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Mars
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Mars is the linchpin of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] and the greatest repository of technical knowledge in the [[Imperium]].{{Fn|7a}}{{Fn|8a}} Martian society is highly stratified, with the lowest level consisting of unaugmented [[Human]] citizens who labour en masse at simple tasks. Most citizens aspire to gain status by joining the [[Skitarii]]. In the process, they will receive their first bionics. Above these menials and soldiers are the ruling order, the [[Tech-Priest]]s. The planet itself is ruled directly by the [[Fabricator-General]] of the Mechanicum.{{Fn|7b}}
Mars is the home of the mightiest fleet in the [[Imperium]], the [[Battlefleet Solar]]; above the equator vast space docks float in geo-stationary orbit. Mars serves as the [[Segmentum]] fortress of [[Segmentum Solar]], and is the home world of several [[Titan Legion]]s, including the [[Legio Ignatum]].{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|8a}} Every day trillions of tons of cargo are ferried downwards to the surface or upwards into space to the gigantic orbiting [[manufactorum]]s by [[Orbital Spire|void-lifts]].{{Fn|20a}}
Some rumours tell that the [[C'tan]] [[Void Dragon]] resides deep under Mars' surface. Another rumour says that the [[Primarch]] [[Ferrus Manus]] survived the [[Dropsite Massacre|Isstvan V massacre]] and now resides on Mars, though this is strictly rejected by the [[Iron Hands]].{{Fn|3c}}
==Geography==
[[Image:MarsSurface.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The surface of Mars]]
Millennia of industry has reduced the surface of Mars to toxic, barren desert.{{Fn|7a}} The planet has millions of [[factorum]]s and [[hive]]s, covering the planetary surface like a [[spider|burning spider's]] web of light.{{Fn|20b}}
===Notable Locations===
====[[Tharsis Quadrangle]]{{Fn|4a}}====
*{{Endn|18}}: [[White Dwarf 113 (2016)]], ''Forge world - Space Marines Weapon Sets''
*{{Endn|19}}: [[Codex: Imperial Knights (8th Edition)]], pg. 45
*20: [[Imperial Knight Companion]]:
**{{Endn|20a}}: pg. 80
**{{Endn|20b}}: pg. 81
[[Category:Adeptus Mechanicus]]
