Pasqal Haneumann - History: There are few honors greater for those in the Adeptus Mechanicus than being able to serve and further the unending Quest for Knowledge, the most important cornerstone of the faith of the Cult Mechanicus. Said prestige often falls to those afforded the right to join the vaunted brotherhood of the Explorators. Pasqal Haneumann is one such individual, a capable and ambitious seeker of truth who has made his mark upon those within his order.He was a proud child of Mars and upheld the prestige of hailing from the Mechanicus' first and most important ancestral Forge World in everything he did. To do so, he dabbled in multiple technological and scientific disciplines until attaining the lofty rank and title of magos. But this was only one step on the path toward absolution for him.When he attained the rank, he found and became a pupil of a truly enlightened tech-priest among the Cult Mechanicus clergy, the Archmagos Amarnat. His newfound mentor was of unparalleled genius. Yet that genius, which made even Pasqal's vast memory unit seem paltry in comparison, was a danger and might well have caused a schism. Something happened, a revelation or a shift in the doctrinal spectrum of the Explorator fleet Pasqal was a member of that would have caused a schism. And when the Mechanicus schisms, Titans walk.In order to contemplate this new development, to discern what move was best to take, Pasqal pulled away from his brothers and sisters among the Machine Cult aboard a remote void station in a system explored and monitored by his fleet. Until, at least, a cryptic message from his one-time mentor found its way to him and galvanised him to return to the Koronus Expanse in search of him.However, he could not do what he needed to do alone.It is then fortuitous for Pasqal that, in his pursuit of his mentor, he would chance an encounter with a Rogue Trader on the planet Rykad Minoris which was the last known position of Amarnat. With this auspicious meeting, Pasqal now has an opportunity to accompany an individual of great political and military power who can help him with his vital mission. And, thankfully for the tech-priest, the newly-installed Lord Captain of the von Valancius dynasty was in desperate need of a new prime enginseer for their flagship.Together, they carved a path through the planet and discovered that while Amarnat had indeed been there and had spread his teachings to the priesthood of the Adeptus Mechanicus present on Rykard Minoris, he was no longer present on the world. In the process, however, Pasqal and the Rogue Trader found several inconsistencies between what the tech-priest thought he knew and what they had learned in the process. But while there was no satisfying resolution to be found, it did assure continued cooperation. Pasqal would be an enginseer prime for the dynasty while House von Valancius served as an anchor by which to moor Pasqal amid a growing storm of uncertainty.Why did his memory seem at odds with what he was learning? Where had his mentor, the near-cause of the schism, vanished to?Every solar hour that passes brings with it two questions for every one answer Pasqal manages to pry out from the Koronus Expanse. But the teasing taste of insight into this erudite mystery pushes him on. What might be at the end of this road: the master he forsook in trying to keep the peace or a new revelation that might shake the dogma of the Machine God that has long dominated his life? Only time will tell.