Hesh

Hesh is a forge world within the Lathes system of the Golgenna Reach in the Calixis Sector, along with its twins Hadd and Het. A hidden fortress of the Acuitor Set known as Rasama exists upon Hesh. It is also home of the Protocol Academies which train Factors of the Lathes.
The very portrait of a classical forge world, Lathe-Hesh is
covered with enormous factories, towering production lines,
and vast assembly yards that churn out specialized weaponry
and vehicles for the Sector militaries and for the Adeptus
Mechanicus itself. Huge plains of marshalling yards and
tank parks hold a generation’s worth of fighting vehicles and
massive artillery waiting to be deployed where needed. Picking
up more of the overall production as its sister worlds shift more
to management or fall fallow, the adepts of Lathe-Hesh are
the most ardent followers of the Omnissiah within the Lathes
System and, indeed, possibly all of the Lathe Worlds.
Lathe-Hesh consists mostly of construction facilities for
large or specialized combat vehicles, such as battle tanks and
larger war machines. The most recent additions to the august
roll of manufacture are the enormous Valdor Tank Hunters,
whose facilities were moved entirely from Lathe-Het very
recently. Home to the most conservative adepts, Lathe-Hesh
looks at those of Lathe-Het as manipulative politicians, and
Lathe-Hadd’s as indolent layabouts.
There are more temples and sites sanctified to the Omnissiah
on Lathe-Hesh than on any of the other Lathe Worlds. Of all
the holdings of the Adeptus Mechanicus within the Calixis
Sector and neighboring regions, it is upon Lathe-Hesh
that the Lords Dragon are most fervently feared, and entire
sermon-cants are made to massed congregations in the hopes
that an agent of the Lords Dragon are listening.
The most holy construct on the planet, the Curia
Mechanicum, is a towering bastion of faith in the Machine God,
piercing the foul clouds of noisome pollution that cling to the
planet’s surface. Built to enclose the planet’s sacred Fabricator
ship, the entire complex is a maze of black basalt and burnished
brass. The Curia is the center of worship on the forge world,
but also houses the offices and manufactories directly under
the supervision of the Fabricator of Lathe-Hesh. Also housed
within the Curia are the offices of the Officio Vigilis, a unit of
the Crimson Guard unique to Lathe-Hesh. Some of the most
gifted Artificers working within the Calixis Sector call the
Curia home, lavishing years of doting attention on a single
weapon system in the name of the Divine Light of Sollex.
Although most adepts consider the heart of the planet to
be the Curia Mechanicum, the soul is almost certainly the
Ordinatus Yards, a continent-sized array of fabrication sheds,
manufactories, assembly halls, and detailing amphitheatra, all
dedicated to the refurbishment, rebuilding, and repairing of
the enormous Ordinatus Platforms. It is here that these ancient
and enormous creations are brought back to life after battle,
imbued with the most powerful and responsive machine
spirits, and lavished with the utmost care upon every rivet
and seam. Adepts from near and far visit the Yards merely to
honor the mighty machine-spirits that have been resurrected
there over the millennia, even though they are almost always
silent, as the call to resurrect an Ordinatus platform only
comes perhaps once in a generation.
==Fabricator of Lathe-Hech, Forge Master Janden Samekh Alpha==
Forge Master Samekh is an ardent and open follower of the
Divine Light of Sollex, despite the relatively recent actions of
Arch-Magos Malygris that cast suspicion upon that fellowship.
He dedicates more and more of the manufacturing power of
his world to the production and perfection of weaponry each
year. Although nominally only responsible for the production
of Lathe-Hesh, he has become the figurehead for the
followers of the Divine Light throughout the Lathe Worlds.
The prestige the presence of the Fabricator ship affords, and
that of Ordinatus Yards themselves, cannot be underestimated
as sources of Samekh’s growing power within the sect.
Forge Master Samekh is a cold, detached man, even for those
within the Mechanicus. Exceedingly resentful of any concerns
that pull him from the manufactorums and laboratories within
the Curia, he nevertheless wastes no time in confronting any
possible issues that might disrupt the operation of his forge
world or challenge his understanding of the vision of the
Omnissiah. Within the halls of the Nidus Omega, Samekh is a
constant opponent of Fabricator Castellar and a sometime ally
of his second, Ralwure the Golden. His utter contempt, in fact,
for both High Fabricator Castellar and Forge Master Wahh of
Lathe-Hadd is well-known, and those seeking to undermine or
counteract the influence of either Arch-Magos often come to
Lathe-Hesh seeking Samekh’s guidance and assistance.
==Forge World Origin==
As the premier forge world of the Calixis Sector, Lathe-Hesh
represents everything most Imperial citizens have come to
expect from a forge world.
Characters originating from Lathe-Hesh start with the
Technical Knock Talent.
Category:Forge Worlds
Category:Adeptus Mechanicus
Category:Calixis Sector
Category:Golgenna Reach
Category:Planets