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'''{{PAGENAME}}Adsecularis''', also known as '''Tech-Thralls''', are menial laborers used by the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]].{{Fn|1}}

When a need arises for expendable servants or troopsDespite the never ending back-breaking service to the [[Adeptus Mechanicus|Mechaniucs]], they still try to have some semblance of society. Adsecularis have the same hopes and desires as Imperials on other worlds do and a rare few are employedeven defiant against their fate. They However their spirits are created through basic augmetics worn thin by the drudgery of their existence at the Mechanicus' hands. There are some Adsecularis who have become so mentally broken by their life, that they become mute and cranial surgery and often captured prisoners or criminals numb to the world. Those that do so, will then be obediently compliant to whatever authority figure gives them orders, even if they are used for not given by the processMechanicus{{Fn|4}}. Considered a lower order than most [[Servitor]]s, the ultimate fate of most Tech-Thralls Adsecularis is to end their lives recycled into [[Servitor ]] components and their [[Augmetic]] implants harvested for further use.{{Fn|1}}

When a need arises for expendable servants or troops, however, the Adsecularis are deployed by the [[Adeptus Mechanicus|Mechanicus]]. Those selected are often captured prisoners or criminals and they are given basic [[Augmetic]]s and cranial surgery in the process. When deployed in combat, Tech-Thralls Adsecularis are armed with a variety of light weapons such as [[Shotgun]]s, [[Chainblade]]s, [[Las-Lock]]s{{Fn|1}} and [[Mitralocks]].{{Fn|3}} ===Titan Adsecularis===The Adsecularis are also sent to assist [[Tech-Priests]] in repairing [[Imperial Titans]], though, they go by different names. In [[Legio Metalica]], they are known as the '''Duluz''' and they wear uniformly off-white clothing, to signify their allegiance to the [[Forge World]] [[Metalica]]. They are composed of several sub-factions, which includes the '''Tributai''' who make up most of the Duluz. The Tributai are either natives of the Forge World's various vassal systems, who were given as tribute to Metalica, or they were collected in the Legio's various campaigns. The Tributai wear a mixture of tabards, half-robes, kilts and coveralls depending on their station and expertise. Many also have crude [[Augmetic]]s, which have either been gifted to them by a patron Tech-Priest or made in a basic workshop within the Titan they reside in{{Fn|5a}}. Despite being the majority, however, native born Metalicans, known as the '''Epilekhtoz''', are at the top of the Duluz's hierarchy. They wear white robes edged with red and use their position to lord over the Tributai. The Epilekhtoz are quick to yell at the Tributai for some real or imagined laxity in their duties. However the Tributai except this, as the Duluz' hierarchy considered the native born Metalicans to be superior to them.{{Fn|5b}} The '''Duluz''''s third faction are the red-lined cloaked '''Hyperezia''', who act as [[Legio Metalica]]'s [[Enforcer (Security Force)|Enforcers]] aboard the [[Titans]]. They answer to their Titan's [[Princep]], [[Moderatus]] and [[Tech-Priests]], and maintain order within the Duluz. The Hyperezia are used to discipline or kill, disobedient Duluz{{Fn|5a}} and also hunt down any who have been declared [[Heretics]]{{Fn|5c}}. However the Duluz are also watched over by their Titan's [[Skitarii]] and an unwritten covenant exists between them. The Skitarii protect the Duluz and in return the Duluz maintain the Titan, they all lived within.{{Fn|5d}}

*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Two - Massacre]] , pg. 275