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Organic life is the Machine-God’s greatest accomplishment within the scope of the Great Work. The Machine God created the complex weaknesses of flesh so his followers might learn metallic strength, and ascend to his level of machinic perfection.{{Fn|15b}} Thus striving to improve upon it and replace it, however, abandoning his numerous gifts is done at great peril. For to give up one's soul is the great sin of the Cult Mechanicus. The soul must be understood, not despised. Such is life’s great test.{{Fn|16b}}
One of its the surviving [[Men of Iron]], [[UR-025]], states that it has met the true Omnissiah, not the false one worshipped by man, and that it would find the Mechanicum disappointing.{{Fn|7}}
====Tech-Heresy====
The Cult Mechanicus also outlays a strict code of Technological conduct, dubbing a far range of innovations and fields as Tech-Heresy (''Heretechnica'') and its practitioners as [[Heretek]]s. These include such forbidden sciences as unleashing plagues of death across entire star systems, draining energy from stars, or distorting space-time. However the three greatest orders of Tech-Heresy are that of [[Abominable Intelligence]], manipulating the Human genome, and study of the [[Warp]].{{Fn|10}}
Preventing Tech-Heresy takes many forms, like the [[Puritens]] surgery.{{citethis}} ===Sign of the Cog===The '''sign of the cog''' is a hand gesture to indicate faith and deference towards the Machine God. This gesture might be used while praying{{Fn|17a}}{{Fn|17c}} or when giving solemn thanks.{{Fn|17b}}{{Fn|17d}} The sign of the cog is made by lacing both hands together across one's torso. Similar to the [[Imperial Cult]]'s [[sign of the aquila]], both are solemn signs of faith that are made by placing both hands in a front of one's chest in a gesture across placed across one's chest.{{Fn|17e}}
===Religious Excerpts===
==Organisation==
While each [[Forge World]] is led by its own [[Fabricator General]], it is the Fabricator of [[Mars]] who is considered the de facto leader of the Cult Mechanicus. Beneath the Fabricator General is the [[Fabricator Locum]] who in turn may call upon and command Magi Technicus, Metallurgicus, Alchemys, Cogitatrices, Pedanticum, Tech-assassins, hive monitors and Holy Requisitioners, who in turn can command a body of fabricators minoris, [[Fulgurites]], [[Corpuscarii]], overseers, underseers, stasis clerks, and techno-dervishes.{{Fn|9a}} The governing body of each Forge World's technarchy{{Fn|15a}} is referred to as a [[forge-synod]]. These synods are collections of high ranking tech priests of that Forge World and are led by the that Forge World's Fabricator General. All these Forge Synods ultimately show owe fealty to the [[Great Synod]] of Mars.{{citethis}}
===Holy Orders===
**{{Endn|16b}}: Chapter 7
**{{Endn|16c}}: Chapter 12
*17: [[Dominion Genesis (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|17a}}: ''Gryphonne IV'', Chapter 6
**{{Endn|17b}}: ''The Almagest'', Chapter 3
**{{Endn|17c}}: ''The Almagest'', Chapter 4
**{{Endn|17d}}: ''Tolkhan'', Chapter 2
**{{Endn|17e}}: ''Dominion Genesis'', Chapter 4
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[[Category:Religions]]
