Ferrous Whisper

Among the diverse members of the Mechanicus Calixis are many
who harken back to the heady days of Martian independence,
many thousands of years ago when the red planet was free. Those
adepts yearn once again for Mechanicus autonomy, for a galaxy
where the adherents of the Omnissiah stand as allies, a body
separate from, but equal to, the Imperium. These adepts often
refer to themselves, and their philosophy, as the Ferrous Whisper.
The High Fabricator of the Lathes, the Lathe-Covenant, and
most Forge Masters working within the Mechanicus Calixis deny
the existence of the Ferrous Whisper. Sympathy within the halls
of power is high, however. Particularly susceptible to this line of
thinking are those lower in the hierarchy of the Mechanicum,
who seek ways to raise their own station at the cost of others.
Within the Tricorn Palace and the Ordos Calixis, the movement
is seen as a dangerous heresy, alarmingly seductive to weaker
adepts, and thus something to be watched and controlled at
every opportunity. In fact, the rulers of the Calixis Sector are
acutely aware of the danger this philosophy poses, as they would
sever the close ties between the Mechanicus and the Imperium.
More worrisome still, they do not know if this sect is only local
to Calixis, or perhaps a tendril reaching across Imperial space.
Surely if so, the often fragile relationship between Mars and
Terra could one day falter, leaving the Imperium ripe for a new
civil war of devastating consequences.