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The '''{{PAGENAME}}Cybernetica Cortex''' was a device used by the [[Legio Cybernetica]] of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]]. This arcane device comprised the reasoning control centre and animating [[Machine spirit]] of the Battle-automata. Consisting of a synthetic "brain" cased in complex bio_plastic bio-plastic mass which extrudes nerve-like tendrils into the body of the robotic frame< it invigorated the machine with false-life. Far beyond a simple cogitator in capability, it was neither truly alive nor sapient like the dreaded inhuman [[Silica Animus]] of the [[Age of Strife]]. Instead it was akin to a primal web of instinct guided by a programmed framework of encoded behavior. The result is a superior self-guided machine that will act with a degree of tactical sense and self-preservation beyond a [[Servitor]] but not risk revolt like the mythical [[Men of Iron]].{{Fn|1}}
The Cybernetica Cortex was controlled by a '''Cortex Controller''', a device wielded by [[Magos]] and [[Techmarines]] of the [[Legio Astartes]] which allowed the wielder to monitor the Automata's status and senses as well control their actions.{{Fn|1}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Two - Massacre]] pg.264
[[Category:Legio Cybernetica]]
[[Category:Equipment (Adeptus Mechanicus)]]
[[Category:Artificial Beings]]
