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Warhammer 40,000
Deus Ex Mechanicus
Adeptus Mechanicus explorators have unearthed something ancient on the dead world of Naogeddon… something ancient and utterly deadly. Lakias Danzager of the Adeptus Mechanicus is investigating the ancient tombs uncovered by the now-missing explorators – but are his allies all that they seem? And just what are the walking metal skeletons defending the find? The necrons are rising and doom is at hand. Written by Andy Chambers
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A Warhammer 40,000 storyOn the dead world of Naogeddon, mysterious tombs, missing explorators and deadly defenders cause trouble for the Adeptus Mechanicus. But the biggest danger might come from within…
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Ancient tombs, walking metal skeletons and the Adeptus Mechanicus meddling in things they shouldn't – it's a classic set-up with one hell of a twist.
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30 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 23, 2018
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October 16, 2024
Primer libro de Warhammer que me leo.
Como no estoy muy experimentado, creo que como mínimo muestra una parte más humana de los Mechanicum y limita el conflicto necron-humano a la historia de dos personajes.
Bien, pero nada excepcional.
Como no estoy muy experimentado, creo que como mínimo muestra una parte más humana de los Mechanicum y limita el conflicto necron-humano a la historia de dos personajes.
Bien, pero nada excepcional.
May 6, 2018
An Inferno! magazine classic given the e-short treatment, this sees an Adeptus Mechanicus explorator mission delving into the supposedly dead world of Naogeddon. An expert in cryo-stasis, Lakias Danzager joins the mission just as the unusually charismatic Magos Egal succeeds in finding a way into a necron tomb complex. With his suspicions already roused by absent members of the mission and the eerily regular attacks by the tomb’s strange, metallic defenders, Lakias reluctantly joins Egal in exploring the tomb and facing its many horrifying dangers.
This is clearly an early depiction of the necrons, but it’s no less enjoyable for that, and the Mechanicus in contrast are equal parts similarly old school and eerily prophetic – the Praetorians, for example, are remarkably like Kataphron battle servitors despite predating them by over fifteen years. Strip away the story’s age, however, and it’s nicely paced, well plotted and full of character.
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This is clearly an early depiction of the necrons, but it’s no less enjoyable for that, and the Mechanicus in contrast are equal parts similarly old school and eerily prophetic – the Praetorians, for example, are remarkably like Kataphron battle servitors despite predating them by over fifteen years. Strip away the story’s age, however, and it’s nicely paced, well plotted and full of character.
Read the full review at https://www.trackofwords.com/2018/04/...
March 29, 2025
O Mundo de Mechanicus
Neste pequeno conto de Andy Chambers, acompanhamos um sacerdotech (Tech-Priest) chamado Lakius, junto de seu acólito Osil, em sua jornada para Naogeddon, um planeta morto, para ajudar outros sacerdotechs da Adeptus Mechanicus em uma pesquisa realizada no planeta em estruturas de origem alienigena.
Esse conto ajuda a ambientar o leitor ao jogo, onde controlamos membros da Adeptus Mechanicus que estão invadindo estruturas Necron em busca de novas técnologias e artefatos para o Império dos Homens.
A história começa bem, porém mais para perto do final achei muito brusca a troca de personalidade de Lakius, não condizendo com o personagem que acompanhamos no inicio do conto.
Enfim, para quem é curioso sobre o universo de Warhammer talvez seja interessante a leitura, e para quem recebeu junto com o jogo provavelmente vale já que são apenas 30 páginas, porém é uma leitura que pode ser desconsiderada, com outras melhores por aí.
Neste pequeno conto de Andy Chambers, acompanhamos um sacerdotech (Tech-Priest) chamado Lakius, junto de seu acólito Osil, em sua jornada para Naogeddon, um planeta morto, para ajudar outros sacerdotechs da Adeptus Mechanicus em uma pesquisa realizada no planeta em estruturas de origem alienigena.
Esse conto ajuda a ambientar o leitor ao jogo, onde controlamos membros da Adeptus Mechanicus que estão invadindo estruturas Necron em busca de novas técnologias e artefatos para o Império dos Homens.
A história começa bem, porém mais para perto do final achei muito brusca a troca de personalidade de Lakius, não condizendo com o personagem que acompanhamos no inicio do conto.
Enfim, para quem é curioso sobre o universo de Warhammer talvez seja interessante a leitura, e para quem recebeu junto com o jogo provavelmente vale já que são apenas 30 páginas, porém é uma leitura que pode ser desconsiderada, com outras melhores por aí.
November 24, 2024
This was very fun.
I've been playing Mechanicus and loving it — that's why I ended up reading this one. The base-game installation folder comes with a sampler, so I think I'm doomed to read more eventually.
The tech priests are very fun. Often times, my favourite characters are from the Adeptus Mechanicus, so reading it was quite pleasant. There were quite a few flavours of the adepts and I just wish there was more story.
A problem I think this one was less guilty than the other Warhammer 40K short stories I read is being rushed. The pacing was quite good. Also, it had quite a bit of intrigue.
Recommended.
I've been playing Mechanicus and loving it — that's why I ended up reading this one. The base-game installation folder comes with a sampler, so I think I'm doomed to read more eventually.
The tech priests are very fun. Often times, my favourite characters are from the Adeptus Mechanicus, so reading it was quite pleasant. There were quite a few flavours of the adepts and I just wish there was more story.
A problem I think this one was less guilty than the other Warhammer 40K short stories I read is being rushed. The pacing was quite good. Also, it had quite a bit of intrigue.
Recommended.
December 24, 2018
It was bundled into the Omnissiah edition of WH40k's: Mechanicus game. After demolishing that very enjoyable and worthy game I decided to take a break and look at the goodies of that edition. Looking at the publish dates I can only assume this was really old fluff that has since been retconned. Perhaps if it was longer I'd enjoy it more. But for 30 pages it felt very much like a love letter to old pulp horror novels only set in WH40k.
March 1, 2019
A good 40K.novella about the Adeptus Mechanicus and the Necrons.
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