Mars (Hektor Heresy)
This page details people, events, and organisations from the /tg/ Heresy, a fan re-working of the Warhammer 40,000 Universe. See the /tg/ Heresy Timeline and Galaxy pages for more information on the Alternate Universe.
| Mars | |
|---|---|
| Segmentum |
Segmentum Solar |
| Sector |
Sol Sector |
| System |
Sol System |
| Population |
20,000,000,000 |
| Planetary Governor |
Fabricator-General Kalkas Tygian |
| Orbital radius |
1.52AU ± 0.14AU |
| Gravity |
0.38G |
Mars was the home world of the Mechanicum. Due to its history and might, the planet also served as the machine cult's spiritual and political center. After the coming of the Emperor and the Treaty of Mars, Martian Forge-Fanes produced enormous quantities of war material for the Great Crusade. However, under the fanatical rule of Fabricator-General Kalkas Tygian, Mars squandered its strength enforcing a narrow orthodoxy on the Forge Worlds of the Galaxy. Eventually the orthodox Mechanicum outreached themselves and had to accommodate heterodox views that fell short of outright Tech Heresy, leading to the formation of the Non-Conformist League headed by Al-Sherar. Worse, corruption was gnawing at Mars itself, leading to a Chaos-led uprising and civil war as the Hektor Heresy gripped the Galaxy. Despite this devastation, Mars recovered in the period of Imperial Reformation and although Kalkas Tygian's vision of the Machine Cult in complete ritual union across the Galaxy never came to pass, the Red Planet was able to assert its political authority over the Non-Conformist League.
The Forge Temples of Mars
The Mechanicum gathered in ancient hives dedicated to industry and the praise of the Machine God. Just one of the Red Planet's great Forge Temples could out-produce any Imperial planet short of a Forge World or the most sophisticated Hive World. The most famous Forge Temples include:
- The Temple of All Knowledge, more commonly known as Olympus Mons for the volcano about which it is built. This is the center of the Machine Cult and stands close to the Tharsis region.
- The Fane of Urbis Tyrrhena or "Crater City", was a Forge Temple specialising in civilian goods. It was built on the crater fields of Tyrrhena Terra, but became infamous as the birthplace and power center of the Autopostate Vilyon Luthier.
- The Fane of Urbis Syrtis or "Hourglass City", was a Forge Temple built on the mineral-rich Syrtis Major Planum. Urbis Syrtis had the misfortune of being the first Forge Temple to fall to Vilyon Luthier's Giorea Choristers.