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From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
Added info from the Rogue Trader Video Game
Led by a venerated [[Archmagos]] [[Explorator]], they track down any hint that may lead to the Holy Grail of the [[Cult Mechanicus]]: a working [[Standard Template Construct]] (STC).{{Fn|1}}
Filled with the best technology that the Adeptus Mechanicus can create, the weapons of an Ark Mechanicus are stronger and longer-ranged than even [[Imperial]] [[Battleship]]s, and their defences are significantly stronger. An Ark Mechanicus class vessel is equipped with a [[Nova Cannon]], four [[Lance]] batteries, and two [[Weapons Batteries]]. This makes these rarely-seen ships truly mighty opponents on the rare occasions that their journeys are interrupted by battle.{{Fn|1}} An Ark Mechanicus can also be armed with more esoteric weapons, weaponising fundamental interactions of the physical universe like [[Graviton Weapon|gravitation]], [[Rail Weapon|electromagentism]] or the flow of time itself.{{Fn|16}} So valuable is an Ark Mechanicus that the destruction of an entire [[Forge World]], just to reawaken the ship's [[Machine Spirit]] is considered a small price to pay{{Fn|2b}} and legends tell of such worlds literally disassembled for parts to make such vessels.{{Fn|2b18}} The extreme rarity of these venerable ships is such that to discover one intact is a miracle to rival finding a fully functioning STC system, as only a handful of Ark Mechanicus are said to exist.{{Fn|2b}}
At least one Ark Mechanicus, the ''[[Speranza]]'', secretly contains a fully functional and still updating STC. [[Archmagos]] [[Lexell Kotov]] theorized that all Ark Mechanicus secretly contained intact STCs and STC databases, the very things they were sent to find, but the Mechanicus just do not realize it and do not know how to access those functions. The knowledge of the STC was wiped from Kotov's mind upon disconnecting.{{Fn|2}}
*''[[Cursus Majoris]]'' — Makes up part of the [[Space Hulk]] ''[[Krakamorg]]'' and contains one of the three [[Warp Engines]] that empower it.{{Fn|14}}
*''[[Encoronada]]'' — From the [[Forge World]] [[Satzica Secundus]]. Status: Controlled by the [[Dark Mechanicum]]{{Fn|10}}
*''[[Hermetico]]'' — The flagship of Archmagos [[Amarnat]]. Was lost in the [[Processional of the Damned]].{{Fn|18}}
*''[[Iron Revenant]]'' — Former flagship of Archmagos Dominus [[Belisarius Cawl]].{{Fn|8a}} Status: Destroyed{{Fn|8b}}
*''[[Kurzgesagt]]'' — Former flagship of Lord [[Explorator]] [[Satavic Yuel]]. Status: Destroyed{{Fn|16}}
*{{Endn|16}}: [[Dominion Genesis (Novel)]]: ''Gryphonne IV'', Chapter Three
*{{Endn|17}}: [[The Art of Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus]], pg 82
*{{Endn|18}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (Video Game)]] - ''Act 4 - Pasqal commenting on the Ark Mechanicus Hermetico''
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