>>5243463Well, going on this thought.
"He is a religious fanatic that praises metal and, usually, sees the flesh as being a weakness that must be purged."
*but he is also a Genetor, and has an appreciation of flesh and the human form in his own way. Surprisingly for a techpriest, his bionics are minimal. More importantly, and uniquely among all his sons, he is actually desiring to have a female companion. In many ways, more human than all the others while being less human.
"He has been fighting against xenos and was actively winning a siege when you favorite "son" found him and helped out. Cool, not the best since he was in a siege, but A+ for effort."
"He didn't take control of the world that he landed on.... though he did become its military leader and helped conquer other world. Intriguing and possibly something you would like for more of your "sons" to do."
And bonus points for delivering a partial sector on a plate. This absolutely dwarfs what Russ and Horus have brought so far.
"He reversed engineered a giant Xenos space station into an anti-warp installation. Not great."
Ehhhhh, I wouldn't say not great.
The Blackstone Fortresses were at the best of times weapons of the Eldar, at the worst a huge liability. Why, in the wrong hands or worse the grasp of the ruinous powers, they could be devastating things. If anything, now they are counter to the ruinous powers at least so they won't present a risk of being awoken into psychic monsterous constructs.
"You (possibly) were told the conversation that your "sons" had and heard some.. worrying things about the enemy(chaos). Shit, not good and very much not something you want to spread."
But not entirely unique per say, as Khan and Russ also had their own beliefs on evil warp entities. Furthermore, where as Russ and the Khan sort of try to coexist with the warp with their runepriests and seers, this son actively tries to fight it. Nor does he know or care to know the names or rituals of Chaos. His methods to fight the daemons are no different from the same methods used already by the Mechanicus to banish possession from their machines. He would not be spreading Chaos so much as spreading a distrust of the warp and a suppression of the worship of other gods, which also falls in line with the Imperial Truth. Offering of conversions to the machine cult is not ideal, but at least it isn't forced conversion like. . .a certain other brother
Which fits into the purpose of the Sisters of Silence in the first place, as anti-daemon tools
"Either way, not a lot of faith in this "son" of yours."
Or on the flip side, there could be a lot of faith in his loyalty if it is show I can provide him exactly what he wants with minimal risk. His cult worships STCs, I've got some plus a number of other technologies.
If he's a son, then he's that one son who will grin ear to ear every time he gets a new toy and do all the chores. In fact his culture reveres service and obedience and loyalty, much like Dorn.
