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Ikaros Contingency

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The Ikaros Contingency was a secret agreement between the Emperor of Mankind and the First Astartes Legion during the Great Crusade.[1]

Devised by the Emperor to counter a potential uprising by the Mechanicum, the Contingency had two clauses. The first was a warrant empowering the Dark Angels to keep in their possession a number of forbidden and sinister relics from the Dark Age of Technology, such as the Excindio. The second clause gave the Dark Angels and its warriors permission to conduct a preemptive strike against Mechanicum elements that have been deemed "contrary to the needs of the Imperium". This second clause is known to have been enacted eight times in history, though the details of of them are not known. However one instance of the contingency being enacted was against the corrupted Automata employed by the Traitor Mechanicum of Galatia during the Thramas Crusade.[1]

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