Scions of the Iron Sphere

The Scions of the Iron Sphere are a brotherhood of rabidly
devoted adepts who look upon the Omnissiah as the pinnacle
of human evolution and development, and see all flesh as not
only a weakness in the face of time and adversity, but as a prop
that keeps Mankind from achieving his full potential. The Scions
believe that the Adeptus Mechanicus alone has been vouchsafed
the future of humanity, and, in fact, they see all other humans as
an inferior sub-species, an evolutionary dead end that has proven
itself too weak to deserve the Omnissiah’s blessing. This sect is
not formally recognized within the halls of the Nidus Omega,
but nevertheless wields a surprising amount of power within the
inner sanctums of the Mechanicus Calixis.
The devotion of the Scions of the Iron Sphere is such that
most ascendant adepts of the order undergo a procedure known
as the Rite of Pure Thought, in which the right lobe of their
brain is removed, and replaced with a bank of cogitators and
micro data-stacks to enhance the adept’s ability to process and
store information, while removing the distractions of emotion
and the false paths of creative thought. Those Scions who have
undergone the procedure epitomize the cold, detached persona
that many followers of the Omnissiah project, save that the Scions
are actually incapable of human warmth or original thought.
The Scions of the Iron Sphere hold to the belief that no
agreement with other human agencies need be honored; after
all, there can be no binding agreements between thinking
men and unreasoning animals. This aspect of the Scions’
belief system is the best-kept secret of their fellowship. If the
agents of the Sector Governor or the Holy Ordos should ever
become aware of the cult’s beliefs and influence, the damage
to relationships that are essential to the operation of the Lathe Worlds would be incalculable.