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.