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{{otheruses|USE=Adeptus Mechanicus rank|OTHERUSE=general term for skilled individuals|OTHERPAGE=Adept}}
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|source= - Tech-Adept [[Servilia]], attendant to [[Inquisitor]] Lord [[Atlar]]{{Fn|9}}
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'''Tech-Adepts''', or '''Tech-Priest Adepts''', are adept grade members of the [[Tech-Priest|Martian priesthood]]. They are skilled in one or more disciplines.{{Fn|4a}} Experts in the Machine,{{Fn|3a}} these individuals are fully initiated acolytes of the [[Cult Mechanicus]] and form the bulk of its ordained [[tech-priest|priesthood]].{{Fn|1e}}
==Overview==
[[Image:Tech-Adept W&G FS.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Tech-Adept{{Fn|99b}}]]
These individuals are typically low-ranking.{{Fn|1a}} Although they might not have yet the same authority and responsibilities as a Tech-Priest master, they still have the potential to control and command a myriad of powerful arcane weapons, [[automata]], and battlegear used by Tech-Priests of various disciplines.{{Fn|3}} They are individuals of proven intellectual potential and skill within the Machine Cult.{{Fn|2a}}
Tech-Adepts can be some of the lowest ranking Tech-Priests of the Martian cult. The lowest ranking among them mainly have 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|1a}} A [[Forge World]] might be presided over by tens of thousands of Tech-Priests and millions of Tech-adepts toiling away on their world and local [[System|star system]].{{Fn|10}}
The general work they might be tasked with can vary greatly depending on their current master and circumstances. Examples can include doing menial census work within a food or water starved sector of a Forge-City{{Fn|8a}} or repairing life-support machinery.{{Fn|4b}} Many of the lost technological arts used by the Imperium are known only to the Mechanicus priesthood and those they choose to share their sacred knowledge with. Many secrets of manufacturing are now known to but a handful of the inner circle of the Adeptus Mechanicus [[Magos]] and their tech-adepts.{{Fn|1b}} Through rune and hammer, the Tech-Adepts are the wards of the arcane and they guard their knowledge jealously.{{Fn|1c}}
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Deus Ex Mechanicus (Short Story)]] — [[Words of Blood (Anthology)]]
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Dark Heresy: The Lathe Worlds]], pg. 20
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Wolfsbane (Novel)]]: , Chapter 3*{{Endn|9}}: [[Wrath & Glory: Forsaken System Player's Guide]], pg. 119109*{{Endn|10}}: [[Wrath & Glory: Redacted Records 2]], pg. 47
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