The Space Marines, for example, treat their equipment and armour as if it were imbued with a will of its own - a fine chest-plate, well looked after and constantly maintained, may reward its wearer by saving his life whereas a Space Marine who neglects his equipment may be struck down by a leaking suit or malfunctioning weapon. Little, if any, technological innovation and invention exists in the Imperium of Man, and those that come into contact with advanced technology use it with reservations and a reverence that is almost religious. It is an age where problems are solved by brute force and ignorance, where dangers are either too gross or too unthinkable to elicit any other response. The Age of the Imperium is not a technically-inclined era in Human history. Warhammer 40K Darktide Review - Left To ShredĪ Rogue Trader examining a newly found STC fragment. What technological knowledge remains from the Age of Technology survives only in the form of STC hard-copies that have been preserved and copied over thousands of standard years by the Tech-priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus, who believe that STCs are the most holy of artefacts, gifts to Mankind from the Machine God. In the Age of the Imperium, after so many thousands of Terran years, it is unlikely that any have survived. Some Imperial historians have theorised that scientists during the Age of Technology foresaw the coming of the Age of Strife, and created the STCs to ensure that their knowledge would not be lost to future generations. During the Age of Strife the systems fell into disuse, were damaged or destroyed, and so became increasingly rare, until they were lost entirely. It is said that even the flimsiest rumors of an STC system will spark cross-galaxy journeys, titanic fleet search operations, and the spending of untold lives and treasure.Īn STC system was possessed by every group of Human interstellar colonists before the Age of Strife, allowing them to build all of the equipment necessary for survival on an untamed colony planet. Imperial forces (especially those of the Adeptus Mechanicus) will go to any length to recover a lost or stolen STC, or even a hard copy print-out from one, even if it means the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Imperial citizens. STC systems possessed the ability not just to store information but also to produce new designs to meet changing circumstances.Įxamples of STC technology still in use are the Rhino Armoured Personnel Carrier, the Land Raider and the Baneblade.
Introduced during the Age of Technology before the onset of the Age of Strife, an STC allowed workers to build anything from a Lasgun to a fortified bunker or the fearsome interstellar warships now used by the Imperial Navy. The STC was invented when Human interstellar civilisation was at its technological peak. The nearly complete Standard Template Construct core found at the heart of House Van Saar's stronghold in Hive Primus on the Hive World of Necromunda.Ī Standard Template Construct (STC) system was an advanced, artificially intelligent computer database created during the Age of Technology said to have contained the sum total of Human scientific and technological knowledge.
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