|Considered the cornerstone of doctrinal law created during the foundation of the [[Mechanicum ]] during the [[Age of Strife]]. The Accords forever forbade the creation of the abominable and soulless intelligences known as the [[Silica Animus]] and pronounced a death sentence on any Silica Animus who remained and any in the Mechanicum who tried to create them. These accords however allowed the survival and creation of 'lesser and righteous works' of synthetic life deemed sacred.