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Explorator


Targetdrone.gif This article is about the Tech-Priest type; for the armoured vehicle, see Macrocarid Explorator.

"The Quest for Knowledge drives the Mechanicus to the stars, forgotten Archeotech and un-catalogued celestial phenomena await, the voice of the Omnissiah waiting to be witnessed."

— Explorator Enginseer Acula[13]


The Explorators are a class of Techpriests of the Adeptus Mechanicus that focus on the exploration of space in order to gather knowledge, often in Explorator Fleets.

Explorators may also be members of, or work for, the Adeptus Administratum.[1][12][See Trivia]

Overview

 
Tech-priests exploring Aeldari ruins.[11]

These members of the Cult Mechanicus were something of a breed apart from their kin. Any Techpriest was free to join their ranks, where they undertook to complete the Quest for Knowledge across the stars in order to seek out undiscovered data, chart uncatalogued phenomena, find forgotten archeotech and learn of new unknown forms of life. As such, research stations, explorer vessels and any outpost of any distance from a Forge World are likely to be manned by Explorators of the Adeptus Mechanicus. Their brethren would call them foolish for their actions, though they consider themselves as intrepid adventurers that explore the unknown reaches of the galaxy. An Explorator will not be visibly different from a fellow Techpriest though they will be a senior official within a warband.[14a]

The exploits of successful Explorators are known to have found many great prizes that have enhanced the Quest for Knowledge, though many others have met grisly deaths in the hostile galaxy. In rare cases, the actions of an Explorator have unleashed cataclysmic horrors on Mankind due to their ill-conceived prying.[14a]

Explorators of the Adeptus Administratum are known to discover hundreds of new worlds every year along with new life forms and even new civilisations.[1]

Known Explorators

Adeptus Mechanicus

Administratum

See also

Trivia

 

The following information is not to be regarded as officially sanctioned and/ or is not written from an in-universe point of view. A detailed explanation of the term "Trivia" as used in the Lexicanum can be found here.

Some Explorators are explicitly described as working for the Administratum[1] sometimes as as scribes and historians.[12] It is not clear if they are techpriest's who have decided to work for the Administratum (akin to how some tech-adepts might choose to become an inquisitor instead of a techpriest, or a commissar might work under the Ecclesiarchy in the Schola Progenium while still being part of the Commissariat) or if the Adeptus Administratum has their own separate type of scribe that is also called an Explorator, independent of the Mechanicus.

Sources

 

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