behind the magazine well. As such, the same device can be used as a co-axial mount on a cannon, a pintle mount for a tank, or an infantry weapon. The infantry variant usually uses a stock, a rear grip with trigger, and a forward pistol grip, while the Terminator variant uses a remote trigger and two armor mounts.

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	The schismatic sect of Techpriests believed that the human body was as sacrosanct as the Emperor said, and so were machines. To fuse them when it was not necessary was an insult to the human form and the machine function, they claimed.		The schismatic sect of Techpriests believed that the human body was as sacrosanct as the Emperor said, and so were machines. To fuse them when it was not necessary was an insult to the human form and the machine function, they claimed.

	Technically, this was not a violation of Mechanicus doctrine. Techpriests in the personal employ of the Lord Commander Guilliman himself had preached that exact doctrine; a force of Techpriests who practiced it, also, freed Calth. The ~~Mechanicus’~~ numbers had not been so lightly damaged that they could afford to be picky on points of non-Heretek doctrine. Still, the movement against human-replica augmetics was growing and forceful.		Technically, this was not a violation of Mechanicus doctrine. Techpriests in the personal employ of the Lord Commander Guilliman himself had preached that exact doctrine; a force of Techpriests who practiced it, also, freed Calth. The Mechanicus’s numbers had not been so lightly damaged that they could afford to be picky on points of non-Heretek doctrine. Still, the movement against human-replica augmetics was growing and forceful.

	Both for the good of the Mechanicus and for their own sake, the schismatic faction agreed to separate from Mars. Somewhat surprised by this, the new Fabricator General allowed it, under the strict commandment that the schismatics not create a Titan Legion unless Mars gave them permission. Disgruntled, but able to smell the changing of the wind, the schismatics agreed.		Both for the good of the Mechanicus and for their own sake, the schismatic faction agreed to separate from Mars. Somewhat surprised by this, the new Fabricator General allowed it, under the strict commandment that the schismatics not create a Titan Legion unless Mars gave them permission. Disgruntled, but able to smell the changing of the wind, the schismatics agreed.
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	Among its duties to proselytize, defend, and explore, the Mechanicus also runs the non-Astartes arms factories of the Sector. After the disastrous loss of Chlorit, Brotherhood, and Scalding, the Imperial Sector Command finally admitted that the traditional Imperial system of having interconnected industry between the worlds of Cloudburst was too dangerous to continue while the Glasian attacks worsen. The vast space between the habitable clusters of stars in Cloudburst makes the odds of relief forces being able to respond to sudden assaults against Imperial worlds slim, and Cognomen’s strapped resources mean it is not able to supply all industrial goods to the Sector.		Among its duties to proselytize, defend, and explore, the Mechanicus also runs the non-Astartes arms factories of the Sector. After the disastrous loss of Chlorit, Brotherhood, and Scalding, the Imperial Sector Command finally admitted that the traditional Imperial system of having interconnected industry between the worlds of Cloudburst was too dangerous to continue while the Glasian attacks worsen. The vast space between the habitable clusters of stars in Cloudburst makes the odds of relief forces being able to respond to sudden assaults against Imperial worlds slim, and Cognomen’s strapped resources mean it is not able to supply all industrial goods to the Sector.

	Consequently, much of the ~~Mechanicus’~~ duties outside exploration, religion, and war revolve around building and operating factories and smithies in the cities and outposts of the Imperium in Cloudburst. Cloudburst’s major population centers – Septiim, Nauphry, Coriolis, Thimble, and Hapster – tend to be either fresh Imperial colonies in places of colossal resources, or ancient human worlds the Imperium has reclaimed. Thus, these worlds usually have both a large resource and infrastructural base to manufacture goods and an insatiable need for them.		Consequently, much of the Mechanicus’s duties outside exploration, religion, and war revolve around building and operating factories and smithies in the cities and outposts of the Imperium in Cloudburst. Cloudburst’s major population centers – Septiim, Nauphry, Coriolis, Thimble, and Hapster – tend to be either fresh Imperial colonies in places of colossal resources, or ancient human worlds the Imperium has reclaimed. Thus, these worlds usually have both a large resource and infrastructural base to manufacture goods and an insatiable need for them.

	The Adeptus Mechanicus operates many of these facilities, and the prevailing view among the Machine God’s adherents in the Sector is that the production of these goods is second to the importance of maintaining their mechanical charges in perfect working order. That they are paid to do this and that people enjoy their products is nice, but the working order of factory machines is paramount and all-encompassing. The few remaining archaeotechnological factories in the Sector are heavily-guarded relics, protected at all times by solemn Tech-Guard and chanting Priests, who wave incense burners and iron cogwheels in supplication of presses and assembly lines.		The Adeptus Mechanicus operates many of these facilities, and the prevailing view among the Machine God’s adherents in the Sector is that the production of these goods is second to the importance of maintaining their mechanical charges in perfect working order. That they are paid to do this and that people enjoy their products is nice, but the working order of factory machines is paramount and all-encompassing. The few remaining archaeotechnological factories in the Sector are heavily-guarded relics, protected at all times by solemn Tech-Guard and chanting Priests, who wave incense burners and iron cogwheels in supplication of presses and assembly lines.

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	* Razor autorifle: The Razor rifle is visibly descended from an Age of Strife-era hunting weapon. During the madness of Old Night, the Martian nobility (prior to their extermination by the nascent Techpriesthood) would sometimes alleviate their ennui and bloodlust by using their gene-mod labs to create abominable beasts and unleashing them in the wilderness of Mars. When the climate control machines failed, the atmosphere that allowed this practice to continue ended, but the weapons that were abandoned did not simply cease to exist. Cognomen expatriates collected some of these weapons when they departed to establish their new home, and began exporting them to the Hapster colony in trade shortly after its establishment. Since then, many stockpiles of these weapons have made their way into the arsenals of Cloudburst military formations. The rifle uses the expanding gasses left behind after the explosion of the primer and powder of the cartridge to clear the chamber, like most modern guns. It comes in semi-automatic, automatic, and burst-fire modes. Cognomen spent thousands of years fine-tuning this design, and it is easily the match of the more popular Accatran and Voss patterns.		* Razor autorifle: The Razor rifle is visibly descended from an Age of Strife-era hunting weapon. During the madness of Old Night, the Martian nobility (prior to their extermination by the nascent Techpriesthood) would sometimes alleviate their ennui and bloodlust by using their gene-mod labs to create abominable beasts and unleashing them in the wilderness of Mars. When the climate control machines failed, the atmosphere that allowed this practice to continue ended, but the weapons that were abandoned did not simply cease to exist. Cognomen expatriates collected some of these weapons when they departed to establish their new home, and began exporting them to the Hapster colony in trade shortly after its establishment. Since then, many stockpiles of these weapons have made their way into the arsenals of Cloudburst military formations. The rifle uses the expanding gasses left behind after the explosion of the primer and powder of the cartridge to clear the chamber, like most modern guns. It comes in semi-automatic, automatic, and burst-fire modes. Cognomen spent thousands of years fine-tuning this design, and it is easily the match of the more popular Accatran and Voss patterns.
	* Cognomen Siege Dreadnought: The most heavily armed of the Castraferrum variants, this Dreadnought is the preferred close-in combat Dreadnought of the Blue Daggers and Deathwatch. The Castraferrum Dreadnought chassis mounts the typical Siege Drill and integrated Heavy Flamer of the Martian template, with an Inferno Cannon mounted on the other arm. The distinction is a coaxial heavy stubber on the Inferno weapon, as well as a Storm Bolter mounted underslung from the main chassis. Coordinating all of these weapons can be intimidatingly difficult for a newly-interred Battle Brother, especially if the optional searchlight, Fragstorm package, triple Hunter-Killer missile rack, and smoke discharger are equipped as well. However, the sheer amount of room-clearing power the Cognomen Siege Dreadnought allows its occupant to employ at once is telling. More than one bunker of heretics or aliens have thought themselves impervious to the Imperium’s hate, right up until it knocked a wall down and set them on fire. Mars is aware of this development. Cognomen Magi successfully argued that this is not an act of Heretek, the sin of innovation. All they did, they explained, was affix a coaxial gun to a flamer, which some models of Imperial Knights already have, and put a Storm Bolter on something that carries them as a matter of course in other configurations. Since Cognomen has built a grand total of nine (one prototype, six for the Daggers, two for the Deathwatch) and there is no evidence of insanity in the known occupants, Mars suspects that there is no harm in keeping the template active.		* Cognomen Siege Dreadnought: The most heavily armed of the Castraferrum variants, this Dreadnought is the preferred close-in combat Dreadnought of the Blue Daggers and Deathwatch. The Castraferrum Dreadnought chassis mounts the typical Siege Drill and integrated Heavy Flamer of the Martian template, with an Inferno Cannon mounted on the other arm. The distinction is a coaxial heavy stubber on the Inferno weapon, as well as a Storm Bolter mounted underslung from the main chassis. Coordinating all of these weapons can be intimidatingly difficult for a newly-interred Battle Brother, especially if the optional searchlight, Fragstorm package, triple Hunter-Killer missile rack, and smoke discharger are equipped as well. However, the sheer amount of room-clearing power the Cognomen Siege Dreadnought allows its occupant to employ at once is telling. More than one bunker of heretics or aliens have thought themselves impervious to the Imperium’s hate, right up until it knocked a wall down and set them on fire. Mars is aware of this development. Cognomen Magi successfully argued that this is not an act of Heretek, the sin of innovation. All they did, they explained, was affix a coaxial gun to a flamer, which some models of Imperial Knights already have, and put a Storm Bolter on something that carries them as a matter of course in other configurations. Since Cognomen has built a grand total of nine (one prototype, six for the Daggers, two for the Deathwatch) and there is no evidence of insanity in the known occupants, Mars suspects that there is no harm in keeping the template active.
	* Cognomen-pattern Storm Bolter: Storm bolters are an ancient technology. Cognomen, called upon as it was to make the initial armaments of an entire Space Marine Chapter and the guns of untold billions of Guardsmen, created its own design based loosely on the Martian template to fill those needs. The weapon is bulky, even for a Storm Bolter, but quite versatile. This is because of its variable attachment points. The rear of the weapon has a point whereupon an ammunition feed, a stock, or a remote trigger could be mounted, while there are attachment points in front of and behind the magazine well. As such, the same device can be used as a co-axial mount on a cannon, a pintle mount for a tank, or an infantry weapon. The infantry variant usually uses a stock, a rear grip with trigger, and a ~~foreward~~ pistol grip, while the Terminator variant uses a remote trigger and two armor mounts.		* Cognomen-pattern Storm Bolter: Storm bolters are an ancient technology. Cognomen, called upon as it was to make the initial armaments of an entire Space Marine Chapter and the guns of untold billions of Guardsmen, created its own design based loosely on the Martian template to fill those needs. The weapon is bulky, even for a Storm Bolter, but quite versatile. This is because of its variable attachment points. The rear of the weapon has a point whereupon an ammunition feed, a stock, or a remote trigger could be mounted, while there are attachment points in front of and behind the magazine well. As such, the same device can be used as a co-axial mount on a cannon, a pintle mount for a tank, or an infantry weapon. The infantry variant usually uses a stock, a rear grip with trigger, and a forward pistol grip, while the Terminator variant uses a remote trigger and two armor mounts.
	* Precision Guidance gloves: These are the other claim to fame in ~~Maskos’~~ innovation history. These gloves are the design of a brilliant clothier who lived on Maskos shortly after it became a Subsector capital world. The gloves are now made exclusively for the military, and are twice the cost of standard Munitorum gloves. They are designed to allow for the least possible interference in the aim of a held weapon, while also being tightenable with a strap system on the back of the hand, allowing for instant closure of blood vessels by constriction in case of laceration of a blood vessel.		* Precision Guidance gloves: These are the other claim to fame in Maskos’s innovation history. These gloves are the design of a brilliant clothier who lived on Maskos shortly after it became a Subsector capital world. The gloves are now made exclusively for the military, and are twice the cost of standard Munitorum gloves. They are designed to allow for the least possible interference in the aim of a held weapon, while also being tightenable with a strap system on the back of the hand, allowing for instant closure of blood vessels by constriction in case of laceration of a blood vessel.
	* ''Glowing Light'' colony barge: The region that contains the Cloudburst Sector and Circuit is bathed in radiation from ancient supernovae. This is not generally a problem for ships that travel through the Warp, since radiation in one realm of existence does not affect the other. However, for ships that must spend great lengths of time unprotected by a planet’s magnetosphere or outside of the Warp, like colony ships, this can necessitate the addition of military-grade hull shielding, which few civilian ships are outfitted to mount. Enter the starship-smiths of Nauphry. The Nauphry-unique ''Glowing Light'' colony barge was designed specifically to travel through the deep, uncharted wastes of the Sector and Circuit, to find and populate worlds. Its power plant and hull were custom-engineered to repel the effect of the ambient radiation of the region, and its powerful engine allows the ship to reach speeds usually reserved for Imperial Navy ships. Of course, this makes it a bit more expensive than most colony ships, but that improvement can pay for itself if the whole colony seed population reaches its destination unhindered by mechanical failure or cancer.		* ''Glowing Light'' colony barge: The region that contains the Cloudburst Sector and Circuit is bathed in radiation from ancient supernovae. This is not generally a problem for ships that travel through the Warp, since radiation in one realm of existence does not affect the other. However, for ships that must spend great lengths of time unprotected by a planet’s magnetosphere or outside of the Warp, like colony ships, this can necessitate the addition of military-grade hull shielding, which few civilian ships are outfitted to mount. Enter the starship-smiths of Nauphry. The Nauphry-unique ''Glowing Light'' colony barge was designed specifically to travel through the deep, uncharted wastes of the Sector and Circuit, to find and populate worlds. Its power plant and hull were custom-engineered to repel the effect of the ambient radiation of the region, and its powerful engine allows the ship to reach speeds usually reserved for Imperial Navy ships. Of course, this makes it a bit more expensive than most colony ships, but that improvement can pay for itself if the whole colony seed population reaches its destination unhindered by mechanical failure or cancer.
	* Ballista Energy Artillery System: An ancient relic of the Terran Federation’s military forces. This weapon system uses a complex array of interleaved magnets, electric coils, and gated accumulator chambers to impart pulses of energy at incredible speeds to a sphere of gaseous metal molecules. The metal molecules are then collapsed into a tight pellet and flung out of the weapon at incredible speeds, using Dark Age technosorcery to keep the pellet as small as possible until impact. Upon impact, the pellet disperses in an instant, discharging vast amounts of electrical and thermal energy into the target. The weapon is extremely expensive and is of limited range, but its power annihilates light infantry and punches through simple walls as if they weren’t even there. Thanks to the high power requirements and delicate ammunition feeds, these weapons can’t be mounted on a moving vehicle, and the fact that only one copy of their STC has ever been found means that only Hapster and specific regiments equipped by Cognomen are ever outfitted with them. They are a favored tool of Septiim Guard and Hapster Bronze Legionnaire artillery regiments, and sometimes also find a home in the arsenals of the Ordo Reductor of Cognomen. Given that these weapons are only slightly more destructive than conventional shell artillery of equivalent tonnage, they are not popular with most regiments, but those that do use them swear by them.		* Ballista Energy Artillery System: An ancient relic of the Terran Federation’s military forces. This weapon system uses a complex array of interleaved magnets, electric coils, and gated accumulator chambers to impart pulses of energy at incredible speeds to a sphere of gaseous metal molecules. The metal molecules are then collapsed into a tight pellet and flung out of the weapon at incredible speeds, using Dark Age technosorcery to keep the pellet as small as possible until impact. Upon impact, the pellet disperses in an instant, discharging vast amounts of electrical and thermal energy into the target. The weapon is extremely expensive and is of limited range, but its power annihilates light infantry and punches through simple walls as if they weren’t even there. Thanks to the high power requirements and delicate ammunition feeds, these weapons can’t be mounted on a moving vehicle, and the fact that only one copy of their STC has ever been found means that only Hapster and specific regiments equipped by Cognomen are ever outfitted with them. They are a favored tool of Septiim Guard and Hapster Bronze Legionnaire artillery regiments, and sometimes also find a home in the arsenals of the Ordo Reductor of Cognomen. Given that these weapons are only slightly more destructive than conventional shell artillery of equivalent tonnage, they are not popular with most regiments, but those that do use them swear by them.

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	==Fleet==		==Fleet==

	The Basilikon Astra of Solstice and Cognomen is both less numerous and far better equipped than the Imperial Navy. Their warships patrol the Warp routes between Cognomen and Septiim, and Cognomen and its satrap worlds, with ceaseless vigilance and the best weapons money can buy. Although their ancient flagship, the ''Archetype'', is long gone, the fleets of Cognomen are still formidable. The Cognomen yards are enormous and growing, and although it will be another thousand years before they catch up to the current size of the great Fabique Forge Yards, they are already large enough to manufacture every model of common Imperial ship.		The [[Basilikon Astra]] of Solstice and Cognomen is both less numerous and far better equipped than the Imperial Navy. Their warships patrol the Warp routes between Cognomen and Septiim, and Cognomen and its satrap worlds, with ceaseless vigilance and the best weapons money can buy. Although their ancient flagship, the ''Archetype'', is long gone, the fleets of Cognomen are still formidable. The Cognomen yards are enormous and growing, and although it will be another thousand years before they catch up to the current size of the great Fabique Forge Yards, they are already large enough to manufacture every model of common Imperial ship.

	As is usually the case, the Mechanicus reserves its best ships for itself. The cruisers that form the backbone of its flotillas are the most heavily armed for their tonnage in the Sector. Its heavier warships, including the fourteen kilometer long Ark Mechanicus ''Comprehension'', are the toughest ships in their weight class in the entire Sector by far. Its Basilikon Astra has better relations with Rogue Traders than its Council of Magi does, and sometimes works alongside them, the Navy, or the Daggers on complex missions, or projects of technotheological consequence.		As is usually the case, the Mechanicus reserves its best ships for itself. The cruisers that form the backbone of its flotillas are the most heavily armed for their tonnage in the Sector. Its heavier warships, including the fourteen-kilometer-long [[Ark Mechanicus]] ''Comprehension'', are the toughest ships in their weight class in the entire Sector by far. Its Basilikon Astra has better relations with Rogue Traders than its Council of Magi does, and sometimes works alongside them, the Navy, or the Daggers on complex missions, or projects of technotheological consequence.

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	Among the military forces of the Sector, however, the mightiest is the ''Legio Congelatio''. Although the Frostbite Army is minuscule compared to some older Legions, its short and bloody history has earned it infamy among other Imperial institutions.		Among the military forces of the Sector, however, the mightiest is the ''Legio Congelatio''. Although the Frostbite Army is minuscule compared to some older Legions, its short and bloody history has earned it infamy among other Imperial institutions.

	The battle in which the destruction of the Legio occurred was a savage affair, with the ''Legio Congelatio'' squaring off against a Traitor Guard force of far greater size during the War for the Corumbino Nebula. The war engines of the Legio were able to drive off the scout and forward armor elements of the Traitor force without too much trouble, but the pressure applied by the Chaos force was relentless. The Corpus Secutarii forces protecting the Titans encountered rough terrain as the Titans advanced, and the Titan crews were left with a choice: abandon their escorts, or allow themselves to be slowed. The Legio chose the latter, and endured a punishing Manticore barrage from the Traitors. The final problem was that of a Chaos Titan force that accompanied the Traitors, from a Legio that remains unidentified. The Titan force consisted of four engines, accompanied by a pair of Chaos Shadowswords. As soon as they came within range, the Congelatio Titans engaged with the super-long range energy weapons that were the hallmark of the Legio, and managed to destroy a Ravager before it could return fire. However, just as the Chaos force and the Loyalist force entered direct battle with each other, a third party entered the fray.		The battle in which the destruction of the Legio occurred was a savage affair, with the ''Legio Congelatio'' squaring off against a Traitor Guard force of far greater size during the War for the Corumbino Nebula. The war engines of the Legio were able to drive off the scout and forward armor elements of the Traitor force without too much trouble, but the pressure applied by the Chaos force was relentless. The Corpus Secutarii forces protecting the Titans encountered rough terrain as the Titans advanced, and the Titan crews were left with a choice: abandon their escorts, or allow themselves to be slowed. The Legio chose the latter, and endured a punishing Manticore barrage from the Traitors. The final problem was that of a Chaos Titan force that accompanied the Traitors, from a Legio that remains unidentified. The Titan force consisted of four engines, accompanied by a pair of Chaos Shadowswords. As soon as they came within range, the Congelatio Titans engaged with the super-long-range energy weapons that were the hallmark of the Legio, and managed to destroy a Ravager before it could return fire. However, just as the Chaos force and the Loyalist force entered direct battle with each other, a third party entered the fray.

	A wing of eighty-five Dark Eldar aircraft armed with Void Lances appeared at the edge of the engagement. Raking the assembled Titans with their dark energy beams, the Titans withered under the unimaginable technosorcery of the evil xenos. Chaos and Imperial Titans alike fell, destroyed or crippled, as the Chaos artillery kept up its savage barrage. When the Black Winter Warlord Titan of Cognomen’s force detonated from a lucky reactor kill, the chain reaction that ensued destroyed all of the Titans left in the fight, which had been forced together by the bad terrain.		A wing of eighty-five Dark Eldar aircraft armed with Void Lances appeared at the edge of the engagement. Raking the assembled Titans with their dark energy beams, the Titans withered under the unimaginable technosorcery of the evil xenos. Chaos and Imperial Titans alike fell, destroyed or crippled, as the Chaos artillery kept up its savage barrage. When the Black Winter Warlord Titan of Cognomen’s force detonated from a lucky reactor kill, the chain reaction that ensued destroyed all of the Titans left in the fight, which had been forced together by the bad terrain.

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	==Cloudburst Tech-Adepts==		==Cloudburst Tech-Adepts==

	Cognomen Skitarii are loyal to Mars first and Cognomen second. Their postings take them all over the world, in small offices, massive barracks, and rapid response call bunkers. Though the initial contingent was a mere eighty thousand, the size and importance of Cognomen have increased immensely, and so has the Skitarii. Onager Dunecrawlers and Ironstriders patrol the dying savannas, marching legions of metal-legged soldiers circuit the factories and construction sites, and elite red and black robed guards keep vigil over the Containment Vaults and Iron Armory. Cognomen’s desire to stay on ~~Mars’~~ good side expresses itself in the Skitarii it arms being given the very best weapons the expanding Forge World can afford to build. The Skitarii of Cognomen, however, take the exact opposite approach to warfare as the dour and gloomy Titanshields. They have no fixation on penance or purging mistakes. Skitarii of Cognomen fight to see the Imperium – through its alliance with Mars – expand and grow. The Skitarii use weapons like the mighty Galvanic Rifle, the Transuranic Rifle, and the Eradication Beamer in their formations. Of course, these weapons do leave some impact on the world around them, but it is transitory at worst, not the crawling horror of Phosphex or permanent irradiation of Radium Blasters.		Cognomen Skitarii are loyal to Mars first and Cognomen second. Their postings take them all over the world, in small offices, massive barracks, and rapid response call bunkers. Though the initial contingent was a mere eighty thousand, the size and importance of Cognomen have increased immensely, and so has the Skitarii. Onager Dunecrawlers and Ironstriders patrol the dying savannas, marching legions of metal-legged soldiers circuit the factories and construction sites, and elite red and black robed guards keep vigil over the Containment Vaults and Iron Armory. Cognomen’s desire to stay on Mars’s good side expresses itself in the Skitarii it arms being given the very best weapons the expanding Forge World can afford to build. The Skitarii of Cognomen, however, take the exact opposite approach to warfare as the dour and gloomy Titanshields. They have no fixation on penance or purging mistakes. Skitarii of Cognomen fight to see the Imperium – through its alliance with Mars – expand and grow. The Skitarii use weapons like the mighty Galvanic Rifle, the Transuranic Rifle, and the Eradication Beamer in their formations. Of course, these weapons do leave some impact on the world around them, but it is transitory at worst, not the crawling horror of Phosphex or permanent irradiation of Radium Blasters.

	The Solstice Techpriesthood concerns itself with the Quest for Knowledge as all Tech-priests do, but their relative newness and lack of established infrastructure limits their ability to project much firepower through the Electro-Priesthood. They do have a Legio Cybernetica contingent on their Forge Moon, which even Cognomen lacks, but their presence in the greater Sector is presently too small to weigh heavily on the future of Cloudburst.		The Solstice Techpriesthood concerns itself with the Quest for Knowledge as all Tech-priests do, but their relative newness and lack of established infrastructure limits their ability to project much firepower through the Electro-Priesthood. They do have a Legio Cybernetica contingent on their Forge Moon, which even Cognomen lacks, but their presence in the greater Sector is presently too small to weigh heavily on the future of Cloudburst.

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	The Basilikon Astra of Solstice and Cognomen is both less numerous and far better equipped than the Imperial Navy. Their warships patrol the Warp routes between Cognomen and Septiim, and Cognomen and its satrap worlds, with ceaseless vigilance and the best weapons money can buy. Although their ancient flagship, the ''Archetype'', is long gone, the fleets of Cognomen are still formidable. The Cognomen yards are enormous and growing, and although it will be another thousand years before they catch up to the current size of the great Fabique Forge Yards, they are already large enough to manufacture every model of common Imperial ship.		The Basilikon Astra of Solstice and Cognomen is both less numerous and far better equipped than the Imperial Navy. Their warships patrol the Warp routes between Cognomen and Septiim, and Cognomen and its satrap worlds, with ceaseless vigilance and the best weapons money can buy. Although their ancient flagship, the ''Archetype'', is long gone, the fleets of Cognomen are still formidable. The Cognomen yards are enormous and growing, and although it will be another thousand years before they catch up to the current size of the great Fabique Forge Yards, they are already large enough to manufacture every model of common Imperial ship.

	As is usually the case, the Mechanicus reserves its best ships for itself. The cruisers that form the backbone of its flotillas are the most heavily armed for their tonnage in the Sector. Its heavier warships, including the fourteen kilometer long Ark Mechanicus Comprehension, are the toughest ships in their weight class in the entire Sector by far. Its Basilikon Astra has better relations with Rogue Traders than its Council of Magi does, and sometimes works alongside them, the Navy, or the Daggers on complex missions, or projects of technotheological consequence.		As is usually the case, the Mechanicus reserves its best ships for itself. The cruisers that form the backbone of its flotillas are the most heavily armed for their tonnage in the Sector. Its heavier warships, including the fourteen kilometer long Ark Mechanicus ''Comprehension'', are the toughest ships in their weight class in the entire Sector by far. Its Basilikon Astra has better relations with Rogue Traders than its Council of Magi does, and sometimes works alongside them, the Navy, or the Daggers on complex missions, or projects of technotheological consequence.

	==Ground and Air Forces==		==Ground and Air Forces==

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	Both for the good of the Mechanicus and for their own sake, the schismatic faction agreed to separate from Mars. Somewhat surprised by this, the new Fabricator General allowed it, under the strict commandment that the schismatics not create a Titan Legion unless Mars gave them permission. Disgruntled, but able to smell the changing of the wind, the schismatics agreed.		Both for the good of the Mechanicus and for their own sake, the schismatic faction agreed to separate from Mars. Somewhat surprised by this, the new Fabricator General allowed it, under the strict commandment that the schismatics not create a Titan Legion unless Mars gave them permission. Disgruntled, but able to smell the changing of the wind, the schismatics agreed.

	Taking to ship, the schismatics flew as far as they could from the Red Planet without leaving the Astronomican’s light. The massive Ark Mechanicus they had chosen as their vessel was a true monster of the Basilikon Astra. Named the Archetype, a relic from before the Age of Strife had so fully damaged the archives of the Librarius Omnis that much of the knowledge of mega-engineering was gone, the twenty-kilometer Ark had more than enough space and defenses to protect the schismatics, and ferry them to their new home.		Taking to ship, the schismatics flew as far as they could from the Red Planet without leaving the Astronomican’s light. The massive Ark Mechanicus they had chosen as their vessel was a true monster of the Basilikon Astra. Named the ''Archetype'', a relic from before the Age of Strife had so fully damaged the archives of the Librarius Omnis that much of the knowledge of mega-engineering was gone, the twenty-kilometer Ark had more than enough space and defenses to protect the schismatics, and ferry them to their new home.

	Of course, finding one would prove challenging. The sheer volume of space beyond the reach of the Imperium ensured that the schismatics would find themselves lost more than once. As the pre-made human-form augmetics they had brought with them ran out, the schismatics were forced to compromise with the naked steel ones they opposed on general principal. They traveled on, finding world after world that was lost to heresy, destroyed by the Eldar, scorched by the Warp, polluted by Orks, or else under Imperial control.		Of course, finding one would prove challenging. The sheer volume of space beyond the reach of the Imperium ensured that the schismatics would find themselves lost more than once. As the pre-made human-form augmetics they had brought with them ran out, the schismatics were forced to compromise with the naked steel ones they opposed on general principal. They traveled on, finding world after world that was lost to heresy, destroyed by the Eldar, scorched by the Warp, polluted by Orks, or else under Imperial control.
	After nearly twenty years of nonstop flight, the Archetype finally found the savanna world, covered in recognizably Diaspora-descended plants. The vast ship discharged its passengers and cargo, and they began the work of settling their new world.		After nearly twenty years of nonstop flight, the ''Archetype'' finally found the savanna world, covered in recognizably Diaspora-descended plants. The vast ship discharged its passengers and cargo, and they began the work of settling their new world.

	For two hundred years, the schismatics worked around the clock. Temples, factories, farms, mines, gantries, docks, laboratories, and far more rose from the rock and dirt like metal trees. Though the new colonists had to be careful to preserve as much of the planet’s ecosystem as possible at first, thanks to their lack of Agri-worlds to feed themselves, the world still became an unpleasant place to visit before long. Regular psychic and courier communication with Mars established in the Red Planet’s minds that their breakaway cousins were still intact (and still loyal, more importantly).		For two hundred years, the schismatics worked around the clock. Temples, factories, farms, mines, gantries, docks, laboratories, and far more rose from the rock and dirt like metal trees. Though the new colonists had to be careful to preserve as much of the planet’s ecosystem as possible at first, thanks to their lack of Agri-worlds to feed themselves, the world still became an unpleasant place to visit before long. Regular psychic and courier communication with Mars established in the Red Planet’s minds that their breakaway cousins were still intact (and still loyal, more importantly).
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	Infrequent interactions with other Imperial worlds allowed for a small-scale trade economy, mostly with worlds in the Hapster Subsector and the Drumnos Sector to the galactic south. The presence of the massive radioactive clouds present all around the world, and the asteroid clusters and black holes to the trailing direction, meant that Cognomen sponsored little Exploratory and colonization effort in the time between their founding and MacDonald’s excursions.		Infrequent interactions with other Imperial worlds allowed for a small-scale trade economy, mostly with worlds in the Hapster Subsector and the Drumnos Sector to the galactic south. The presence of the massive radioactive clouds present all around the world, and the asteroid clusters and black holes to the trailing direction, meant that Cognomen sponsored little Exploratory and colonization effort in the time between their founding and MacDonald’s excursions.

	Their isolation worsened with the catastrophic loss of Archmagos Dominus Velcra Osterman and the Archetype in a joint military exercise with their brethren from Naxos, when the exercise was suddenly assaulted by a vast fleet of Ork Freebooters. Though Osterman fought with ruthless courage, the Orks were too many. He was forced to detonate the antimatter/plasmic hybrid power core of his ship in order to prevent the greenskins from stealing it, and the resultant explosion destroyed much of the Ork fleet. Though the Basilikon Astra was able to mop up the Orks and salvage the materials of all the destroyed ships, the loss of their ancestral home, their war leader, and their best ship led Cognomen to seal themselves off further from the rest of the Imperium.		Their isolation worsened with the catastrophic loss of Archmagos Dominus Velcra Osterman and the ''Archetype'' in a joint military exercise with their brethren from Naxos, when the exercise was suddenly assaulted by a vast fleet of Ork Freebooters. Though Osterman fought with ruthless courage, the Orks were too many. He was forced to detonate the antimatter/plasmic hybrid power core of his ship in order to prevent the greenskins from stealing it, and the resultant explosion destroyed much of the Ork fleet. Though the Basilikon Astra was able to mop up the Orks and salvage the materials of all the destroyed ships, the loss of their ancestral home, their war leader, and their best ship led Cognomen to seal themselves off further from the rest of the Imperium.

	However, time was not on their side. The sudden discoveries of their brilliant Magos Explorator Justin MacDonald of several shirtsleeves-habitable worlds within a non-Navigated flight from their homeworld – well within their telescope range – led to an uproar on the Forge World. How, the people of Cognomen asked angrily, had they managed to miss prizes so obvious? They could have built their own network of satraps and vassals, if they had only known about those systems. Their stars were easily visible from Cognomen’s orbit, also, which only raised further questions.		However, time was not on their side. The sudden discoveries of their brilliant Magos Explorator Justin MacDonald of several shirtsleeves-habitable worlds within a non-Navigated flight from their homeworld – well within their telescope range – led to an uproar on the Forge World. How, the people of Cognomen asked angrily, had they managed to miss prizes so obvious? They could have built their own network of satraps and vassals, if they had only known about those systems. Their stars were easily visible from Cognomen’s orbit, also, which only raised further questions.