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'''Cyber-Altered Task units''' ("CATs") are mechanical constructs designed to perform simple tasks, like inorganic [[servitor]]s. Programmed with a set of very simple instructions, they are occasionally used by the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] and some [[chapter]]s of the [[Adeptus Astartes]] as remote probes and retrieval units{{Fn|1a}}.
As of [[M41]], CATs had been in service with both bodies for several centuries, or even milleniamillennia, although the Mechanicum and the Astartes prefer the versatility and expertise of a servitor or a [[Scout]], respectively. Nevertheless, constructing CATs is a popular hobby for Mechanicus Adepts and [[Techmarines]], who claim that the activity is a useful meditative exercise, and CATs are frequently underfoot at any shrine to the [[Omnissiah]].{{Fn|1b}}
In fact, some suspicious members of the [[Inquisition]] have observed that their creators seem to treat their CATs almost like pets, though the Mechanicum claims to be above such emotional attachments.{{Fn|1b}}
**{{Endn|1a}}: Chapter Sixteen, pgs. 215-216
**{{Endn|1b}}: Chapter Sixteen, pg. 216, fn. 1
[[Category:Adeptus Mechanicus]]
[[Category:Artificial Beings]]
[[Category:Ciaphas Cain (Novel Series)]]
