Red Wing

It is well known that the High Regent VonSalim approved, and even encouraged, the ascendancy to Segmuntum Mastery among his brothers among those who had supported a ruling council instead of a regency at the Conclave of Terra. It is with some irony that scholars have noted that among these Primarchs, the Jade General, Tenzin, and Ezharion, only Ezharion pursued a rule by council when given the authority.

Much has been written of this unusual form of government from support of its high-minded ideals to criticisms over its almost chaotic insistence of equality. One facet often bantered about was the composition of the Ultima Council. It had been Ezharion's expressed interest that 'all' would have a seat at his table. Unlike the Council of Terra, which was restricted to less than a dozen members, Ezharion did not include such mandated restraint.

One consequence of this policy would eventually become known as the  'Red Wing'. The Mechanicum, for all of its adherence to logic and rationality, has never embraced the typical pyramid of power as could be found in, say, the Imperial Army. While the Mechanicum acknowledges the primacy of Mars, no Forge World acknowledges any other as being deserved as 'second place'. Every Forge World technically claims its own domain as equal to all others, regardless of influence and practical strength.

This would become an early issue of Ezharion's Ultima Council as the hundreds of Forge Worlds within his own administrative zone demanded proper, legal recognition. Several weeks would be spent in furious argument, until Ezharion proposed a compromise. Recognizing every Forge World as a separate power, Ezharion bade them all to send a single representative. From this pool of candidates, Ezharion chose the representative from Forge World Elephas who would act, not as a true representative, but as the voice of this body. The rest of the representatives would be housed in a specific wing of Ezharion's administrative palace. It would fall upon them to collectively come to a decision as the Ultima branch of the Mechanicum to then submit through Elephas' tech-priest to Ezharion's attention.

It would be these individuals who would eventually bestow the name, 'The Red Wing' upon this portion of the palace and the name itself would become a nickname for this side of Ezharion's administration. [[Category:R]]