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[[Image:Xenarite Tech-Priest Hereteks 1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Xenarite Tech-Priests aboard the ''[[Caestus Metalican]]''.{{Fn|8c}}]]The '''Xenarites''' are a radical and secretive sect within the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] who focus on studying and using alien technology.{{Fn|1}} They are considered an [[Imperial Cult]] currently under [[Inquisitor]]ial scrutiny.{{Fn|4c}}or outright [[Heretek]]s committing [[Tech-Heresy]] by others among the Mechanicus.
==Overview==
The members of this group are absolutely dedicated and devoted to the exploitation of [[Xenos]] artifacts; an act that their brethren find offensive. Aware of this antipathy towards them, the Xenarites undergo a series of covert studies which involve dispatching [[Tech-priest]]s to alien sites in order to retrieve or study artifacts which are later brought to [[Forge Worlds]] for study as prescribed by doctrine.{{Cite ThisFn|1}}
Due to the nature of their role, Xenarites are known to face resistance from local aliens or end up in a fight against an [[Inquisitor]] or even their fellow Techpriests. As such, conflicts against [[Imperial]] forces is not unknown and has forced the sect deeper underground where they conceal evidence of their activities as well as heavily defend their study sites.{{Fn|2}}
The ultimate ends of a Xenarite or group of Xenarites can vary. They be not universally work in concert with one another and might come into conflict for a variety of reasons.{{Fn|7}}
Xenarites who pursue [[Necron]] technologies might seek the secrets of consciousnesses transference,{{Fn|12}} sometimes in order to transfer into entirely mechanical bodies. Thus committing one heresy upon another by utilising xenos technology to become a dreaded [[Silica Animus]].{{Fn|11}}
==History==
[[Inquisitor]] [[Kessel]] once stopped a group from reactivating an [[Eldar]] [[Wraithlord]] by mustering a force of [[Skitarii]], including his future warrior band member, [[Logan Storm]].{{Fn|2}}
A xenarite cult stows away aboard an [[Ark Mechanicus]] vessel conducting an expedition to [[Silva Tenebris]], hoping to claim the [[Necron]] technology there. The cult was destroyed by [[Skitarii]] and Techpriests before they can accomplish their goal.{{Fn|7}}
==MembersKnown Xenarites==
*[[Tech-Priest]] [[Callias Rhoda]]
*[[Tech-Priest]] [[Hieronomus Tezla]]
*[[Tech-Priest]] [[Omicron Arkh]]{{Fn|5}}
*[[Acquisitor (Adeptus Mechanicus)|Tech-Acquisitor]] [[Scaevola]]{{Fn|6}}
*[[Archmagos]] Veneratus [[Epsilus Dammek-Yoth]] ([[Heretek]]){{Fn|7}}
*Magos [[Explorator]] [[Aionios]]{{Fn|11}}
==Known Xenarite Sects==
*[[Izzatian Xenarites]] - Tech-Priests from Forge World [[Izaat]] interested in [[Aeldari]] technology.{{Fn|13}}
==GalleryImages==<gallerymode="nolines" heights=200 widths=200>File:Scaevola ending 1.jpg|[[Scaevola]] within a [[Necron]] Tomb.{{Fn|9}}File:Epsilus Dammek-Yoth.jpg|[[Epsilus Dammek-Yoth]]{{Fn|8b}}
File:Xenarite Tech-Priest Hereteks.jpg|Xenarite Tech-Priests of Epsilus Dammek-Yoth.{{Fn|8a}}
File:Tezla.jpg|[[Hieronomus Tezla]]{{Fn|10}}File:Scaevola ending 1.jpg|Scaevola within a Necron Tomb.{{Fn|9}}
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==See Alsoalso==
*[[Xenophile]]
==Sources==
{{CiteCitation issues}}
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Tech-Priest Tezla (Inquisitor Character Sheet)]] (''Note: official PDF-file published on the Specialist Games website but not available any longer'')
*{{Endn|2}}: [[White Dwarf 265 (US)]], pg. 102
*8: [[The Art of Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus - Heretek]]
**{{Endn|8a}}: pgs 14 & 15
**{{Endn|8a8b}}: pgs 16 & 17**{{Endn|8c}}: pgs 50 & 51
*{{Endn|9}}: [[The Art of Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus]], pgs 188 & 189
*{{Endn|10}}: [[White Dwarf 260 (UK)]], pg. 65
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Spiritus in Machina (Short Story)]]
*{{Endn|12}}: [[Nightfall on Stygies (Short Story)]]
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Player's Guide]], pg. 20
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