UR-025
UR-025 is an ancient Robot that pre-dates the Imperium itself.[3]
Overview
UR-025 dates back to a time when Mankind first perfected artificial intelligence. The robot is in fact one of the ancient Men of Iron which once ravaged the Galaxy.[3] The construct views itself as above humanity but seems to hold no real malice for it, and even seems to regret having to kill in order to remain free.[4] When it learned that a new Blackstone Fortress had appeared in the galaxy, UR-025 joined with a group in order to explore it. However, to hide its true identity, UR-025 has posed as one of the Adeptus Mechanicus's Legio Cybernetica warmachines[1], whose Magos-Ethericus Nanctos III had sent it to learn the Fortress' secrets[2]. Now that UR-025 is within the vast Xenos structure, the Robot's main goal is to find the Fortress' forbidden technologies[1] and seek out the seemingly sentient constructs that inhabit it.[2]
UR-025 practices a faith similar to that of the Adeptus Mechanicus, stating that it has met the real Omnissiah (not the false one) and thinks that it would find the Imperials to be quite disappointing.[4]
Guardsmen are instructed to distinguish whether whether an automaton is an abominable intelligence or not by identifying whether it wears an Aquila.[5]
Images
UR-025 miniature
UR-025 on Precipice[6]
Sources
- 1: Blackstone Fortress website: In the box
- 2: Blackstone Fortress: Choosing Your Explorer
- 3: Bell of Lost Souls
- 4: Man of Iron (Short Story)
- 5: Regimental Standard: Abominable Intelligences and How to Spot Them (archive 30 January 2020, Last accessed 27 July 2025)
- 6: White Dwarf August 2019, pgs. 122-123
