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A Silica Animus is a forbidden piece of technology within the Imperium and involves the creation of an artificial mind that is beyond that of a simple Cogitator. According to the traditions of the Adeptus Mechanicus, such creations are unholy constructs that are inherently evil which are seen as perverted abominations in the eyes of the Omnissiah. Furthermore, the Cult Mechanicus states that such constructs possess a Machine Spirit that is a twisted mockery of a Man's soul as well as being both treachorous and insane. There exist apocryphal stories within the ancient texts that are shrouded in metaphor which speak of the murderous and powerful Silica Animus creations that existed during the Dark Age of Technology. At that black moment in Mankind's history, there existed legions of "iron children" which served the artificial minds of the Silica Animus who are blamed in part for the many horrific wars that existed in that lost time.
The secrets for the creation of such artificial intelligences is one of the many pieces of technology that is being sought by the Logicians cult.1
Source
- 1: Dark Heresy: Disciples of the Dark Gods, p. 44
