The Adeptus Mechanicus were landing on Ganymede, and Lox took the opportunity to continue explaining everything about the Adeptus Mechanicus to Barabas Dantioch.
"Mars's influence in the past was already worlds apart from what it is now. They split apart, fought civil wars, weakened, and even came close to collapse not long ago."
Lox spoke at length to Barabas Dantioch. He needed someone to listen, and the silent Son of the Raven was clearly especially skilled at that.
"When the Emperor launched the Great Crusade, he had to secure Mars's support and allegiance. Without the backing of the oldest Forge World in history, the warships, weapons, and equipment needed for the Great Crusade would have been nothing more than empty promises."
Terra's manufactories and technological relics had long since withered away in the fires of the Age of Strife. Those techno-barbarians and warlords had squandered the legacy of Old Night, turning it into fuel for their ambitions.
"After unifying Terra, the Emperor descended upon Mars aboard a colossal warship as magnificent as a heavenly palace. When he arrived, rain fell upon Mars, which had never known rain before. Torrents poured from the sky, and with a flick of his finger, the Emperor cured every mechanical ailment within his sight."
Such godlike feats undoubtedly won over a great many followers of the Omnissiah.
When Phobos and Deimos reached their nearest and farthest points respectively, the believers recalled the prophecy of ages past and realized that the Omnissiah, messenger of the Machine God, had descended upon the world. The Lord of Humanity reached an agreement with the Adeptus Mechanicus of Mars in the name of the Imperium and signed the Treaty of Olympus.
Terra and Mars, the two heads of the double-headed eagle, benefited each other. The Imperium brought Mars vast numbers