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As part of his plans to bring the device operational, Viktor LaHayn had a number of [[Techpriests]] brought into his forces. These individuals were either kidnapped or subverted to his cause where they initially protested or demanded to be set free as they claimed to be devoted servants of the [[Machine God]]. This was the case initially until they witnessed the engine whereupon they decided to break their oaths to the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] in order to willingly serve the LaHayn. According to him, this was because they recognised the machine to be one of the greatworks of the Emperor. During this time, its known that these tech adepts attempted to explain the science behind it to him though the [[Deacon]] was content to know that it was a creation of the God-Emperor. Its importance meant that the Deacon LaHayn tended to spend much of his time in the engine chamber which contained the machine within the Null Keep. After freeing himself, Viktor LaHayn's enforcer Vaun decided to subvert the machine for his own purposes namely to bring about anarchy and disorder.<sup>1</sup>
Vaun eventually orchestrated a riot amongst the psyker prisoners of LaHayn within the Null Keep in order to reach the psi-engine and even entered into the machine. However, he was unaware that it required a psychic ignition spark to activate and thus became the unwitting and unwilling subject to initiate the artefact. Once activated, he attempted to resist its influence but the Deacon LaHayn killed Vaun thus leading to his body being absorbed into the engine. This allowed LaHayn to be transformed into a psychic being and he attempted to convert Sister [[Miriya]] and her squad of the [[Sisters of BattleAdepta Sororitas]] to his goal but they refused. Ultimately, Viktor LaHayn was killed in the struggle as he was unaccustomed to such powerful psychic abilities and the engine fell into the magma core of Neva. His death led to a destabilization within the psi-engine that weakened the barriers to the Immaterium and an orbital strike led to the destruction of the site of the Null Keep thus leading to the Emperor's lost engine being destroyed.<sup>1</sup>
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