"Our knowledge of Moravik seems limited to rumor. He was once a technowarlord on Terra, but after being defeated by the Emperor during the Unification Wars, he fled to Mars. He was also the one who explicitly proposed the existence of faith in the Omnissiah."
"He seemed to have made a pact with certain entities in the Warp, blending technology with primordial power to create results far beyond existing science, bringing about technological miracles."
Sage Land recalled the records concerning Moravik. Information on that great pioneer went no further than this; all other details about him had been sealed within the so-called Moravik Vaults. The Emperor had personally decreed that this forbidden place was never to be unsealed.
Could it be that after Moravik was defeated, he refused to accept his loss and intended to turn the tide by analyzing the Emperor's great creations and discovering their weaknesses? Lox pondered.
But that did not seem right. If Moravik wanted to find the Astartes' weaknesses and exploit them to create suitable countermeasures, why had he left information on improving and strengthening the Astartes within his cube?
According to Sage Land, the Moravik Cube contained that genius's ideas for modifying the Astartes. Space Marines further enhanced in accordance with them would be more perfect than those of today.
The current Astartes could not truly be called perfect warriors. In terms of combat strength, they fell far short of the Custodes and were also inferior to the Thunder Warriors of old.
However, Space Marines possessed enormous advantages over the former two in cost and stability. That was why the Emperor had mass-produced Space Marine Legions to serve his Great Crusade.
If it had been possible to create as many Custodes as Astartes, the Emperor would likely have conquered beyond the galaxy long ago.