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An individual Forge World is operated theoretically as its own separate sovereign realm, but one beholden to the authority of the [[Fabricator-General]] of [[Mars]] and [[Synod of Mars|Holy Synod]]. However it is not unheard of for Forge Worlds to have a high degree of autonomy and power, and sometimes have even gotten away with flouting the dictates of Mars itself. Each Forge World is ruled by its own complex web of [[Archmagos|Archmagi]]{{Fn|27}} and an individual [[Fabricator-General]].{{Fn|24}}
All Forge Worlds 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. Besides these two prestigious forces, there are many other sub factions of a Forge World's armies such as those of the [[Legio Cybernetica|Cybernetica]], sworn [[Knight House]]s, [[Auxilia Myrmidon]], [[Ordo Reductor]], [[Ordinatus|Ordinati]], [[Prefecture Magisterium|Magisterium]], [[Tech-Thrall]]s, war [[Servitor]]s, etc.{{Fn|27}} 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 Omniasiah]], the [[Cult Mechanicus]]. If a forge world native makes their way off-world, they tend to find 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}}
