The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Standard Terra calendar, 940.m41

　　 Sun star field, solar system, Mars, rust wasteland

　　 This planet called the "Red Star" is known as the miracle of the Milky Way. In the early 22nd millennium, it became the first planet to be transformed by humans.

　　 When the planet became habitable, Mars was ruled by industrial groups, and soon developed into the first nest capital world and a center of industrial and scientific progress.

　　 In the age of dark technology, Mars and the earth, which belong to the same empire, live in peace.

　　 In the age of strife, Mars has experienced centuries of isolation, and the entire planet is in anarchy.

　　 For a long time, Mars was cut off from the earth by a super subspace storm, and Mars’ own atmospheric barrier also collapsed and exposed to deadly radiation, bringing catastrophes to the surface.

During this period of time, the radiation-proof bunker was the only hope for mankind to survive on Mars. Technology was the key to maintaining the survival of mankind on Mars at that time, and the respect for the Ohm Messiah also began to take shape and began to develop during this period. .

When the Terra Unification War ended, Mars had developed a culture that was completely different from that of the Earth. Religious organizations known as Mechatronics ruled this planet with high-tech methods. What they respected was the “Mechanical God”. faith.

After 　　 the emperor strongly unified the earth, he came to Mars for the first time and signed a covenant with the mechanical gods, bringing this red star back to the embrace of mankind.

During the Great Expedition, the Titan Legion on Mars and the newly created Star Warrior Legion fought side by side for the empire. At that time, Mars and the casting world to which many mechanical gods belonged almost provided all the munitions and equipment of the human empire. , And penetrated into all aspects of imperial society.

　　 During the Horus rebellion, Mars also became a key battlefield. The mechanical sect loyal to the empire and the dark mechanical sect who took refuge in Horus broke out.

　　In the beginning of the civil war, the Dark Mechanics won the victory, the loyalists retreated to the earth, and the traitors occupied Mars.

　　 With the advancement of Horus, the Fist of the Empire blocked Mars for several years. In the final stage of the solar system war, Mars was "liberated" by Horus' rebels.

　　 In the Battle of Terra, Horus was killed, the rebels were completely defeated, and Mars once again returned to the empire.

But this does not mean that Mars has achieved peace. In fact, decades after the end of the Great Rebellion, the "liquidation" work has been going on, and countless technologies have been destroyed in the flames of war. Living the past legacy.

　　As the only light of science and technology for mankind, Mechatronics almost involves fields that humans need science and technology, whether it is people's livelihood, military, or medical, education and other fields.

　　 There are only three areas that the Mechatronics can’t involve, the Terra Palace, the Assassin’s Room, and the Astarte Order, because these three areas have their own independent scientific and technological production systems and are highly closed.

　　 But among them, Astarte has the most ambiguous relationship with Mechanicism.

　　 On the one hand, as a military organization, Astarte will have a large number of warships and weapons that need to be updated and maintained.

　　 On the other hand, the Astarte Order, as an independent armed force of the Empire, is highly enclosed and will not allow other institutions to penetrate into the Order.

　　 Therefore, in this special relationship, technical sergeants came into being.

　　 An interstellar warrior group will discover those combat brothers in the company who are particularly sensitive to machinery as pre-selected technical sergeants, and those selected fighters will be sent to Mars for thirty years of training as "students".

　　 There they will be taught knowledge about the God of All Machines, how to use engineering runes for divination, and how to perform maintenance and blessing rituals. These great knowledge must be fully understood and remembered by the technical sergeant.

　　 The knowledge involved in these thirty years of learning not only includes numerous and intricate maintenance rituals and hymns, but also has to learn a variety of solutions to deal with any situation that can be encountered on the battlefield.

　　 A fully qualified technical sergeant will have the ability to "perceive" the "pain" of damaged machinery and heal it.

　　 After completing the training, the technical sergeants will return to their battle group according to the regulations, and they will exist as the link between the Mechanic Cult and the Astarte Order, which makes them very different from other combat brothers.

　　 Rico Rodris from Astral Knight has also passed his tenth year of studying abroad on Mars.

　　 For the first ten years, he studied in the Holy Temple of All Machines, where he mastered a lot of basic knowledge, as well as a large number of complex terminology, and even more complex code programming teaching.

　　 These may be very difficult for a mortal, but for an Astarte, it is not very complicated.

In the process, he also got acquainted with several warriors of the same batch as him, namely Rui Boronat from the Dark Raven Guard, Loik Lugo from the Star Dragon, and Pioneers Harland Alucard of the battle group.

Among them, the Star Dragon Group is particularly interesting to Rogers, because the members of this group will perform ritual skin stabs and embed electronic circuits in deep wounds, making them look like stars imprisoned in a cage. sparkling.

　　Loek Lugo once asked about the meaning of these metal tattoos, but the other party kept silent.

But Rui Boronat speculated that they might be descended from Ferus Manus, but Harland Alucard retorted that Royk Lugo lacked the hand of steel. Kind of cold logic. On the contrary, he is often led by strong emotions-in short, he is easily emotional.

　　 In any case, in the ruthless mechanical land of Mars, having a few good friends is finally some comfort for Rogers.

　　 And today, they have also completely finished their studies in the temple, and will go to a new place to learn new knowledge.

One point that needs to be emphasized is that the term "technical priest" is a very broad collective term, which includes thousands of roles with different titles and different titles in the mechanical order, and these roles are generally acceptable. Divided into four types, namely, the sage, the gene, the logic, and the blacksmith.

　　The sages are responsible for carrying out an obscure agenda and are responsible for the important task of command, regardless of whether the result of the agenda is often either a great achievement or a terrible disaster.

The logician is a high-level technical priest of the Mechanicians, who integrates analysts, statisticians, and logistics experts. Their task is to predict future trends and make predictions on the expenditures and needs of the Mechanic Society. Responsibilities, they are often considered to be the prophets of Mechanicism.

　　 Geneticists are constantly exploring the mysteries of creatures. They can create the most incredible strange semi-mechanical life forms, or slaughter countless aliens, just so that they can understand the secrets of alien life and social metabolism.

　　 Blacksmiths forge, preserve and collect amazing weapons of war, from gorgeous gamma pistols to huge mechanical arks beyond ordinary people’s thinking.

　　 Among these domains, the first three domains contain secrets that the Mechatronics do not want to share with outsiders. Only in the last domain, they are reluctant to take out some in exchange for the support of the Astarte Order.

　　 Therefore, the study of technical sergeants is concentrated in the field of blacksmiths, and Rogers and the others are going to be the temple of Mariotis Casting Temple, the highest honor of blacksmiths, master of the forge.

　　 But before going there, Rogers will go to the Temple of All-Knowing once again.