>>5339795I disagree with this, as the core mechanism of the mechanicus is not that of long lineages rife with inbreeding and false ideas of superiority but the uplifting of any man of worth to a position where they can reach their full potential.
We by our nature would see people as potential regardless of lineage or nobility. And as a true meritocrat, we would recognise that all, given the correct resources and faith has the chance to reach even the greatest heights of mankind.
Those of our brothers who shun away the brilliance of the common man, and the insights they bring are but fools failing to recognise the energy ready to be extracted from men of all statures.
We are not nobility, we would reject naive beliefs in noble tyrants who will sell their service to the highest bidder for their idiotic ambitions. We have the ability to recognise potential wherever we see it.
But unlike Corax, we are not a man of the people either. We are not against tyranny or authoritarianism, we are against wastefulness and unnecessary luxuries. We are against inefficiency.
In this way, we are by no means a noble, we are a true Technocrat, what Perturabo tried to be and failed. We are geared towards efficiency in all manners and noble extravagancy is as much of a sin to us as the old earth ideas of communism.
"The machine god's blessings encompass all, even if it seems that those of higher stature have advantages, this is not intrinsic but external. Even the lowliest peasant given the faith will come to be able to rise to the ranks of the venerable priests. And one day, when all the cogs of the great machine sing in tandem humanity will be lifted to the level of the machine god."
