Cybernetic Revolt

"Worlds were overrun by bloody uprisings within their own populations, much of which were mutated beyond sanity and recognition. Gene-wars consumed entire star systems, while a psychic apocalypse drowned the stars in fire. The vast empire of Humanity was shattered amidst horror and anarchy, and the oppressive shroud of Old Night settled over all"
- – Custodes 8th edition
The Cybernetic Revolt can arguably be stated to be the bloodiest, most destructive conflict in Human history. While it may pale in comparison to the War in Heaven, it still makes the Horus Heresy seem like a joke in comparison. And while the Horus Heresy was more relatively split between Loyalists and Traitors with few outliers, the Cybernetic Revolt can only be described at a total clusterfuck. Painting this conflict as only Man vs machine would not show the full picture, as many more factors were in fact in play here. Factors that helped bring a brutal and crushing end to the Dark Age of Technology, and a horrific beginning to the Age of Strife.
Prelude
We being in Age of Terra, a time in which humanity is still confined to Terra and its orbit. Since ancient times, nigh indestructible and immortal super humans known as Perpetuals
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