A Martian Magos and loyal servant of the Omnissiah is being sued by his citizens after blowing a big chunk of the hive city’s budget on building a Kastelan class automata, Administratum reports say.

Atticus Filamentum, magos of Hive City 0110101, defended his decision but the Martian Brotherhood of Artificers and Architects is suing, alleging the funds were misspent: “The labour used for the robot’s creation, which was built for the Martian Defense project and referred to by Filamentum as his ‘prestige project,’ belongs to the inhabitants of the city. He blew our entire defense budget on a single automata instead of the proposed lasrifles and flak armour we were going to receive.” 

In response to criticisms that the construct is a “monstrosity” and a “criminal waste of resources” the magos replied only: “Admire the Automata.” 

It’s unknown exactly how much time and how many resources were spent on his metal masterpiece, but the automata stands 14-feet-tall and the Sol System’s subspace transmissions network community is quite amused by the magos’ audacity.

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