You of the Adeptus Mechanicusthe Cult of the Machine Godhave worshipped the Omnissiah long before the Imperium came to your world of Mars. Following His edict, you have never doubted or ceased to pursue your callingto gather knowledge and to employ it to gather more. In pursuit of that, you built the devices and machines that enabled the Imperium to conquer the galaxy 10,000 years ago and maintain it today. So Gladius Prime was your planet more than it was the Imperiumswhat Hive World was not? Its cities, its satellites, its wastesall were built with Marstechnology, all answered only to the Adeptus Mechanicusthat is, to you. It was little effort to hide the Adeptus Mechanicus research into the Tyranids here, in a facility deep beneath the ashen wastes. Now, however, your facility has been compromised, your Skitarii forces scattered and your subjects have escaped. You must rebuild, recover and take Gladius Primes secrets for your own. For you have a mission to fulfil, from the