>>5455657We just have to remind the nobles there is an intelligence bar to enter the Cult Mechanicus to be anything other than a lay adept. If they want their sons to become proper priests and not simply oil servitors and lighting incense, then they had better cough up the pay to afford intelligence augmentations for their sons. Preferably from birth and with a dash of genetic engineering.
Which works in our favor. We accept raw minerals and especially human bodies as valid payment for Mechanicum services.