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ADEPTUS MECHANICUS Lore Primer! Warhammer 40k Faction Lore & Origins!

Arbitor Ian

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The Adeptus Mechanicus are the guardians of the technology of mankind. But more that that, they're a colossal empire in their own right, allied to the Imperium rather than part of it. So in this video, let's look at their origins, their role, and how they function!

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20 Comments

@EmperorEdwardXIII 1 year ago

everyone laugh to the ADMECH for praying to tech to work... until you have to deal with a printer...

@TVs_Brent 2 years ago

We think it's ridiculous that in the future, we don't know how things work, we just pray and wave incense at it. But who among us hasn't said "oh come on" when Excel keeps crashing?

@jmbauan8234 2 months ago

As an IT personel, I too sometimes need to break out the holy oils and purity seals when a PC stops working

@Kazazoic 2 years ago

Somehow one of the most unique and grimdark factions and yet for some reason rarely gets as much attention as I wish it did. I’m always left wanting to know more

@drexciya808 2 years ago (edited)

The Emperor permits worship of no other god except the technology that keeps him alive...

@terrymcallister14 2 years ago

The satisfaction of opening your Youtube app the exact second that a video you're going to watch goes up.

@haroldsandahl6408 2 years ago

I always thought the easiest way to explain the mechanicum is that all the scientists and engineers died and the techs had to keep things running. They knew how to keep things running but didn't know the why.

@alasiadarthe001actual9 2 years ago

“In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king.” This old saying really defines the Mechanicus. A group of fanatics who barely know more than the average imperial but just enough to be essential.

@T1b3tanF0x 2 years ago

I recently binge watched "Hammer and Bolter" for the first time. The tech Priest episode really stood out, very well done IMO. I think the episode was called "Kill Command"

@GorothTheSlayer 4 months ago

So basically, the reason why the empire of man is rotting away in stagnation, is because Tech priests go "nuh uh, i didn't discover that new technology so it is heresy!!"

@84jesterx 2 years ago (edited)

the video game Mechanicus helped steer me towards checking out that faction, but it was the Priests of Mars trilogy, Titanicus, and Cawl's The Great Work that prompted me to actually collect and paint some up. I love my Skitarri...even me Stilty-boy. A horrifying yet fascinating faction.

@Thrax_Irons 9 months ago

Me when I try to boot up my newly built PC "glory to the omnisiah turn on"

@viclange3826 2 years ago (edited)

The way Skitarii are described, they seem like they should be almost as much better than baseline humans as space marines, but in fiction, they always only seem to get mowed down as faceless drones.

@robertwilliams-day320 2 years ago

Could you do a sort of pilgrimage guild to the Terran system. An overview of each planet, it’s historic roll in 30k and it’s current roll in 40k and how real world events may have shaped the lore

@jaanikaapa6925 2 years ago

A Warlord is all tough and bad and god of warfare until a a couple of orks, a grot and a squig shokjumps.

@Cuthbert_254 4 months ago

Ironically enough, Horus Herecy might have saved the Mechanicum from destruction.

Because once the Great Crusade would end, and Webway project was finished, Mars was next on the chopping block.

@ToS42 1 year ago

"It truly is the most metal of 40k." If I weren't already subscribed, that alone would have nabbed me.

@merci_ann 2 years ago

Ian is such a man of the people that he lost "I" in this MechanIcum primer

@chiken070707 2 years ago

Loving this release schedule dude. This like weekly schedule of extremely high quality views with in depth research is crazy. Don't burn out man, make sure to take care of yourself!

@RaccoonAvenger 3 months ago

I love that tech magi can come in 2 extremes.
The guy with gun arms who lead armies and find ancient tech.
Or tge guy with a bionic eye who rents out speeders on a pleasure world.