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===Mars===
[[Mars]] underwent a very different transformation. After brief anarchy, the [[Tech-priest]]s of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus|Cult Mechanicus]] emerged victorious over the mutants and unified their homeworld. The Tech-priests then visited EarthTerra, sometimes raiding it for remnants of technology they could take home and adapt to their purposes. The Tech-priests were appalled at the destruction on Terra and saw nothing worth saving. Instead, the Martians studied the Warp and after many lifetimes learned to detect "lulls" in the Warp storms. At the same time the immense fighting machines known as [[Titan]]s were created.
For over a thousand years the Cult Mechanicus watched and waited. Whenever a break in the Warp storms occurred, an expedition was sent, complete with a full Titan Legion and thousands of Servitors and Techpriests. Some of these expeditions were lost in the Warp or died on faraway worlds. Others succeeded in establishing "[[Forge World]]s" - replicas of Mars. Broken messages were transmitted to [[Mars]], but it was not until the time of the [[Great Crusade]] that the Forge Worlds and Mars would be reunited.
