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Abominable Intelligence ⤳
Self-aware, autonomous artificial intelligence — anathema to the Cult Mechanicus and forbidden across the Imperium since the Treaty of Mars.
Cog Mechanicum ⤳
The skull-and-cog sigil of the Adeptus Mechanicus, signifying the fusion of flesh and machine in service to the Omnissiah.
Liber Mechanicum ⤳
Games Workshop army-book supplement for the Horus Heresy, codifying the Taghmata Omnissiah and the wider Mechanicum war-host for tabletop play.
Machine Spirit
Der lokalisierte Wille jeder hinreichend komplexen Vorrichtung — der persönliche Aspekt des Göttlichen, der in arbeitenden Maschinen wohnt.
Motive Force
Das belebende Prinzip — das, was-bewegt; die fundamentale Ursache der Bewegung in jedem System. Einer der vier kanonischen Aspekte des Omnissiah.
Mysteries of the Mechanicum ⤳
The esoteric core of the Cult Mechanicus — the first eight of the Sixteen Universal Laws and the wider body of secret rites, hidden archives, and unrevealed truths the Priesthood guards from outsiders.
Omnissiah
Der Maschinengott — Gottheit reinen Wissens und der Motive Force, vom Cult Mechanicus oft mit dem Gott-Imperator synkretisiert.
Silica Animus ⤳
Self-aware artificial machine intelligence, Abominable Intelligence in High Gothic; greatest heresy of the Cult Mechanicus, forbidden by the Crimson Accords of Mars.
Standard Template Construct (STC)
Das Fertigungssystem des Dark Age, dessen erhaltene Fragmente und Bauformen-Linien fast jede imperiale Produktion tragen; das zentrale Objekt des Quest for Knowledge.
The Manifold ⤳
Hard-plug sensory interface created by a Mind Impulse Unit through which a Princeps experiences and commands an Imperial Titan.