The Mechanicus Priesthood of Naximus Prime

It is these cybernetics where Naximus Prime gains its greatest renown and proves its indispensable nature to the Imperium. Thanks to the quality of locally mined metals the bionics crafted by the forges here are better made and more reliable than many others. Though the Machine Cult has always been known for its melding of flesh and machine as a religious principle it has reached a stage the majority of the population have bionic modifications, as a result of the artisan skill possessed by the Cybersmiths of Naximus Prime. It is a sign of wealth and beauty, to the people here to not be melded with the machine is an abnormality – the more subtle and delicate bionics considered ‘pretty’ and the larger, more steel and heavy duty types, considered a sign of strength.

The result of this cybernetic mastery is a Taghmata Omnissiah filled with high quality cybernetic troops that stand elevated in the hierarchy of Naximus Prime and a common aspiration of all menial workers. The entire culture of this world is alien to the Imperium, every strata of society assimilated into the Machine Cult, to outsiders, it is a strange and unwelcoming place, even towards other members of the Adeptus Mechanicus, independent, and still thinking of itself as existing in a time when the Mechanicum existed as a separate, and powerful, independent empire. The leading Magos of Naximus have made it clear they see Ferraeus as being overly reliant on the Imperium, a simple vassal world rather than a powerful Mechanicum Forgeworld working hand in hand with an allied power.