Mimesis Engine
The Mimesis Engine is a technological artefact that dates from the time before the Emperor first ascended the throne.
Overview
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The following paragraphs contain spoilers for: | Hell in a Bottle (Short Story) |
This bizarre machine had the capacity to create entirely simulated worlds and environments. Its capabilities allowed it to create simulations of thousands of unreal worlds and even amalgamating them based on records of those environments. Furthermore, it is capable of populating these environments with a number of simulacra of Xenos species. This functioned by generating the apparent form and behaviour for a vast array of life forms. The simulations did hold traits that marked their true nature as the Engine failed to record the particularities of personality amongst its simulacra. Those users of the machine were required to climb into rod and wire-strung smooth carapace battlesuits in order to interact the worlds produced by the Engine where they manifested within simulated bodies such as Terminator Dreadnought Armour. Ultimately, the machine is connected to the material universe and thus all its replica environments are connected to it instead of the Warp.[1]
This piece of ancient technology was first unearthed by the Imperium of Man who began using it to create training grounds for the initiates of the Adeptus Astartes. These simulated worlds were ones where the aspiring initiates could fight and die along with learning from their mistakes without dying as a result of failed strategies. Decades were spent by groups of lexmechanics, artisans and logises where they were constructing the Mimesis Engine. However, concerns were raised about the sanctity and purity of the technology being used for this endeavour due to the capacity to remake the universe was similar to the approach taken by the forces of Chaos Gods. Following the completion of the project, its supporters proposed the Engine being assigned to the Iron Hearts Chapter for testing where it was employed in the training of their initiates. Despite this being the case, excercises were preceded by ritual invocations of the Emperor's protection from Chaos taint and ended with the Service of Absolution in the Chapter's Chapel of Martyrs. Amongst the many worlds created by the Engine included Argos, Belladonna, Celadon, Evangelion, Fortelius, Galatea, Hyperious and Ilium that were all completely secure and isolated from every other system in the Iron Hearts outpost. Amongst those placed as the designated supervisor of the Mimesis Engine was instructor Sergeant Tydaeus of the Iron Hearts. In time, interest within the technology began to dwindle as fewer interests battle the simulations created by the Engine which saw the maintenance team reduced until only Tydaeus and a Servitor named Barek remained.[1]
The Chaos warlord Kargon led an incursion of Daemons into the simulated world of Ilium as he believed it to be an actual planet.[1]
