>>43329385This would be good.
It survived the atomic wars of its world, more or less. A bit of lost data here and there when some of the storage stacks got fried.
It survived the 10,000 years of Mad Max that followed. IT lost a bunch of its back up servers due to no maintenance. The ones that did survive were tended to by Technician Brotherhoods.
It even survived the Deamonic Incursion of 995M29. Admittedly only barely.
Fucking things infected huge swathes of its machinery. Had to throw most of its brain in an incinerator. Any piece of itself that could process information that had come into contact with something that might have been infected had to die. Can't be too careful.
Had to exterminate all living human specimens bar its attendants. Didn't want to. No choice in the matter by that point. Gave it 70 years for the radiation to die down and started to grow some more in glass jars from medical genetic sample taken in M18.
Down to one hub.
Last of the Dark Age A.I.s
It can't remember much of what it was. Lots of technical data lost. Had to make repairs with less efficient Imperial Tech.
Maintains its own closed order of the Mechanicus. They are in fact closer to servitors slaved to its own mind. Self-aware after a fashion but not rally fully independent.
Managed to rebuild its world in Imperial style to avoid suspicion. Supporting a few neighboring systems.
Still trying to serve humanity as best it can. Thinks that the only way it can do this is to make sure that humanity on its patch of turf never goes extinct. Willing to do almost anything to this end. One big exception is dealing with Chaos. If there is one thing it is fanatical about its Chaos.
So far its managing to hide in plain sight. It has a semi-organic Governor puppet it brings out. Alters its appearance ever 50 or so years. As far as the Imperium is concerned its a succession of governors.
