Magos Ætheric

Given the nature of the Lathes, it is little surprise that the
Mechanicum of Calixis has developed several unique sects
devoted to the study of gravity and its effects upon the Materium,
all falling under the College Cult Graviticus. The Magos Ætheric
are one such faction, aiming their research more towards how such
forces interact with the delicate membrane that exists between
the Immaterium and realspace. The hazardous nature of their
work usually demands their bodies be toughened with rippling
layers of vat-grown lattice tissue, so that they can withstand
nearby gravimantic fluctuations without being torn apart, and
years of experience allow them to maintain their stance while
being pulled into the intense fields. Their experiments usually
involve controlled collapsed matter implosions to learn what, if
any, Warp fluctuations then occur.
While most Magos Ætheric rely on passive augury arrays
to gather their data, some of the more reckless on Diogenes IV dare to utilize mass implosion spikes and Gellar bubbles to
puncture the boundary, and venture into the Sea of Souls for
short periods, tethered in place with graviton beams. While in
the nightmare realm, they conduct arcane experiments on the
effects of even shielded exposures to flesh and metal, all the
while viewing images that no mortal can view for long and
stay sane. Servitors are also used for such dives, though no
protective shielding is used, and often what emerges must be
hurriedly destroyed. Some of the Magos have conducted their
experiments for so long that reality has lost meaning; their
engrammic pathways eroded smooth, they drift through the
station without purpose, sometimes ending their journey at a
far voidlock. Others face even more dread fates should their
protective devices flicker even the slightest, their souls quickly
consumed as fell denizen-beings from within the Warp take
control of their bodies. Given the unnatural behavior most
of the ancient Tech-Priests on Diogenes IV already exhibit,
however, visitors might have grave difficulties in discerning
the unnatural from the merely mechanical.