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A Forge World is directly controlled by the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]]. All are completely dedicated to the manufacture of the various machines of the Imperium, the pursuit and preservation of humanity's ancient scientific knowledge and the worship of the [[Machine God]]. Ancient pacts between the Adeptus Mechanicus and other worlds and institutions of the [[Imperium]] oblige the various Forge Worlds to supply other worlds and the various military arms of the Imperium, such as the [[Imperial Guard]]. Based on most forge worlds are the Titan Legions; these are supported by legions of [[Skitarii]], the Mechanicus's cybernetically-enhanced soldiers, who also serve as the forge worlds' military forces. Equipment produced by forge worlds are constructed according to the individual forge world's own design-standards or "[[Forge World Variants|patterns]]".{{Fn|16}}
Forge worlds are not environments that reward, let alone tolerate, weakness in body or mind. To survive and prosper in a forge world's rigid society, an individual must possess drive, ambition, and good fortune, or at the very least a bloody-minded ruthlessness enough to endure. Rather than being fully indoctrinated to the [[Imperial Cult]], even the lowliest member of a forge world is familiar with the [[Credo Omniaasiah]], the [[Cult Mechanicus]]. If a forge world native makes their way off-world, they tend to fine Imperial society strangely alien, where fools either fear or profane sacred technology and have no understanding of its spiritual mysteries and purity of essence. Nor does Imperial society seem to grasp that men can only prosper by the teachings of the Omnissiah, that survival requires power, and power is knowledge incarnate.{{Fn|26}} Many on a forge world have some degree of understanding of [[binharic]] or other forms of [[Cant Mechanicus]].{{citethis}}
===Types of Forge Worlds{{Fn|18}}===
*{{Endn|24}}: [[Codex: Skitarii (7th Edition)]], pg. 13-20
*{{Endn|25}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20250110190544/https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/jWhiZRFD/what-happened-to-bheta-decima-in-the-latest-season-of-kill-team/ Warhammer-Community: What Happened to Bheta-Decima in the Latest Season of Kill Team? (posted 30 May 2024)] ''saved to archive 10 January 2025, original link: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/jWhiZRFD/what-happened-to-bheta-decima-in-the-latest-season-of-kill-team/ (last accessed 10 January 2025)''
*{{Endn|26}}: [[Rogue Trader Core Rulebook]], pgs. 19 & 20
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