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Lasgun - Sources: 13th Legion by Gav Thorpe, pp. 239-240Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition), pg. 38Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex), pp. 16, 34Codex: Imperial Guard (2nd Edition)Dark Heresy: The Lathe World (RPG), pg. 59Dark Heresy: The Inquisitor's Handbook (RPG), pg. 112Forge World Tallarn Lascannon TeamThe Horus Heresy: Book Four - Conquest (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pg. 83Inquisitor Rulebook (Specialist Game) pg. 66, 110-111Imperial Armour Volume Five - Siege of Vraks, pg. 16Imperial Armour Volume Six - The Siege of Vraks - Part Two, pg. 109Imperial Armour Volume Eleven - The Doom of Mymeara pp. 79, 101Imperial Munitorum Manual (Background Book) by Graham McNeill, pp. 61-62Only War: Core Rulebook (RPG), pg. 176Only War: Hammer of the Emperor (RPG), pg. 111Only War: Shield of Humanity (RPG), pg. 127Rogue Trader: Core Rulebook (RPG), pg. 120Rogue Trader: Faith and Coin (RPG), pg. 80Rogue Trader: Hostile Acquisitions (RPG), pg. 48Rogue Trader: Into the Storm (RPG), pp. 110-111The Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer (Background Book) by Mat Ralphs, pg. 19Warhammer 40,000: Rulebook (6th Edition) pg. 55Warhammer 40,000: Wargear (4th Edition), pp. 9-10Warhammer 40,000: Wargear (2nd Edition), pg. 26Cain's Last Stand (Novel) by Sandy MitchellGhostmaker (Novel) by Dan Abnett, pg. 295First and Only (Novel) by Dan AbnettGuns of Tanith (Novel) by Dan AbnettWhite Dwarf 317 (UK), pg. 53
Lash of Torment - Lash of Torment: The Lash of Torment is a Gift of Chaos and a Daemon Weapon, granted by Slaanesh to his favoured servants. This weapon takes the form of either a whip, or multiple lengthy tendrils, that twists and coils with a mind of its own. Cruelly barbed hooks run along its length and its sinuous coils are warm yet unsettling to the touch. Within this physical vessel is bound the essence of a Daemonette, and the whip is in turn bound to its bearer, either fusing to and ultimately absorbing his or her hand, or by fusing directly to his or her spine like a Mechadendrite.The Lash of Torment is, like all Daemon Weapons, sentient and has a will of its own. In battle it will move independently from its bearer, attempting to coil around any living being foolish enough to get close. Once it has trapped a victim, the Lash will writhe and constrict around the hapless being, slowly suffocating it and cutting it to pieces with its multiple barbs. The most disturbing power of the Lash is that it does not only thrive on the pain and fear of its victims, it also psychically projects these feelings to all those in the vicinity of its actions. Servants of Slaanesh find this highly entertaining and wonderfully pleasurable, but other beings have been seen running away in terror when forced to experience the terrible agony of one of their fellows caught in the Lash of Torment. Even outside of combat, the Lash's ability to project emotions is a valued tool during the debased and perverse rituals of praise that the servants of Slaanesh engage in.
Lash of Torment - Notable Wielders: Lucius the Eternal - Lucius the Eternal is known as the most skilled user of this Daemon Weapon. However, Lucius' version of the weapon is not unique, and any servant who earns the praise of Slaanesh through his fell deeds might find himself rewarded by being bound to one of these grotesque Daemon Weapons.
Laspistol - Laspistol: The Laspistol is the pistol version of the Lasgun and like that weapon fires a coherent beam of energetic photons that can burn through most materials. The Laspistol is powered by a miniature power pack that is usually placed within the grip.The Laspistol is used most often by officers or commissars of the Astra Militarum in conjunction with a close combat weapon, often a chainsword or power sword. The Laspistol was specifically intended to allow the user to fire one-handed and wield a melee weapon in the other hand. The Laspistol is also a favoured weapon of tech-priest enginseers and Sanctioned Psykers.The Laspistol is capable of producing the same amount of damage in a skilled user's hands as the Lasgun, yet it has drastically reduced range as compared to its variant rifle form. The Laspistol lacks the Lasgun's selective fire options, having only the ability to fire single shots.There is little standardisation in the design of Laspistols across the Imperium of Man, and most Human worlds produce their own unique versions. These designs are distinctive enough that they can be used by an expert to determine the pistol's world of origin.Despite its lack of killing power compared to the more potent weapons of the Imperial arsenal, the Laspistol remains the favorite sidearm of many an Imperial soldier, for it is rugged, solid, precise, can be used to club an opponent without risk of damage to the weapon, requires very little maintenance, is not temperamental and will not overheat.An added bonus is that the weapon's power cells can be easily recharged by exposing them to sunlight or thrusting them into a camp fire for a few minutes, ensuring that the user is never out of ammunition for long.
Laspistol - Hellpistols: Sometimes also known as "hot-shot" weapons, Hellpistols are more powerful versions of Laspistols, used almost exclusively by special operation regiments like the Tempestus Scions and high-ranking members of the Imperium.
Laspistol - Sources: Black Crusade: Core Rulebook (RPG), pg. 153Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition), pg. 68Dark Heresy: Core Rulebook (RPG), pg. 131Dark Heresy: Ascension (RPG), pg. 138Dark Heresy: The Inquisitor's Handbook (RPG), pp. 112-113, 172-173Dark Heresy: The Lathe Worlds (RPG), pg. 59Deathwatch: Core Rulebook (RPG), pg. 150Imperial Armour Volume Four - The Anphelion Project, pg. 136Imperial Armour Volume Eleven - The Doom of Mymeara, pp. 79, 101Imperial Munitorum Manual (Background Book), pg. 64Inquisitor Rulebook (Specialist Game), pp. 66, 110-111Only War: Hammer of the Emperor (RPG), pg. 111Only War: Shield of Humanity (RPG), pp. 126-127Necromunda: Rulebook, pg. 46Rogue Trader: Core Rulebook (RPG), pp. 119-120Rogue Trader: Into the Storm (RPG), pp. 110-111Specialist Games Catalogue, pg. 14Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (1st Edition), pg. 78Warhammer 40,000: Rulebook (6th Edition), pg. 55Warhammer 40,000: Rulebook (4th Edition), pg. 34Warhammer 40,000: Wargear (2nd Edition), pg. 16
Last Night At The Resplendent And Other Stories (Anthology) - Last Night At The Resplendent And Other Stories (Anthology): Last Night at the Resplendent and Other Stories is a 2021 store exclusive anthology.
Last Night At The Resplendent And Other Stories (Anthology) - Synopsis: Contains the following short stories:Embers of Extinction by Brandon EastonThe Dead Hours by David GuymerDa Big Mouf by Danie WareFive Candles by Lora GrayA Coin for the Carrion Thieves by John FrenchLast Night at the Resplendent by Sandy Mitchell
Last Wall - Last Wall: The Last Wall, also called the Last Wall Protocol, was a secret stratagem of the Imperial Fists Space Marine Chapter that called for all the Successor Chapters of the original Imperial Fists Space Marine Legion to reunite in the event that Terra itself came under grave threat.The protocol was enacted during the War of the Beast in 544-546.M32.
Lastrum Storm Bolter - Lastrum Storm Bolter: A Lastrum Storm Bolter is a unique pattern of Bolt Weapon utilised exclusively by the Legio Custodes, the elite bodyguard of the Emperor of Mankind. The Lastrum Storm Bolter was named for the weaponsmiths of the Lastrum Core Clan of the Appolyne workshops of Terra.Other than being exemplars of their kind in terms of skill of fabrication, they would not be remarkable save for their uniquely powerful ammunition.Rather than the usual "Kraken" type bolts utilised by the standard weapon loadouts of the Legio Custodes, the artisans of the Lastrum clans hand-manufacture only customised mass-reactive heliothermic warheads for their bolt shells.Once within their target, these burst into brief, but sun-hot incendiary detonations, incinerating their victims from within.These shells are uncommonly dense, requiring a far stronger charge to launch than common bolt shells, and only the Lastrum's uniquely sturdy construction for a weapon of their size can withstand the stresses of this repeated firing.During the Great Crusade era of the late 30th Millennium, the sheer resources and skill required to craft these weapons were immense, and they could never have hoped to be mass-produced to arm the Space Marine Legions. Even the output of entire generations of the Lastrum Clan themselves could barely satisfy the demands of only the Legio Custodes.
Lastrum Storm Bolter - Lastrum Bolt Cannon: The Lastrum Bolt Cannon is a heavier, more potent version of the Lastrum Storm Bolter that is mounted upon the forward hulls of the Custodes' Gyrfalcon Jetbike, Coronus Grav-Carrier and Caladius Grav-Tank.
Lastrum Storm Bolter - Sources: The Horus Heresy - Book Seven: Inferno (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pg. 245
Lathe-class Monitor-cruiser - Lathe-class Monitor-cruiser: The Lathe-class Monitor-cruiser is a light cruiser of the Basilikon Astra, the fleet of the Adeptus Mechanicus.It is used by the Priesthood of Mars more for exploration than combat as it excels at long voyages and can operate for solar decades without outside assistance.
Lathe-class Monitor-cruiser - History: The design was recovered from the data-vaults of the Forge World of Lathe-Het in the Lathe System during the Angevin Crusade to claim the Calyx Expanse for the Imperium and was produced for centuries afterwards by the Mechanicus of the Calixis Sector.
Lathe-class Monitor-cruiser - Armament: Lathe-class Monitor-cruisers are bristling with many different starship-grade weapon types on its port, starboard, prow and dorsal sections.
Lathe-class Monitor-cruiser - Specifications: Dimensions - 4.2 kilometres long, 0.5 kilometres abeam approx.Mass - 20.9 megatonnesCrew - 35,000 + 25,000 servitors approx.Acceleration - 6 gravities maximum sustainable acceleration
Lathe-class Monitor-cruiser - Variants: Secutor-class Monitor-cruiser
Lathe Worlds - Lathe Worlds: A trio of quasi-worlds at the hem of the Malfian Sub-sector, the Lathe Worlds are the foremost Forge Worlds of the Calixis Sector, rivalling Scintilla's Gunmetal City for weapons manufacture. The three terraformed planetoids, Het, Hesh and Hadd, enjoy an irregular orbit around their star, intersecting to produce events of hyper-gravity.At such times, industry goes into frantic production, as the commingled gravitational urges of the passing planetoids allow for the specialist smelting of rare metals and alloys. Lathe-world blades are famed throughout the Calixis Sector for their unbreakable character.Gravitational duress also accounts for the dense, armor-piercing quality of Lathe-world ammunition. These so-called "body-blowers" are expensive and rare, and often purchased singly. The damage they can do to flesh is astonishing. Blades produced under gravitic circumstances on the Lathes are considered holy and special.Lord Marius Hax owns a rapier of Lathe origin, presented to him by Magos Luol Rho, the Lathe-world emissary to the court of Scintilla. It is rumoured that King Skull's sword is also an unbreakable tongue of Lathe-world manufacture.The workforce of the Lathes is surprisingly small but all those born and bred on those oddly tangled planetoids are meaty, squat and powerful in their demeanour, and built with heavy bones and mounds of flesh.As with all Forge Worlds held under the fealty of the Mechanicus of Mars, the Lathes are a secretive, closed environment.Visits require special permits and authority, and the Lathes are protected by a fraternity of warrior Tech-priests, who can call upon the power of Titans if the circumstances demand.Most agencies of the Imperium in the Calixis Sector view the Adeptus Mechanicus as a singular, monolithic organization that thinks and acts with one logical mind, each Tech-priest moving in lockstep with the others towards the inscrutable goals set down by the Cult of the Machine God.However, the truth is something more complex. In the Calixis Sector, the Adeptus Mechanicus has many internecine challenges of its own.Over the centuries since the sector's founding, the Calixian Mechanicus has been riven by factionalism and rarely has been truly united. It is said that even the machine altars of the Calixis Forge Worlds conspire and whisper with secrets amongst the formulae and schematics normally transmitted from one to the other.Despite these difficulties, the Adeptus Mechanicus is nevertheless firmly entrenched in the Calixis Sector, a vital part of the operations of nearly every planet, and a distinct, significant power of its own that commands respect.This is due in no small part to the strong leadership that has guided the Calixian Mechanicus over a millennia, centred around the influential and tradition-bound forge masters of the Lathe Worlds.
Lathe Worlds - Dominions of the Lathe: Found near the centre of the Calixis Sector, along the border of the Golgenna Reach and the Drusus Marches sub-sectors, is an entire system the Adeptus Mechanicus dominate and rule: the Lathes.Its three main planets, ceded to the Adeptus Mechanicus during the final stages of the Angevin Crusade and since transformed into massive Forge Worlds in their own right, have been vigorous furnaces of production and research at the core of the sector for over two thousand Terran years.Since their founding, the Mechanicus of the Lathes has converted nearly every object in the system to the purposes of the Machine God. They have occupied almost every stable anchor point in the system with research stations, agrodomes, and Skitarii garrison bases.Reaching out from the central system, the magi of the Lathes have stretched their power and influence across the sector using all manner of coercion and manipulation. From the Lords Dragon conducting their diligent interrogations on the prison planet of Sheol-17 to the Magos Biologis of the Hippocrasian Agglomeration labouring over the churned devastation of Morwen VI, the Adeptus Mechanicus has spread throughout Calixis, and the archmagi of the Lathe-Covenant drive to maintain firm control over their far-flung holdings.These Lathe Worlds, the common title given to the various stations, planets, and systems the Adeptus Mechanicus of the Lathes claim rule over, represent an enormous power within the Calixis Sector.Unfortunately for the archmagos of the Lathe-Covenant, controlling the ambition and thirst for knowledge of countless adepts, scattered widely over the vastness of the sector, is nearly impossible. Factions and sects vie for control of their own individual fiefdoms, secret research cabals operate with furtive aims, and forbidden experiments occur wherever the endless desire for knowledge overrides control or sanity.Added to this litany of difficulties are the caprices of astropathic communication and the insurmountable vagaries of Warp travel, as countless stellar phenomena and other, stranger anomalies wreak havoc with all attempts at interstellar command, often rendering even the most careful and diligent leadership efforts completely fruitless.Entire tech-heresies might rise, Explorator ships become lost in their travels and forgotten, and research outposts fall to disuse and decay, and worse, as the Lathes strive in this impossible task.
Lathe Worlds - Three Lathes: The spiritual core of the Lathes System, and, in fact, all the Mechanicus Calixis, are the three Forge Worlds built upon the bones of ancient Fabricator ships landed thousands of standard years ago. Now consisting of layer after layer of construction and infrastructure, the original topography of each planet is hopelessly buried to time.Wreathed in the noxious fumes of a thousand thousand factories, unaugmented Humans are barely capable of surviving upon their surfaces, but the servants of the Machine God toil ceaselessly for the glory of the Omnissiah and the Lathes, and anything else is triviality to be ignored.
Lathe Worlds - Lathe-Het: First of equals, Lathe-Het is the home of the Lathe-Covenant's Nidus Omega, the massive structure that houses the ruling councils of the Mechanicus Calixis. Lathe-Het was the first world in the system to receive its massive Fabricator ship during the Angevin Crusade and thus the first to be fully developed into a Forge World, rising to prominence over the first thousand years of consolidation within the system.Most of its manufactoria have since been moved off-planet, however, into orbital stations and other holdings across the system. Forge Master Samekh on Lathe-Hesh eagerly claimed the last major production facilities to be removed, those assembling the enormous Valdor Tank Hunters and mounting their priceless main weapons.The planet is now almost totally given over to data-vaults, Ludus TechnoMats, and scriptoriums, as well as the mechanics of governance for the Lathe Worlds. In addition, vast data-vaults store enormous amounts of information, collected over millennia, which the adepts of Lathe-Het hoard as a further source of power and influence.Most Explorator fleets operating under the aegis of the Lathe Worlds are also coordinated, resupplied, and supported through the tireless efforts of the adepts and minions of Lathe-Het.Lathe-Het is referred to as the "First of Equals," home of the Lathe-Covenant's Nidus Omega, from which the adepts who rule over the Adeptus Mechanicus' vast holdings conduct their daily business and management.The Nidus Omega is a huge hall deep within the core of Lathe-Het, constructed far beneath the first ancient Fabricator ship. Countless offices, lecture halls, generatoria, assembly vaults, and data repositories fill this cold warren of steel and stone.At the centre of the Nidus sits the Grand Atrium of the Lathes, a vast assembly hall where the official work of governing the Lathe Worlds is conducted. An enormous bowl of a room, the Grand Atrium contains enough seating, both public and private, to accommodate every tech-adept of the rank of magos or higher within the system and all of its far-flung holdings.Only twice has this been attempted: after the death of Sector Lord Drusus for a formal reading of sealed grants and directives, and during the Malygrisian Heresy.Beneath the Grand Atrium is the Covenant Elogium, a secure storage facility for primary source documents and records from the age of the Angevin Crusade. Although various agencies across the sector have cast serious doubt on the accuracy of this data, the Lathe Worlds maintain their veracity.Included within the Elogium are the original agreements between the Adeptus Mechanicus and General Drusus that formed the Lathe Worlds and the foundation of the Lathe-Covenant millennia ago.
Lathe Worlds - Lathe-Hesh: 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 specialised 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 specialised combat vehicles, such as main 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 tech-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 neighbouring 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 centre of worship on the Forge World, but also houses the offices and manufactoria 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, manufactoria, assembly halls, and detailing amphitheatre, 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 honour 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.
Lathe Worlds - The Rule of the Iron Law: The Lathe Worlds comprise every planet the Mechanicus claim rule over within the borders of the Calixis Sector and beyond into the Koronus Expanse (though the latter is without any Imperial recognition, given the nature of that lawless region).The challenges of leading such a diverse and individualistic group as the adepts of the Omnissiah are manifold, ranging from the eternal problems of void communication and transportation, to the more insidious issues of oversight and tech-heresy.Over time, an elaborate structure has evolved within the rigid confines of the Pact of Blood and Oil to assist the Lathe-Covenant in managing its holdings.The Lathe-Covenant requires a careful balance between three distinctly separate offices: the high fabricator of the Lathes, the High Council of the archmagi, and the Consilium Magos.The High Council is a small cabal of archmagi drawn from all the Lathe Worlds, responsible for every facet of production in the Mechanicus Calixis.The Consilium Magos, on the other hand, is a much larger body, again made up of adepts from throughout the Lathe Worlds. It is the duty of the Consilium to interface with outside agencies of power such as the sector governor's council and the Holy Ordos.The Consilium hears petitions from these bodies, analyses their cases, and then advises the High Council. Ancillary to these assemblies are the Magos Vagus, the remaining magi in the sector.Any magos may attend Covenant sessions, call for a hearing before the High Council, or request an audience with the high fabricator, although this will most likely be denied unless they are able to pique his interest.In theory, the Lathe-Covenant is independent of the high fabricator, and he, in turn, is only one among equals within the High Council.However, over the past several hundred years, the balance of power has slowly shifted away from the Covenant and into the hands of the high fabricator, effectively anointing him, unofficially, as the sole ruler of the Lathe Worlds and marking the Covenant as little more than an advisory body.
Lathe Worlds - Power Factions and Sects: The Lathe Worlds are, in theory, one seamless, perfect mechanism where all serve in unity of purpose under the rule of the Lathes. On a practical level, however, they are nothing more than a loose conglomeration of factions, each consisting of millions of insular, isolated tech-adepts, most far distant from their masters.Each adept pursues their own Quest for Knowledge with which to enrich the Omnissiah and the greater glory of the Adeptus Mechanicus. Occasionally, they find themselves capable of working in unison towards their disparate goals.However, quite often, Tech-priests across the sector find themselves at odds with their brethren, with those for whom they should maintain the highest esteem. It is in those moments, when loyalty to the Omnissiah, loyalty to one's self, and loyalty to one's faction or chosen sect collide, that the true measure of an adept is often known.History is replete with examples of tech-adepts who have pursued their own Quests for Knowledge against the better judgement of their peers. The false fabricator of Cyclopea and his elaborate servitor army, the dangerous allure of the Pharrian Profanation, and of course, Archmagos Malygris himself, all stand as ready examples of the danger that can be posed from abjuring the teachings of the Omnissiah in favour of personal advancement or power.It is, therefore, extremely important for any adept entering the crucible of the Lathes to exercise a certain amount of awareness towards the various factions and sects that comprise the Lathe System and the diverse feudal holdings of the Lathe Worlds.
Lathe Worlds - Lathe-Covenant: The ruling body of tech-adepts that preside over the Mechanicus Calixis, the Lathe-Covenant is the first and foremost faction throughout the Lathe Worlds. The Magos Vagus, adepts who adhere strictly to Lord Militant Angevin's Pact of Blood and Oil, marking the confederation and independence between Governor Drusus and the representatives of the Adeptus Mechanicus over 2000 standard years ago, are also included within this powerful bloc.The power of the Lathe-Covenant is derived not only from the documents that established the Mechanicus Calixis, but also from the mere fact of their present possession of authority. This position allows them and their allies to apply a great deal of pressure in the pursuit of material, personnel, and other resources.Even among the Covenant, however, one cannot find a monolithic coalition. Varying translations of the rights, responsibilities, and duties of the Lathe Worlds to the governors of Calixis and indeed, to each other, strain the various sub-factions.There are divisions that believe fervently in the Mechanicus Calixis’ duty to support and raise up the more benighted sub-sectors of Calixis, while others render unto the Sector Lord only grudgingly, seeing the Adeptus Mechanicus as more of a senior power to the rest of the backward Imperium than an integral, co-equal part.
Lathe Worlds - Disciples of Thule: One of the most numerous factions within the Mechanicus Calixis, the followers of Archmagos Paracelsus Thule believe that the eternal Quest for Knowledge is best pursued in the field. Disciples of the itinerant archmagos are the most fervent supporters of the Explorator fleets.They believe the best way to serve the Omnissiah and utilise the limited resources on hand is to seek out the ancient technologies of the past and to follow the paths of the ancients wherever they may lead.Such concerns as fame, political ramifications, and even personal safety matter nothing to the Disciples of Thule as they pursue their quest into the deep, cold recesses of space in the hopes of pushing the boundaries of knowledge further and further back.The Disciples of Thule are not a proscribed or radical sect, although they are not entirely welcomed into the Mechanicus body politic due to their singular focus on exploration to the detriment of all else.Others look upon these dedicated adepts with bemused tolerance for the most part, unless one of their expeditions claims the resources or personnel of a rival adept, at which point the conflicts can quickly escalate.
Lathe Worlds - Magos Fidelis: Among the many factions of the Mechanicus Calixis are those adepts who believe that the fracturing of the Lathe Worlds has grown out of hand. They look upon the petty bickering, empire building, and general discord sown throughout the sector as a waste of precious resources that could be better served going to any of a number of more legitimate causes, most often their own.A loose confederation of like-minded tech-adepts rather than a formal faction, the Magos Fidelis nevertheless hold considerable power, as quite often the merest threat of intervention from Mars is enough to cause a wayward adept to back down.The adepts of the Magos Fidelis are among the most conservative and traditional members of the Mechanicus. Faithful followers of the Omnissiah, often characterised as excessively orthodox within the Cult Mechanicus, most of the tech-adepts and lesser Lathesmasters nevertheless afford them great respect for their dedication and the force of their belief.The most fervent members of the Magos Fidelis believe that a more firm hand, directly from Mars, is needed to set the Lathe Worlds to rights, although at present all petitions for direct intervention have not garnered any response.
Lathe Worlds - Divine Light of Sollex: A fanatical group of Secutors whose roots were lost to the ravages of time, this cult devotes all of their energy and effort towards the development of more and more devastating weapons and the martial doctrines that best utilise them.Adepts who worship at the altar of Sollex care nothing for the more productive or peaceful applications of technology, and only for the destruction that may be wrought, bending these weapons against those who would misuse the teachings of the Omnissiah.Within the Lathe System the Cult of Sollex works openly, the devotion of Lathe-Hesh and its charismatic forge master a strong support in their various works. Members of the cult operate throughout the system, working on various projects and systems, digging through the archives of Cella, manning the Sagitarium Platforms orbiting Desideratum, and the workshops and storage bays of Lycosidae.Among the most contentious efforts of the followers of the Divine Light are the various gravimancy research stations, where the Cult insists the strange powers ravaging the system could be harnessed to create truly apocalyptic weapon systems. No such system has been perfected, but the research and testing for such a weapon is ongoing across the entire system.Those who look askance at the followers of the Divine Light most likely do so as a result of various rumours and whispered reports planet-wide eradications in the name of weapons testing.Although the Ordos Calixis have investigated these rumours rigourously, so far no proof of such errant waste of biological resources has been found.
Lathe Worlds - Cult Achanum: A recent development on Lathe-Hadd, rumours place this loose association of adepts far from the centre of control on the planet, and rather in the more desolate region of Hadd Sur.The brutal removal of production facilities, theoretically to make way for some grand project as the Forge Master decreed, ravaged this area very harshly.But as years pass and still no advancement is made, the populace of the Silent Forge has grown more and more restive, searching farther and farther afield for purpose and guidance. The Cult Achanum, the whispers suggest, offers exactly this.Preaching from the rust-streaked, hollow shells of now-empty fabrication halls, the leaders of the Cult Achanum speak in strident tones of the Omnissiah. These compelling speakers claim that the Omnissiah holds a special fate for each of His consecrated brethren, from the highest forge master to the lowliest menial.Fate is preordained, and the Machine God, knowing all, wishes only that His followers accept these paths and walk them in courage. The Cult interprets desire and ambition as dangerous aberrations, counter to the wishes of the Omnissiah.A loyal follower of the Cult should not strive to break from their path, but rather accept what has been handed down to them. The present state of affairs on Lathe-Hadd is part of the Machine God's plan, they say, and thus should not be fought, but rather accepted in quiet contemplation awaiting his design to unfold.Many wonder if this exists more to ensure the placidity of the natives than to affirm the Cult.
Lathe Worlds - Alium Union: Among the most conservative and traditional adepts of the Mechanicus Calixis are those who claim membership in the Alium Union, the Calixian chapter of the Imperio-cognosticians.The members of the Union staunchly believe that those who toil quietly, for the betterment of the Omnissiah, can serve the Quest for Knowledge just as well as the more vainglorious adepts who dash about the stars seeking ancient secrets.Members of the Alium Union see great benefit to the Omnissiah and, indeed, the Imperium itself, in the daily duties every member of the Mechanicum, from the high fabricator of the Lathes to the lowliest menial, performs.Ironically, there is a backlash effect occurring on Lathe-Hadd, in direct reaction to the grinding silence the hubris of the planet's magi has brought about. In this environment, the Alium League has gained support and sympathy from many divergent quarters.Seeing the Silent Forge as the price paid for overreaching, these members of the Union seek to reestablish the credibility of their home through small tasks of renovation and production, hoping to bring the planet back into service one small manufactorum at a time.Although only a small number of adepts on Lathe-Hadd are openly members of the Alium Union, there is more and more support within the Halls of Ignavus for this humble approach.
Lathe Worlds - 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 its 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 recognised 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 tech-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 epitomise 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 honoured; after all, there can be no binding agreements between thinking true Humans 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.
Lathe Worlds - Hippocrasian Sect: Consisting primarily of Magos Biologis and Genetors, the Hippocrasian Sect is a fellowship of like-minded adepts.The sect itself has never been clear as to the end use of their research, and has responded to inquiries from the Lathe-Covenant and even the office of the high fabricator himself with vague statements of prolonged life, improved augmetic implantation, and the like.To date, however, the Hippocrasians have filed no official findings or discoveries regarding these fields, or, in fact, any others.Although the vast majority of the followers of the sect can be found in the haphazard collection of spacecraft and observation stations orbiting the Death World of Morwen VI, there are adherents of the sect spread throughout the Lathe Worlds.Any Research Station with a Biologis cadre most likely has at least one magos sympathetic to the fascinations that drive the Hippocrasians. Reports indicate that the Ordo Hereticus holds certain suspicions of the sect, and the Lathe-Covenant has received warnings that Chaos taint might fester without proper Inquisitorial oversight.To date, however, absolutely no proof of any heretical influence has been found, and there is no reason to believe the adepts of the Hippocrasian Sect are anything other than what they appear; simple researchers merely studying the frailties of the flesh.
Lathe Worlds - 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 Terran 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.
Lathe Worlds - Levelists: In direct opposition to the Ferrous Whisper is a tech-heresy abhorrent to almost all members of the Adeptus Mechanicus, that of the Levelists.These rare progressive adepts believe that the Omnissiah never intended that the Mechanicus be the last repository of all technological knowledge, to be hoarded and parcelled out to the rest of Humanity in tiny packets.Levelists believe that the dusty gates of the Machine God should be opened wide, and that all of Mankind should be allowed the full spectrum of the Omnissiah's bounty.Of course, these populist, egalitarian views horrify the vast majority of the Adeptus Mechanicus. Most adepts, in their own unique ways, are devoutly loyal to their conception of the Omnissiah, and feel that the very eyes of the uninitiated upon the mysteries of the Cult Mechanicus sully those mysteries nearly beyond cleansing.Further, the idea of surrendering power accumulated over the course of millennia strikes the overwhelming majority as utterly unthinkable. While many within the Imperium's ruling castes would welcome such sharing of technology and knowledge, the common man has become accustomed to unknowable mysteries and to the even more mysterious adepts who wield them.Most citizens of the Imperium see technology as frightening and strange, and untold generations have winnowed out any desire to know more.
Lathe Worlds - Tenninites: There is, within the psychological foundation of every Forge World, a deep-seated fear of Abominable Intelligences. Tales from millennia gone by, of ages now more impossible legend than story, speak of the near-extinction of the Human race at the hands of legions of faceless iron golems, crafted sentiences that dared not only to think, but to think they were equal to Man.The Omnissiah and the fabricator-general of Mars have forbidden the study of such fields, and any adepts who delve into this illicit branch of research are branded as Khamrian hereteks and hounded from the society of the Mechanicus, if not immediately rendered to Servitude.There are those adepts, however, who skirt the proscribed disciplines, seeking to better understand the hallowed machine spirits that serve Mankind without, hopefully, falling into tech-heresy. The Tenninites are one such a group that exists in the Calixis Sector, though there are undoubtedly others even more furtive in their research.Working primarily in small stations scattered throughout the Lathe Worlds, the Tenninites focus primarily on ancient machine-spirits (artificial intelligences), coaxing them back to active service and seeking ways to enhance their awareness and performance.They have achieved several minor breakthroughs that some might consider tech-heresy, but few outside adepts dare utilise these implementations given their source. Many assume there are also major discoveries that the Tenninites dare not reveal, lest they face the full wrath of the Lords Dragon.The sect assumes they are under constant surveillance, and likely infiltration as well, but so far has not faced outright action against them. This is surely an indication of their skills in keeping their other results all carefully hidden, until the proper time of revelation.
Lathe Worlds - Aes Omnissiah: Within an abandoned assembly vault, only a few levels above the Baltean Maze on Lathe-Hadd, a small group of disaffected adepts began a project in secret that soon caught the imagination of entire hab blocks of Hadd Nord. Starting with the smallest of components, diligently repaired, cleansed, and purified, a humanoid effigy began to take form on the scarred floor of the vault.The brotherhood accepted only the purest materials, and each piece was meticulously refurbished before joining the statuary. Over the past few years it has grown and expanded.Datanets have been incorporated into the pristine structure, repurposed servitors plugged into the form, and even as it grows, the possible shape of its completion cannot be guessed. Those performing the construction only say that an invisible hand guides their action, each action taken without fully conscious thought.Recently these activities have gained wider notice, and individual adepts from across the Lathe Worlds, many hungry for a purpose that has so far eluded them, have sought out the fellowship gathering on the Silent Forge.There are accusations of Omnissiad heresy, but the adepts say that the form being constructed far beneath Lathe-Hadd's surface is only an experiment in purity of form.Such focusing of idle hands to a purely academic task is ideal for honing skills that otherwise may rust from disuse, and nothing more.The quality of the components being incorporated into this academic exercise, however, has raised the suspicions of several different agencies within the Mechanicus Calixis.
Lathe Worlds - Carnicula: Over a solar decade ago, a schism erupted within the adepts of the Hippocrasian Sect, as several research vessels of the Hippocrasian Agglomeration 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 favour, whenever an ageing archmagos finds his biological components going into final system shutdown, they waste no time in seeking out the Carnicula and its dedicated Biologis research ships.
Lathe Worlds - Departmento Cartographicae Planetary Database: Galactic Position: 7-2/34/CS/NNWContact with Other Worlds: Stable Warp routes run from The Lathes to Landunder.
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