Motive Force and the Mechanicus Schism: Why No Two Forge Worlds Agree on What Animates a Machine
Every forge world believes something different about Motive Force. The Cult Mechanicus has been arguing about it since before the Imperium existed.
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Every forge world believes something different about Motive Force. The Cult Mechanicus has been arguing about it since before the Imperium existed.
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