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The '''Adeptus Mechanicus''', refered to in shorthand as '''AdMech''',{{Fn|48b}}{{Fn|4949a}} formerly known as the '''Martian Mechanicum''', is a technological organisation, often known as the ''Priesthood of [[Mars]]''. It holds a monopoly on technological knowledge in the [[Imperium]]. Their [[Forge World]]s turn out the Imperium's most powerful and advanced weaponry and equipment. The organisation's adepts, the [[Tech-priest]]s, are vital in maintaining much of the Imperium's more technologically advanced equipment, not least of which is the [[Emperor|Emperor's]] life-sustaining [[Golden Throne]].{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|48a}}
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Members of the Mechanicum are often fast-grown in vats, infused with a instinctual level of knowledge due to data uplinks during their gestation. They are then born already post-adolescence and are promptly put to work.{{Fn|24}} Members can also come from [[Imperials]], such as those who have been converted by the [[Sect Missionarius Mechanicus]]{{Fn|41c}} and even the [[Squat]] [[Abhuman]] subspecies.{{Fn|42}}
Many of the ignorant masses of Imperial citizenry simply refer to any member of the Adeptus Mechanicus as "Martians", even though most aren't from Mars. The empire of Mars is as diverse as the Imperium, and many of their Forge Worlds are powers in their own right. Some among the various Forge Temples might find the terminology offensively reductionistic.{{Fn|49b}}
==Origins and history==
**{{Endn|48a}}: pg. 111
**{{Endn|48b}}: pg. 115
*{{Endn|49}}: [[Flesh and Steel (Novel)]], **{{Endn|49a}}: Chapter 1**{{Endn|49b}}: Chapter 9**{{Endn|49c}}: Chapter 18
*{{Endn|50}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II]], Image used on forumn for game updates & patches
*{{Endn|51}}: [[First Founding (Background Book)]] pg. 27
