>>5229168Hmm, true enough.
>>5229089Ignore that second part. Not now.
>>5229223We cannot protect Lucius if it is dead. Had we engaged the Blackstone Fortress, it would have suffered heavy damage and failed its activation. Lucius would be doomed either a slow death against overwhelming enemy odds, or more devastating battles as we try to repair it. His actions protected the longevity of Lucius. We are a genetor, we know that to allow the body to die to save the septic leg rather than sacrificing leg to save the greater whole would displease the Machine God.
>>5229314Deception, Stealth and Strategem are all doctrina in the sacred database, and part of the holy sciences of war, given to us by the ancients who came before and inspired by the Machine God. Just as the Sicarian Infiltrators. Remember:
"13. The knowledge of the ancients stands beyond question."
>so coldly logicalCold logic devoid of emotional bias is what the Machine God asks of his followers. It is what all techpriests aspire to.
"To the Adeptus Mechanicus, doubt is as alien as the Xenos Horrors that assail mankind's realm. When the ruling Cabals of hooded and augmented tech-priests commit their vast armies to battle, they have already enumerated every parameter. Each variable has already been measured and assigned [...] To face the Mechanicus is to oppose those who have already calculated your demise" ~ Codex Mechanicus
We have calculated all variables, and chosen the route which results in the surest method of Lucius survival. Logic is part of ritual and honors the Machine God. To break with ritual, is to break with faith.
That's the beauty of the Machine Cult. If you can justify it with logic, you have justified it with faith.
>>5229008Hey QM, I just realized. So the idea to trick the Xenos by drawing them to a false decoy to hide Lucius didn't work due to time constraints. But you once said that creating junk data to fool the enemy bordered on heretical.
But don't the Sicarians do exactly that?
"Sicarian warriors emit a neurostatic aura of white noise that confounds nearby enemies, leaving them traumatised and vulnerable to the Infiltrator’s ferocious assault or the murderous firepower of its kill team.."