The Cult of the Machine God

[woven sigil]

for the tech-god !!!

[novel sleet]

@zinc folio Assigning the religion nerd to this.

[zinc folio]

Woke up

[burnt pilot]

THE FLESH IS WEAK!!

(Added background and relationship information: @woven sigil , @novel sleet , @zinc folio )

[warm phoenix]

Balaam vs Machine Church subplots gonna go crazy

[burnt pilot]

It will be super funny to see USSP and TSF realizing that there will be no time for destroying each others bases towards the end of the shift, because they will have to stop the Zealots and the Cult from destroying the whole sector in a Star-Wars like epic space battle

[zinc folio]

Don’t forget the Hive too. They’re prioritizing biological modifications instead of mechanical

[burnt pilot]

True, but I think the Zealots will take the higher priority for the Cult because they target high tech, which is like killing the Machine God (with referencing what you said in here: #1388557704896839701 message)

The Hive will be probably seen as abominations that hurt themselves for pointless aims and openly fought.

[zinc folio]

Also looks good. Could include a tid-bit for balaamites that they had encountered a Bishop and his retinue that prioritized stealth over overt hostility

You know from personal involvement that we usually aren’t very quiet.

[zinc folio]

Agreed

[burnt pilot]

That sounds fine. I did not wanted to say anything on behalf of Balaamites as it is not my product. Having such an interaction would also organisaionally make both factions dire enemies against each other, so both ideology and religion plays importance on the hostilities.

[zinc folio]

Verily so

[narrow ingot]

fuck no to this the machine god doesn't exist, at most, it's the c'tan shard void dragon, it's not the emperor, there is no omnissaiah, the men of iron confirmed this

[burnt pilot]

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer-gif-19055033

[south lodge]

i love the omnissiah

[narrow ingot]

your omnissaiah is at best a relic chained 100 miles below the surface of mars kept my the mechanicus in secret

[burnt pilot]

This is not Omnissiah, but slightly inspired from it.

[burnt pilot]

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer-40k-40k-spacemarine2-heresy-heretic-gif-15781539930698202487

[red kiln]

How much for the STCs?

[graceful mirage]

MOTHERFUCKIN MECHANICUS IN MY SPESS GAME?

RAHHHHHH

I think once these new religions get implemented i might have to hop on the larp train tbh

[narrow ingot]

id rather worship the god of not showering

[burnt pilot]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7blJ2k9tGE

You must be purged.

[burnt pilot]

WE ARE APPROVED!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztzq05IzYds

[woven sigil]

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer-monster-rotfl-gif-14520250

[burnt pilot]

And get help from the staff team if there seems to be any clashes.

[graceful mirage]

do you intend to make sick epic sprited gear for the machine cult? Maybe even bionic parts for them?

[warm phoenix]

Structure and longevity to the Machine God.

@burnt pilot I'm kinda interested in writing small lore snippets for this factions, is it alright if I do so?

you have the final say as the maker

[burnt pilot]

I would love to, but I do not know anything about creating sprites. My plan was to first get a cloak that can be used like an EVA, so that it would make it clear who the person is.

After that I was thinking about bionic parts and even a vessel. But seems like it is way over my head to do it. Unless we get a fan here who wants to contribute, I guess it will be just a fantasy 😔

[burnt pilot]

Sure, let's do it! Send it to me when you write them. Would be more than happy to build on core story.

[graceful mirage]

id be doing that stuff so much if i could

[sand prawn]

time to cook up a ship for the cult

also @burnt pilot would they say coggers instead of poggers

this is vital

[burnt pilot]

coggers

[sand prawn]

bet

[sand prawn]

starting work on the ship now

drafting up the mechbay

[sand prawn]

WIP still

but its getting there

[sand prawn]

also since we dont have any red robes yet, ill use the goblin EVA suits for now as a stand in

sicnce theyre fashionable AND eva worthy

[sand prawn]

the ark is nearly done

just finishing up the atmos, electrical systems, thrusters, and weaponry

[burnt pilot]

Our Mecha-Ark looks wonderful

[woven sigil]

Based

[sand prawn]

the ark is finished

finally

a fully fledged ark ship, with a focus on mech creation and deployment, featuring 5 hangars, two 4x4 ones, three 3x3 ones. This ship includes a fully fledged xenoarcheology bay, a mining bay, a medical bay, and it's very own mech bay.

it's running on three bananium generators, for ease of fuel sourcing (bananium), highly radioactive, but only those who still cling to their flesh will be affected.

it also features a dedicated shrine room to worship the machien god

and for arms and armor, it's got a layer of plastitanium armor all across the hull, and for offense, its got 5x 90mm autocannons, 8x 20mm PD defense guns, and 4x Mining pulsars.

[woven sigil]

Sick ship though what class is this ? It's got both lots of guns military rated hull and gyros while having science bay and stuff

[sand prawn]

it's a MIL type ship with a focus on long term expeditions out in space

it's an ark ship, according to cult of the machine god lore

[woven sigil]

I'm ngl the ship is amazing and fits the cult but it might be too good in everything to be a regular ship

Especially mil type

[sand prawn]

jack of all trades, master of none

it's really only upside is it's really got for mechs

[sand prawn]

also im setting the price up to maybe 200k~ at minimum

[woven sigil]

Looking at what it got it's pretty good at most stuff it got

I mean the mining part is fully equipped and has mining guns and shit

By all means it's not bad on the contrary

[sand prawn]

ah. fair...

[woven sigil]

Honestly dude

It would be omega based if the cult didn't settle down and used the ark(s) as mobile bases

It would explain their modularity but also make very few of them be present

Y'know ?

Regardless banger ship I gotta say
I really like what you did for the exterior that's some top notch work

[sand prawn]

thanky thankyy

[woven sigil]

Brother is cooking on all sides

[burnt pilot]

That is the Lore. There are Sects which are mobile. Techpriests govern a specific ship and they have their own unique agenda. So, one Sect Ark may be outbound for a different mission.

They don't have to be friendly with one another or have same ideals, but they need to follow the Clergy

We calculated that this ship requires 5 people min to function and 2 for mech assault

[woven sigil]

Of course
I mean broadly mining lore and gameplay

Mixing*

[burnt pilot]

So if we get super popular, there will be max 2-3 arks per game

[woven sigil]

Having a superheavy ship that does a lot of different stuff well will be costly and limited

[woven sigil]

*nods

Sounds more than good to me

[burnt pilot]

I know that is why it is expensive and only MIL

I think it balances out though

It is durable, strong, and has mecs

[woven sigil]

I think availability wise it should be a bit more restricted and not just to any merc or large science crew

As in restricted to the cult

[burnt pilot]

I agree, this should be Cult only

[woven sigil]

But yeah I know ship first rest later I did the same

[burnt pilot]

Because it's whole purpose is to have one specific ship to do your own religious things

Cult does not like fleets

[woven sigil]

*nods

Yep yep

[burnt pilot]

That is why in General I said "Watch what Cult does to non-Cult using an Ark"

They will probably do everything to destroy you, thinking you took over from a Cult Crew

[woven sigil]

[sand prawn]

@burnt pilot ill work on PRing this, help me come up with the description of the ship, it's functions, lore.

and why should it be added to the game, what will it do to the servers balance, etc.

just write it down so i can copy paste it later on the github description

[burnt pilot]

Working on it will send it as a private message once done.

[sand prawn]

the fnaf bridge lockdown, just in case of boarders

also there are two shutter lockdown buttons, just in case i didnt mention

locks down the northern part ofthe ship and the southern part of the ship respectively from windows and entrances, to prevent damage and boarding

[warm phoenix]

this is from a draft document with other ideas on separate pages, this excerpt is the first finished product

[sand prawn]

https://github.com/Monolith-Station/Monolith/pull/1457

the first ARK ship is now in PR!

yipppieee!!

[burnt pilot]

I really liked it. Especially the third paragraph, it openly shows why the Cult is hostile yet not directly attacking Balaamites, like trying to show that they are upholding the mechanical being but in the mean time willing to do everything to show Balaam's followers are in the wrong and they should just 'repent'.

One thing that I would suggest is, to not use the word Sect for foreign groups. We could call Balaamites as a 'movement'. Calling them an Order would make the Cult recognising them like some sort of well structured group. So that word seems to be more appropraite (unless you have some other suggestions)

The reason being is that the word Sect is highly used by the Cult. There are Planetary Sects (led by High Techops), Sector-wide Sects (led by Techops), and Vessel-based Independent Sects (led by Techpriests).

If we call Balaamites as Sects it may give the idea like they were some sort of fracture from the Cult or they were part of it or aligned.

Regardless, great job my man! I hope people will take the time and read this.

[warm phoenix]

very nice, I'll make the necessary adjustments

[sleek glen]

NGL

ngl

its not heavily armored or armed enough to be a military level ship

for its absurdly big size

[sleek glen]

being apart of a company adding access to id maybe...

[burnt pilot]

@sand prawn added plaster outside and said it is quite durable

[sleek glen]

For its size

Its armaments and single plastitanium layer of armor is fine for an exped level ship

It doesn't really feel like a military ship.

Its internals are for the most part non military focused

No military gear, etc

[woven sigil]

That's what I wanted a long time ago

[burnt pilot]

Then what is your suggestion?

[burnt pilot]

We will make the vessel for all factions now, but yeah, civilian cult members should be able to use this...

[sand prawn]

the arkansaw is now equiped with an AI core

balaamites stay malding

[burnt pilot]

HAIL THE MACHINE GOD!!!

[sand prawn]

good news!

the arkansaw now can do expeds since its now classified as an exped computer

BABAHAHAH

ITS SO FUCKING HUGE

THE EXPED IS DEADASS THE SAME SIZE AS THE SHIP

[burnt pilot]

Lol

[woven sigil]

minin science exped ? god daym

[burnt pilot]

Mothership

https://tenor.com/view/reaction-hamster-my-reaction-to-that-information-my-reaction-to-that-information-meme-my-reaction-gif-25863470

[woven sigil]

I know I know

[burnt pilot]

So... It occurred to me...

If someone boards one edge of the ship...

By the time the crew on the other side reaches to breachers;

1. Breachers dies
2. Crew dies

It is awesome

[sand prawn]

already thought of that scenario

two emergency shutters to lock down the windors and doors

the only non locked doors are the docking ports

[burnt pilot]

I am loving this

[sand prawn]

and the bridge has two airlocks with buttons next to them

that bolt the doors shut to the bridge

it'll be up to the crew to meet the would be boarders though

or get the AI to bolt the docking ports too

but yeah, if there were boarders, its gonna be hard for both parties to meet eachother

just make sure to lock down both the north and southern part of the ship with the shutter buttons

and you should be fine...

unless you forgot to close the mining bay and science bay shutters

since those arent connected to the lockdown shutter button

(these are old pics btw so not 100% up to date with the current arkansaw)

[sand prawn]

GOOD NEWS FELLAS

https://github.com/Monolith-Station/Monolith/pull/1457#pullrequestreview-3033899967

THE ARKANSAW IS MERGED!

ALL HAIL THE OMNISIAH

[burnt pilot]

MACHINE GOD LIVES!!!!!

[sand prawn]

ladies, gentlemen, and gentlethems

#1395874740970721300 message

we got it

[burnt pilot]

Addendum: This ship is purchasable by everyone, but YOU MUST BE ALIGNED WITH THE CULT.

This is a Cult Mothership

Created by the Cult

a normal civillian cannot have this, if you have it and a Cultist sees it; you are either dead or ship will be taken away from you.

[graceful mirage]

make it a lore tidbit that the cult despises non-cultists to use their equipment because its sacred

only those "ascended" may commune with such devices

[burnt pilot]

It is already there

It is an Ark

[graceful mirage]

so

does the cult intend to use the omnichurch as their base of operation

the name is there

[burnt pilot]

I am thinking about making it a neutral zone for meetings because not all members of the Cult has the same alignment.

Lets say a TSF Techpriests wants to speak to an USSP Techpriest, they can invite each other there.

[novel sleet]

Group Creator has left.

It is now defunct without somebody to maintain it and uphold the vision of it. There will be a three day period where somebody can claim ownership over this thread/idea and build upon it or tear it all down.

[turbid compass]

Why’d he leave

I’ll take the group @novel sleet

Kinda pissed he deleted the original message and I’m not gonna rewrite it immediately

Can you see if you can find the original message in logs please

[zinc folio]

Very good. I await what you write

[turbid compass]

I’m not gonna be writing much for a bit honestly, it’s just a cool group and I understand the roleplay

And I’d prefer it doesn’t get

[novel sleet]

The original group idea proved violent, it was also a reference to 40K

[turbid compass]

Killed

[novel sleet]

Try building it up honestly

Make something unique

[turbid compass]

Wdym violent

[zinc folio]

From the level of violence shown by this group (according to my compatriots), I’d recommend using the Zealots as the example of how far you can go with the violent aspect of it

[turbid compass]

Im totally keeping the mechanicus vibe

[zinc folio]

That’s entirely fine by me

[novel sleet]

That's fine, just make sure that factions go above the group and that escalation won't be an issue.

Because that was an issue prior.

[turbid compass]

These guys are functionally the antithesis to the zealots of balsam

Balaam

[zinc folio]

Zealots are loosely based off the luddic path with biblical pieces added

Taking inspiration is entirely expected and encouraged

[novel sleet]

Inspiration is fine, aye

Just don't go full mechanicus

[turbid compass]

If you give me the original message

[novel sleet]

Inspire from it

[zinc folio]

Yea

[turbid compass]

I’d rather tweak it and build off it

[novel sleet]

Fun fact

There was no original message.

[turbid compass]

Threads have to have one

[novel sleet]

Or well there was

But it was deleted two weeks ago

[turbid compass]

Great

[novel sleet]

When it was first made

Likely a placeholder

You're S.O.L Ecto, gotta start fresh

[turbid compass]

I’ll need time to think about what I gotta do with this

SOL?

That’s my name irl

Funny

I’ll need time to think on this; I just didn’t want it being killed

[sleek glen]

it wasn't supposed to be violent

like

it was stated to not be violent, except towards balaam and only in a "indirect warfare" type way

[novel sleet]

It wasn't, it just developed into that unfortunately

[sleek glen]

no it wasn't

that's not true

it was not deleted 2 weeks ago

[novel sleet]

Bro I can't find it

I'm being real

[sleek glen]

I was referencing it like, 3 days ago

[novel sleet]

It wasn't a recent deletion

[sleek glen]

it must have been

because I was referencing it with regards to

[novel sleet]

😭

[sleek glen]

the ark

he deleted all his messages in here I think

[novel sleet]

Fuck.

[sleek glen]

all the

faction lore related ones

[sand prawn]

if it helps, he had some lorebits with me

but in the form of DMs and crude memories

[zinc folio]

That changes things significantly. Stating that you aren’t violent then getting hostile to people isn’t proper escalation or even Roleplay.
Zealots are overtly hostile against people who are fulfilling a certain criteria, and it’s outright stated that they’re volatile to deal with.

[sleek glen]

yeah

[sleek glen]

they were unpredictable

I think that was

[woven sigil]

original idea was they do not engage in conflict, unless it's needed

I think one of the only examples are non cult members driving an ark

but that is less of an actual lore tid bit and more of a consequence of any lack of company unique access

And also I think if it needs a new owner it would ideally need someone who's up to advance it's lore etc.
Unless you know, it's for the sake of keeping it up and giving the seat to someone more dedicated once they show up.

[graceful mirage]

i think id love to participate in the cults survival

albeit with help from people who have 40k experience to tell me how mechanicus acted in lore

so that i can apply to this cult

because i never had much in the way of 40k lore beyond its base but i do know mechanicus were always involved and at the least indirectly

which i thought was a cool thing to see in the background playing out across that univeerse

and besides

baseline ss14 literally HAS a machine god

which is fucking hilarious to me

itd be a waste to just dump this cult

[sleek glen]

ratvar ratvar ratvar

[graceful mirage]

if ANYONE is willing to help me completely rewrite the lore since it got demolished

i am more than up to the task of doing it

[sand prawn]

i could help by adding bits of lore i remember

(but not rn i go eepy)

[graceful mirage]

gn rubee

@zinc folio ironically with you being the owner of the COGs anti thesus i think youd be able to help with this cults lore

WAIT, some guy already WROTE lore for this

its in the logs i know it

the people crave the cult of the machine LMFAO

lore courtesy of @warm phoenix

this would be the perfect cult to monopolize off the ss13 clockwork cult

[graceful mirage]

dw home dawg im already monopolizing on this power struggle

[turbid compass]

@graceful mirage do you want to take over the company then

Im mainly just holding it so it doesnt get deleted

[graceful mirage]

id love to be the placeholder company leader

im already trying to revive its original basis

[turbid compass]

as long as someone does it yeah

Im not much of a writer

im an ideasguy

[graceful mirage]

its a waste to let go of a company with assets in the works and ingame

[turbid compass]

yeppers

[graceful mirage]

lmk if u get any ideas ideasguy

[turbid compass]

sure

@novel sleet handing it off

[graceful mirage]

new lore just dropped

)===============================C
[IN REGARDS TO THE "CLOCKWORK"]
The thought of a cult in worship of a higher being other than the Machine God would, under normal circumstance, be considered blasphemous to many who worship our scriptures and vows. The elusive who speak in tongue and convert any who they deem fit for their otherworldly purpose have only been encountered by our Arks on rare occasion.
Many reports to come from those who witness the servants have stated them to be clad in bronze and wielding otherworldly devices that hold the likeness of our divine scriptures. Some of our most trusted Artificers who tend to said scriptures all have similar responses upon interrogation from the most skilled Biomagus among the Arks.
Every victim of the servants of bronze have all one universal claim. That they have seen the machine god's very resting place. A city lost to any history books of the modern and esoteric era alike. Coincidentally, every techpriest to have ever returned from these involuntary expedites have all returned with irrecoverable damage to their frontal lobe.
It is largely speculated that the Cult of the Clockwork have some relation to our Machine God. This fact is debated between Arks without cease and has been an ongoing topic of many of them in an attempt at uncovering the rival cult's mysteries. All in hopes that it would help the Cult of the Machine God reach the 'divinity' that the victims speak of in audio logs.

TL;DR: The clockwork cults relation and hostility to the Machine God and its followers are entirely up to Mechanissiahs and Techpriest alike. It is theorized that both cults hold the same origins and only differentiate in their end goals. There are even popular rumors that the Machine God IS the Clockwork's god. The basis of ideals regarding this vary between Arks.
)===============================C

(I took inspiration from the balaamite texts)

[novel sleet]

🔥

@zinc folio

[graceful mirage]

im gonna work up the "ranks"

i never really noticed any sort of names for people under worship of the machine god

[graceful mirage]

)===============================C

THE MACHINE GOD'S LOYAL FOLLOWERS

(Mechanicum = Specialists who are vital to the Independence and self sufficiency of an Ark)
(Calcesamechus(Cal-seize-am-mech-us) = A term for the general crew of an Ark)

Techpriest Mechanicum - The universally renowned rank among the cult, the Techpriest inherits the duty of keeping the ship orderly and functional. Ensuring that the Ark's most vital assets have what is needed to function as well as other menial tasks provided by other Mechanicum.

Biomagus Mechanicum - The Ark's specialist of the biological. Serving as the medium between the mechanical and the flesh, the Biomagus ensures all Mechanicum are in good health at all times and ensuring the Ark is properly stocked with what is needed to sustain it's Calcesamechus. The biomagus is the sculpter of the human body, the flesh is weak.

Consortium Mechanicum - The Consortium are experts at navigation between the Ark's various destinations. Plotting courses and providing expeditionary coordination, the Consortium aboard an Ark is necessary for the crew to be provided with a map of their destiny.

Artificer Mechanicum - While the Mechanicum aboard an Ark is not inherently hostile, armament is necessary for survival of an Ark, which is the Artificer's duty. Providing the crew with what is needed to stay combat-capable in the face of inevitable combat between the Calcesamechus and its enemies.

Xenoarcus Mechanicum - The Xenoarcus is the backbone of the Mechanicum. There would be no progress toward divinity without the Xenoarcus and their scientific ingenuity. This role provides the crew with the most state-of-the-art technology. A scribe and scolar of the Mechanicum's ancient worship.

)===============================C

[silent mist]

We gettin clock cult before engine update

[silent mist]

He owns TWO companies now, fancy

[graceful mirage]

its more like adoption

[silent mist]

Lmao

[turbid compass]

gulp

consortium spotted

does he know

[graceful mirage]

its an INSPIRATION PAALLLLL

ITS NOT THE SAME THIIIIIIIIIIING

😭

[turbid compass]

i dont think the consortium is public knowledge yet

idk

anyways

[graceful mirage]

oh now im worried

gulp

anyways i reposted the cult

btw

#1396247478608724099

[turbid compass]

does the cult have a leader

Also jesus christ these names would SUCK

ranks*

would suck

to put in ur name

[graceful mirage]

wlel

mechanicum doesnt have to be there

its just a signification of the ranks placement on the ark

[turbid compass]

True actually

[silent mist]

Mechanicum..... Its over chat

[graceful mirage]

🕊️

[woven sigil]

copyright of funny pun

you must choose corpo maker

[sand prawn]

ive been using COG since its... thematic

although the acryonym isnt lining up well

CMG would be = cult of the machine god

but COG is more iconic

[turbid compass]

Cog is clockwork cult…

[sand prawn]

coggers

but yeah ill probably edit it to whatever @graceful mirage choses the next acronym to be

[graceful mirage]

Cog is fine

Its funnier

[turbid compass]

I find it funny that

The group refers to themselves as a cult

Most cults don’t call themselves cults

Infact most cults avoid being called cults as much as possible

[graceful mirage]

its only logical that they refer to themselves as a cult
since in reality, a cult is exactly what they are

and them being aware of this is pretty analytical

denying it would be considered an affront to their ideals since it involves harboring emotion toward the term

[turbid compass]

Cults don’t call themselves cults because it attracts negative stigma usually

[woven sigil]

depending on the setting and how fanatical they are it may very.

if you view it from a modern (today) perspective you're right

Inspiration where the group was taken from (40K) is grimdark and it fits
Here, depends, I'd argue it does.