Vaults of Moravec
The Vaults of Moravec was a location found on the planet Mars.
It was founded by Primus Moravec of the Brotherhood of Singularitarianism who sought to hasten the creation of a technological singularity which would create an artificial greater than human intelligence. Moravec's actions were branded as heresy and he was condemned as a witch whereupon he fled to the red planet and founded the Vaults where he supposedly meshed technology with the ancient entities of the Warp.
However, the rise of the Imperium of Man under the guidance of the Emperor led to him coming to Mars where he succeeded in gaining the allegiance of the Adeptus Mechanicus. One of the stipulations of the Treaty of Olympus was that the Vaults of Moravec were never to be opened which angered some members of the Mechanicum though they obeyed as they lacked the means to open the Vaults.
By the early part of the Horus Heresy, Adept Regulus had formed an alliance with Warmaster Horus Lupercal who attempted to get the allegiance of Fabricator General Kelbor-Hal by giving him the means to open the Vaults. Kelbor-Hal agreed and Regulus opened the Vaults of Moravec with a specific code whereupon a corrupt scrapcode was unleashed that infected many members of the Mechanicum and led to the formation of the Dark Mechanicum.[1]
Source
- 1: Mechanicum (Novel) by Graham McNeill, pg. 127-135
