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==Origins and history==
===Early history===
[[Image:TechPriestArtNew.jpg|thumb|right|A '''TechpriestTech-priest'''.]]
The birthplace of the Martian Mechanicum was the ancient Forge World Mars. Mars was colonised early in human history, and developed separately from [[Terra]], both culturally and technologically. The arid surface of Mars was terraformed, and under a man-made atmosphere the colony flourished.{{Fn|1}}