Codex: Dark Mechanicum (7th Edition)

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Preamble

Years ago, before I even started my first Codex Adeptus Astartes: Angels Of Vengeance project (or even had an account here), I was a lurker in Warseer's own Codex: Xenarch and << Dark Mechanicus >> threads. In fact, it was those two threads that inspired me to really get into the whole Fandex/Fan-rules sub-scene within our hobby. Years later, after my first attempt (or two) at writing an Angels Of Vengeance Codex, I decided to try and reignite or reimagine the old ideas Warseer had had for the Dark Mechanicum. Suffice to say, I was a little too cocky, and I rushed into it with little thought, planning or heed. It was a mess. And my failure to really do the Dark Mechanicum justice in those pages was one of the reasons I distanced myself from the hobby a couple of years back. Now, however, with all the extra time I have on my hands due to working from home in this pandemic, I've finally been able to go back and revisit almost all of my old notes, sketches, ideas and rough drafts for what I wanted the Dark Mechanicum Codex to be. And with a little help from the hoard of Horus Heresy Forgeworld books I own, I've spent my free-time redoing the Codex from the ground up (when I wasn't typing out thousands of words worth of rules and lore for the Angels Of Vengeance Codex, that is). Now, with Codex Adeptus Astartes: Angels Of Vengeance almost complete (all the rules are written, but I'm struggling with the last few pieces of background to tie the last two supplements together before I post them), I've decided it's a good time to start getting this dead donkey back amongst the lands of the living. Below, in this post, you should find the Codex's Contents with links to each article, unit, character and glossary, all there for your ease of navigation. This will be a long process, and will probably cover pages and pages of this thread, so I ask you: please, please can you wait to post any comments and reactions until I have added the last entry and announced the project's completion. Though, I will still be more than happy to receive any and all comments and replies until that moment via Message. I hope you enjoy the wild ride!

Now, with that out of the way: on to the contents!

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CONTENTS


THE UNFETTERED PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE
A God Incarnate
Dissension In The Ranks
Rise Of The Dark Mechanicum
Schism Of Mars
Forlorn Hope
Horus Heresy
Hereteks
Heretek Savants
Arch-Hereteks
Hell-Forges
The Path Of Discovery (In Progress)

FORCES OF THE DARK MECHANICUM
Dark Mechanicum Battle Cohort
Dark Mechanicum Wargear List
Anacharis Scoria
Inar Satarael
Yelav Draykavac
The Exospectre
Furnace Lord
Illucis Grizvaldi
Ammicus Tole
Nomen Ryne
Decius Abraxas
Dark Energy Constructs
Magos Phayzarus
Vathek The Undying
Cyrrik Scayl
Arch-Heretek
Heretek
The Disciplines of Techno-Heresy
Dark Mechanicum Hypaspists
Dark Mechanicum Tribunes
Dark Mechanicum Slaves
Obliviates
Stitchlings
Warmonger Battle-automata Maniple
Heretek's Retinue
Stitched Horrors
Negavolt Cultists
Bronze Malifect
Rogue Psyker
Dark Mechanicum Praetorian Eradicators
Subjugator Battle-automata Maniple
Cataphract War-droids
Dark Mechanicum Decimator
Chimerics
Data Daemons
Banesteed
Hadesi Crawler-droids
Debellator Cohort
Wirewolves
Marauder Battle-automata Maniple
Noakis Hellfire Reivers
Dark Mechanicum Stalk Tanks
Dark Mechanicum Centaurus Duneraider
Dark Mechanicum Triaros Armoured Conveyer
Dark Mechanicum Praetorian Destructors
Stitched Behemoth
Kerar Heavy War-droids
Cataclysm Siege-automata Maniple
Dark Mechanicum Desecrator
Dark Mechanicum Tormentor
Dark Mechanicum Krios Battle Tank Squadron
Dark Mechanicum Artillery Tank Battery
Dark Mechanicum Macrocarid Explorator
Dark Mechanicum Skitarii Maniple
Forbidden Fleshworks Of The Gene-sculptors
Daemonic Blasphemes Of The Empyric Engineers
Dread Automata Of The Cybertheurgists
Tide Of Iron
Negavolt Warband
Chimeric Greatpack
Decimation Host
Armoured Spearhead
Engines Of Woe
Heretek's Masterworks

APPENDIX
Army Special Rules
Warlord Traits
Faction And Allies
Cybertheurgy
Armoury Of The Hell Forges
Ranged Weapons
Melee Weapons
Special Issue Wargear
Armour
Immateria Runes
Mutations
Lesser Mutations
Greater Mutations
Exalted Mutations
Dark Mechanicum Vehicle Equipment
Arcana Of The Dark Mechanicum
Technomancy Discipline
Tactical Objectives
Representative Of The Dark Mechanicum
Profiles