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The '''Speranza''' is an [[Ark Mechanicus]] vessel, that led [[Magos]] [[Lexell Kotov]]'s [[Explorator Fleet]] into the [[Halo Zone|Halo Scar]].{{Fn|1}}
A massive vessel the size of a continent, it houses vast manufactoria that makes it more of a mobile [[Forge World]] than a mere starship. The vessel possesses an ancient [[Machine Spirit]] that is far more advanced than the rest of its kind, even linking with the spirit risks ones mind being consumed wholly.{{Fn|1a}}
The vessel was discovered by the [[Mechanicum]] by accident at the Forge World of [[Palomar]]. After extensive explorations, it was revealed the vessel was incomplete. Lexell Kotov led the effort to complete the vessel. When activated, the vessels machine spirit unleashed a birth scream that saw the entire world of Palomar destroyed in a radioactive hellstorm. Its Machine Spirit became a gestalt entity, absorbing the many machines that made up its new structure. Complete with a deposit of knowledge from the [[Dark Age of Technology]], the ''Speranza'' was equipped with radical weaponry which included [[Chrono-Weapon|temporal]] and black hole manipulation.{{Fn|1a}}
Kotov used the ''Speranza'' as his new mobile Forge World and it was the flagship of the [[Kotov Crusade]] to discover [[Vettius Telok]]'s lost expedition and the mythical [[Breath of the Gods]]. In the final stages of the battle against the now-mad Vettius Telok, the Machine-Mind of the ''Speranza'' sided with Kotov . It rejected Telok's attempt to take control of it in order to use it to bring the [[Breath of the Gods]] to the [[Sol System]] in order to destroy it. The ship was one of the few Imperial assets to survive the Kotov Crusade and return to Imperial space.{{Fn|2}}
==Source==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Priests of Mars (Novel)]], Microcontent 02, pg. 21
**{{Endn|1a}}: Microcontent 07
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Gods of Mars (Novel)]] Microcontents 20-Epilogue
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