Carnicula

Over a decade ago, a schism erupted within the adepts of
the Hippocrasian Agglomeration, as several research vessels pulled away from Morwen VI and
sought less crowded skies in which to pursue an independent
program of research. The Carnicula are not solely fixated on
mortality and decay, but rather on multifarious approaches to
lengthening the lifespan of various vat-grown constructs. Even
their Hippocrasian brethren see the adepts of the Carnicula as
unwholesomely fixated on the flesh and, in fact, many of them
have augmented their bodies with new biological components.
Although not heretical by the strictest of definitions, most of
the Mechanicus Calixis find these fleshly augmetics inefficient,
terribly distasteful, and even an affront to the Machine God.
The Carnicula has become loosely aligned to the Organicists
of wider Mechanicus recognition. Although most of the Lathe Worlds do not look upon them with great favor, whenever an
ageing Arch-Magos finds his biological components going into
final system shutdown, they waste no time in seeking out the
Carnicula and its dedicated Biologis research ships.