Adeptus Mechanicus Quotes
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| How like a God He is, that ancient Machine, primal of all His Kind, the Imperator! His mighty Fists, massive like two Towers of Destruction, laden with the Doom of Mankind's bitter Foes. He watches over us now as Battle joins, and in his Shadow we shall advance upon our Enemies and defeat them. +++ unknown on the Imperator Titan +++ |
C
| This machine is discharged into your care.
Fight with this machine, and guard it from the shame of defeat. Serve this machine, as you would have fight it for you. (response) - I shall. |
F
| When uttering the incantation, mark well that the rod is upon and not within the intake. The second incantation should not be uttered until all the fumeshave come forth, then the way shall be clear for the sacred words to penetrate unto the heart of the engine. If the mounting be hot say the third rune, if it be cold the fourth rune is more appropriate. For then the wrath of the engine will be aroused... +++ from "The Book of Five Runes" +++ |
G
| The universe is not like a puzzle-box that you can take apart and put back together again and so solve its secrets. It is a shifting uncertain thing which changes as you consider it, which is changed by the very act of observation. A powerful man is not a man wgo dissects the universe like a puzzle-box, examining it piece by piece and measuring each piece with scientific precision. A powerful man has only to look upon the universe to change it. +++ Technomagos Gaelos +++ |
| Henceforth no man shall set foot upon the world, and all around shall be set sentinels to ward away unwary spacecraft. We must accept that this place is lost to us forever, and is now the eternal habitation of abomination. +++ from The Contagion of Ganymede +++ |
H
| The Squats have advanced our cause considerably over the millenia. on no other group of worlds has so much Dark Age technology survived, nor so much expertise been preserved. +++ Morgin Harad, Adeptus Mechanicus +++ |
| I have fought as a God fights.
I am Imperius Dictatio. Kneel before me and beg for you lives! |
| Would an unambiguous statement really kill you, Farendis?
+++ Ervin Hekate to the Eldar Farendis on Vivaporius +++ |
| I require something more worthwile to waste my ammunition on.
+++Ervin Hekate after Imperius Dictatio incinerated a host of Chaos Space Marines on Artemis+++ |
| Recon couldn't find their backsides with a map and a mirror.
+++ Ervin Hekate +++ |
| I am glad I lived to see this. To look into the Abyss. To see first hand the evil we dedicate our lives to fight, pure and raw. It is a privilege few imperial warriors are granted.
+++ Ervin Hekate in Vector 77 on Artemis +++ |
| - What can we hope to do, Hekate?
- What we always do, Princeps Juka, what we do best. Fight. |
J
| The arming of Titans must, by necessity, always be a compromise. To gain long range you must sacrifice firepower, and vice versa. You must approach this decision at wo levels.
Firstly the level of the individual Titan. Consider carefully what it must achieve and how its armament will affect its ability to fulfill its objective. Secondly, the level of the force itself: this may be the Legion as a whole or a battle group on a particular mission. Never forget that a Titan force is a team - a single body, and may have specialised members designed for specific tasks. Medidate on the subject if you feel the need, or consult the Imperial Tarot. The decision is important, so do not take it lightly.' |
| Our enemies may rest but rust never sleeps. +++ Tech-Priest Jung, Forge World Gehenna +++ |
L
| And when at last he came upon the vehicle, he perceived the distress of the engine therein and fortwidth struck the rune and it was good. Thereupon the engine ignited and was filled with strength... +++ from "Lord of the Engines" 16th Tome, Verse 2001 +++ |
M
| There's no turning back... Triumph or oblivion. +++ Ramus Macabee +++ |
| May your weapon be guarded against malfunction, as your soul is guarded from impurity. The Machine God watches over you. Unleash the weapons of war. Unleash the Deathdealer. +++ Chant for the prevention of malfunction +++ |
| A man may die yet still endure if his work enters the greater work, for time is carried upon a current of forgotten deeds, and events of great moment are but the culmination of a single carefully placed thought. As all men must thank progenitors obscured by the past, so we must endure the present so that those who follow may continue the endeavour +++ The Chime of Eons, Garba Mojaro Technomagos of the Adeptus Mechanicus +++ |
N
| Target two... uhm... flat, Princeps. +++ Tactical Officer Nallen after Imperius Dictatio stomped an Ork dreadnought +++ |
P
| Ride the Lightning +++ Poena Metallica Battlecry +++ |
R
| The beast of metal endures longer than the flesh of men. Those that tend the beasts of metal must labour long to learn its ways, for a single beast must suffer the mastership of many men until ready to shed its vorpal coils. Those that seek apprentiship must attended closely to the runes of mobilisation, the rites of maintenance, and the words-of-power that describe the parts of a beast. Nor must they neglect the tutilege of the Adeptus Prefects, nor the casting of the proper roboscopes. +++ Runic Mechanics - An Introduction +++ |
| Strike the first rune upon the engine's casing employing the chosen wrench. Its tip should be annointed with the oil of engineering using the proper incantation when the auspices are correct. Strike the second rune upon the the engine's casing employing the arc-tip of the power-driver. If the second rune is not good, a third rune may be struck in like manner to the first. This is done according to the true ritual laid down by Scotti the Enginseer. A libation should be offered. If this sequence is properly observed the engines may be brought to full activation by depressing the large panel marked "ON". +++ Runic Spaceflight - An Introduction; Naval Flight Manual W110E +++ |
