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===Tech-Adept===
'''Tech-Adepts''', or '''Tech-Priest Adepts''', are sometimes low-ranking individuals in the Adeptus Mechanicus{{Fn|24a}} these are individuals of proven intellectual potential within the Machine Cult.{{Fn|25a}} A Tech-Adept might forego their rank and role in the Adeptus Mechanicus to pursue other paths in life, taking with them their hunger for knowledge and mastery of arcane technologies. These once Tech-Adepts who have decided foregon their pursuit of Tech-Priesthood may instead decide to set themselves apart from their Martian peers might commit themselves to the service of an [[Inquisitor]] or [[Rogue Trader]], sometimes rising to the rank [[Inquisitor]].{{Fn|27}}
The lowest ranking Tech-Priest Adepts primarily serve in menial roles, supporting the work of higher ranking Tech-Priests. More often than not their primary functions are maintenance and construction duties, but as a Tech-adept progresses and acquires greater knowledge, they are relieved from the more trivial day-to-day tasks and allowed to study and learn of the greater mysterious and missing techniques that have prevented any kind of progressive development in the Imperium’s technological base.{{Fn|24a}}
