The Space Marines Tech Cult
Note: these rules were written during the 4th Edition.
As such the Every Space Marine Chapter has an Armoury, presided over by
The Master of the Forge, a dedicated apostle of the Cult of Mars. The Armoury
provides a Chapter’s Techmarines and is tasked with the maintenance
of all the Chapters’ armoured vehicles and weaponry, invoking millennia-old
mechanical practices as well as the ritual blessings and dedications to
keep the Machine Spirits functioning.
But the Armoury also has a dark side. It is on a constant vigil to recover
lost data and of the analysis and evaluation of alien technologies- the
later sometimes causing mistrust and suspicion within a Chapter and often
coming to the attention the Inquisition too.
The Master of the Forge will not hesitate to go to war when they’re
are technological prizes at stake, be it recovering a destroyed Dreadnought
from mutilation or the capture of previously unseen warp drives or bio-weaponry.
His exalted rank within a Chapter enables the Master of the Forge to call
upon the Techmarines, battle brothers and any other resources he requires
to accompany him on a technological crusade and with them will come huge
amounts of vehicles and weapons to crush all who dare to try and come between
him and his objective.
