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By the Will of the Machine God

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    060.30M | Restoring the Cohorts
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    • The new initiate cadres assembled in silence beneath the towering hulls of the newly repaired Battle-Automata, their robes crisp and unmarked by the scars of experience. Overseeing them was Dominus-Rector Varax, one of the few senior tech-priests who had survived the Terrors beneath Mars. His cold, mechanical gaze swept across the assembled recruits.

    <<"There will be no failures,">> he announced in a voice amplified by vox-casters. <<"Each of you will become a weapon against the Empyrean, or you will break beneath it. There is no third option.">>

    The young initiates nodded in unison, and the drills began.

    The first step was the Inscription Ritual—each initiate was required to inscribe their own hexagramic ward upon a training automaton. Those who made even a single error were forced to start again. Every mark had to be exact, every rune aligned to resist Warp incursions. After a day and night of work, only half the cohort succeeded. The rest were dismissed, to try again another time. No compromise was tolerated.

    Next came the PsyTech immersion drills. Using simulated daemonic attacks in noosphere combat environments, the recruits had to operate machinery under esoteric stress, maintaining focus while fending off simulated possession events. Those who faltered in these tests found themselves assigned to low-risk logistical operations—not condemned, but removed from future combat duties.

    Finally, the initiates underwent joint exercises with the Legio Cybernetica, deploying alongside battle-automata for siege scenarios. Though the wards protected them, the psychological weight of knowing that even the smallest crack in discipline could allow daemonic influence kept the recruits on edge. Their greatest challenge was to learn that fear was not weakness—but failure to act upon it was.

    Three months later, the first full cohort completed the new training standards. Iomene-35 presided over their formal induction, standing alongside Varax beneath the vaulted chamber of the Castellum.

    <<"You are now steel made from wounds,">> he said, gazing upon the freshly ordained tech-priests and their accompanying automata. <<"You bear the weight of knowledge earned through sacrifice. It is your duty not only to wield it, but to surpass it.">>

    The recruits bowed their heads as the newly constructed automata, bearing fresh inscriptions and gleaming armor, stood motionless behind them. Together, human and machine, they embodied the new path of the Magi Ætheric—one forged not just from victory, but from hard-won discipline and sacrifice.

    <<"The Machine God watches. You will not fail.">>


    You Have 3 [Three] Actions.
    The Procession of 12= 0.05 Research AP per Action
    Research Banked= 0 AP
    [ ] [General] Expand the Castellum
    The Ephemeralis Astra Castellum, already a beacon of knowledge and defense, can evolve into an even greater citadel of power and discovery.
    - [ ] Infrastructure (0/3)
    - [ ] Military Stations (0/3)
    - [ ] Research Domes (0/3)
    - [ ] Voidship Dockyards (0/3)
    - [ ] Starlit Observationis

    [ ] [General] Forge Alliances (Who?)
    Now that our faction has the respect of Mars' other Tech-Priests, the opportunity to forge alliances with influential Mechanicum factions presents itself.
    - [ ] Hespherstari
    - [ ] Provender
    - [ ] Explorator
    - [ ] Genetor
    - [ ] Logis
    - [ ] Vulpaxis
    - [Free] Metallurgicus
    - [ ] Lictanex
    - [ ] Dominus
    - [ ] Cordantor
    - [ ] Mhalagra
    - [ ] Alchemys
    - [ ] Myrmidex
    - [ ] Lachrimallus
    - [ ] Munitoria Logis
    - [ ] Macrotechnia
    - [ ] Lacyraemara
    - [ ] Bonded Cybernetica
    - [ ] Autokrator
    - [ ] Basilikon Astra
    - [ ] Legio Titanicus
    - [ ] Ordo Reductor
    - [ ] The Skitarius

    [ ] [Military] Redesigning the Doctrines
    This updated doctrine ensures their forces are adaptive, vigilant, and spiritually fortified, merging human ingenuity with warded automation to confront and conquer even the darkest horrors of the Empyrean.
    - [ ] Initiation Protocols in Hexagramic Wards:
    Every initiate, from the lowest menial to the aspiring Magos, would now be drilled in the understanding and application of warding symbols. Wards would not merely be a passive tool inscribed upon armor and circuits—those who wore them would know their meanings, strengthening their spiritual and technical discipline against the Empyrian's denizens.

    - [ ] Integrated Combat and PsyTech Readiness:
    In previous battles, inexperienced tech-priests had failed to recognize the subtle influence of Empyric incursions until it was too late. The new doctrine demanded that all combatants, including maintenance crews and servitor handlers, be trained to use the Warp Geiger to detect and respond to esoteric threats, with combat drills integrating PsyTech into every battle simulation.

    - [ ] Legio Cybernetica Coordination Protocols:
    The bond between the Magi Ætheric and the Legio Cybernetica had proven invaluable, but the chaotic nature of battle often saw independent automata break formation. A new series of network protocols was devised, ensuring smoother coordination between Battle-Automata cohorts and their Ætheric handlers. Teams would be drilled to anticipate both physical attacks and Empyric disruptions, trusting not only their machines but their wards.

    - [ ] Restorative Rituals and Psychological Durability:
    Among the grim reports of casualties were troubling cases of mental breakdown—even for those who had survived physically. New training now included rituals to cleanse the mind as well as the body, a system of meditation that blended tech-priest ritual with stabilizing cognitive mantras, preventing taint or emotional collapse after extended exposure to warp energies. "A broken mind is a liability," the protocol read. "The Machine God's will must flow uncorrupted."

    [ ] [Research] Enhance the Wards' Capabilities
    Currently, the Wards are powerful, but they are also fragile and limited in scope. Further research could yield advancements in durability, range, and flexibility.
    - [ ] Efficient Durability (0/2)
    - [ ] Scope Refinement (0/2)
    - [ ] Efficient Strength (0/2)
    - [ ] Denial of the Warp denizens (0/2)
    - [ ] Micro-Scale Warding
    - [ ] Macro-Scale Warding

    [ ] [Research] The Question of the Machine Soul
    The Wards, as they stand, protect the spiritual aspect of the sacred Machine that reside within the vast array of Mechanicum technology. With the Magi Ætheric possessing this groundbreaking ability, the potential for greater communion with the Machine Spirit becomes tantalizingly within reach.
    - [ ] The Truth( Fact) of the Soul (0/2)
    - [ ] The Narrative( Tale) of the Soul (0/2)
    - [ ] Rite Overhauling (0/2)
    - [ ] Rite of Manifestation (0/2)

    [ ] [Research] Develop New Warp-Related Technologies
    The Warp Drive and Gellar Field are merely the first steps in the exploitation of Warp energies. With the Ephemeralis Astra Castellum built, the Magi Ætheric can now seek to develop new machines, perhaps even ships, that interact directly with the Warp in novel ways within a... safe-ish environment.
    - [ ] Gellar-Field/Ward Studies (0/4)
    - [ ] Metamaterials (0/4)
    - [ ] Psy-Matter
    - [ ] Psy-Artifacts and Warp-Artifacts Studies (0/5)
     
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    • I'm thinking this turn we get the Starlit Observationis and start on the Castellum Infrastructure,as it will probably help with action economy
     
    Khororhoth said:
    [ ] Empyric Mapping Arrays
    Objective:     Develop a device that can map and predict Warp currents in real-time, allowing Explorator Fleets to travel deeper into uncharted space without being lost to the Immaterium.
    Ætheric Role: Integrate PsyTech components into sensors to detect minor disturbances in the Warp, including the presence of entities or hidden phenomena.
    Explorator Role: Develop long-range mapping protocols, enabling data from multiple ships to be aggregated into a dynamic star map of both the realspace and Immaterium dimensions.
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    It's an ambitious goal.

    Khororhoth said:
    The first step was the Inscription Ritual—each initiate was required to inscribe their own hexagramic ward upon a training automaton. Those who made even a single error were forced to start again. Every mark had to be exact, every rune aligned to resist Warp incursions. After a day and night of work, only half the cohort succeeded. The rest were dismissed, to try again another time. No compromise was tolerated.

    Next came the PsyTech immersion drills. Using simulated daemonic attacks in noosphere combat environments, the recruits had to operate machinery under esoteric stress, maintaining focus while fending off simulated possession events. Those who faltered in these tests found themselves assigned to low-risk logistical operations—not condemned, but removed from future combat duties.

    Finally, the initiates underwent joint exercises with the Legio Cybernetica, deploying alongside battle-automata for siege scenarios. Though the wards protected them, the psychological weight of knowing that even the smallest crack in discipline could allow daemonic influence kept the recruits on edge. Their greatest challenge was to learn that fear was not weakness—but failure to act upon it was.
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    That's some pretty through training, not the most training from hell but enough to make them competent and damn good at what they do.

    Khororhoth said:
    You Have 3 [Three] Actions.
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    Oh no so many choices and not enough AP.

    Khororhoth said:
    ... You think that Research Domes are there to look pretty?
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    We should probably build those.
     
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