Throughout the story and locales of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, players encounter countless of the strange and mysterious Adeptus Mechanicus. of the Mechanicus are an essential part of the Ultramarines' quest to fight back the Tyranid and legions of Chaos, maintaining their weapons and armory to the highest degree of precision. Despite their invaluable status within the Imperium's war machine, The Adeptus Mechanicus have their own set of principles and goals that can occasionally be at odds with their role within the Imperium of Mankind.

[Warning: this article contains spoilers for the campaign of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2]The contradicting goals of the Mechanicus are made even more prevalent within Space Marine 2's campaign mode, with their search for knowledge and power nearly wiping out the entire system players are working so hard to protect. Titus and his Ultramarines must clean up after the Mechanicus and their wild pursuit of knowledge whilst dealing with hordes of Tyranids, preventing the potential disaster of Project Aurora. While the Adeptus Mechanicus often has good intentions, they mistakenly tamper with powers far beyond their comprehension, be it ancient Xenos technologies or artifacts of Chaos origin.

Who The Adeptus Mechanicus Really Are

A Vital Cog In The Imperium's War Machine

The Adeptus Mechanicus is a religious sect aligned with the Imperium that follows the teachings of the Cult Mechanicus, who revere technology and learning with a fervent ion. Each member of the Mecnahicus strives to achieve the same perfection they see within machinery, augmenting themselves to the point where they can sometimes no longer be recognized as a fellow human. Using their innate prowess with machinery and technology, the Mechanicus fill out the vast number of scientist, engineer, and technician roles seen on the player's Batte-Barge or throughout the various planets in Space Marine 2.

Providing players with every tool they need to fight back against the Xenos threats.

The duties of the Mechanicus for maintaining, developing, and collecting technology are a vital factor in the Imperium's success, providing players with every tool they need to fight back against the Xenos threats. Aside from their obligations to the Imperium, the primary goal of these Tech-Priests is to secure and guard any sacred wisdom they come across.

In their endless pursuit of knowledge, the Mechanicus covet researching and utilizing the scavenged technology from advanced species, with the Necrons being one of their favorite subjects to dissect, even at the risk of their own lives.

Backstory And Origins Of The Cult Mechanicus

A Dedicated Lifestyle For Worshippers Of The Machine God

The Adeptus Mechanicus can trace their origins over 10,000 years before the events of Space Marine 2, allying with the Imperium of Man with the g of the Treaty of Mars. With the g of this treaty, the Mechanicus were given access to the Imperium's resources to search the galaxy for technology, while permitting them to continue worshiping their Machine God.

Normally, the religious practices of the Mechanicus would mark them as an enemy of the secular Imperium, but with the treaty in effect, their religious focus and political autonomy have been granted pardon for the betterment of mankind.

The Mechanicus also worship the Emperor as the ultimate bearer of knowledge, referring to him as the "Omnissiah", which is quoted by Tech-Priests throughout Space Marine 2.

The Treaty of Mars not only greatly benefited both the Imperium and the Mechanicus in the long run, but it also helped avoid a long and costly war between the two powerful factions. While the Adeptus Mechanicus are not traditional fighters, many of them can still hold their own in combat, as seen by the various Tyranid corpses often littered around the fallen Tech-Priests. Mechanicus fighters have augmentations that boost their abilities beyond what's traditionally possible, on top of utilizing floating-skulled servitors to rain fire upon enemies.

The Machanicus' Actions In Space Marine 2 And Their Reasoning

Butting Heads With Titus And His Ultramarines

While the unquenchable thirst for knowledge by the Adeptus Mechanicus can cause great harm if left unchecked, their actions in Space Marine 2 were an attempt at ing the Imperium's war effort. By utilizing the Aurora Device that Nozick and Leuze had spent decades researching, The Adeptus Mechanicus had hoped to use its otherworldly power to defeat the agents of Chaos once and for all. The device itself is not an artifact of Chaos as players were initially made to believe, but a Necron artifact that traces its origins to the tomb-world of Demerium.

While the Mechanicus Tech-Priests had good intentions, their designs were ultimately injected by the beings they were seeking to destroy. Despite constant warnings from Titus, who had experienced the device's power firsthand during the events of the original Space Marine, Aurora was activated to initial success by Leuze within the Necron tombs.

After Leuze was struck down by Malgus, it was revealed that the Chaos God Tzeentch had set the events of the story in motion from the very beginning, aiming to bolster his army's strength with the artifact's ancient power. Living up to his title of the great deceiver, Tzeentch had likely been scheming for centuries in his second attempt at utilizing the artifact's power, with Space Marine 2 leaving it up to players to stop him once more.

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