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[[Image: Mechanicussymbol.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Adeptus Mechanicus symbol]]
The '''Adeptus Mechanicus''' is a technological organization, often known as the ''Priesthood of '' [[Mars]]. It holds a monopoly on technological knowledge in the [[Imperium]]. Their [[Forge World (planet class)|Forge World]]s turn out the Imperium's most powerful and advanced weaponry and equipment. The Techpriests are vital in maintaining much of the Imperium's more technologically advanced equipment, not the least of which is the [[Emperor of Mankind|Emperor's ]] life-sustaining [[Golden Throne]].
While the Adeptus Mechanicus is a part of the Imperium, it has developed separately and enjoys a considerable degree of independence. Due to great amount power it wields, the Adeptus Mechanicus is more like an allied empire than an organization within the Imperium. The Adeptus Mechanicus also follows a different religion from the rest of the Imperium.
==Origins and History==
===Early History===
The birthplace of the Martian Mechanicum was the ancient Forge World [[Mars]]. Mars was colonised early in human history, and developed separately from [[Terra]], both culturally and technologically. The arid surface of Mars was terraformed, and under a man made atmosphere the colony flourished.
During the [[Dark Age of Technology]], the two empires of Terra and Mars co-existed, to the mutual benefit of both. At the height of its splendour during the Golden Age, and even later in the anarchic [[Age of Strife]], Mars dispatched hundreds of colony fleets into the void. Many perished in the terrible [[Warp Storms]] that engulfed the galaxy at that time, but others survived. Those that did founded new worlds in the name of the Machine God, building on them a likeness of the great factories and temples of their distant homeworld.
