Lore
Smartacus was the first of the Ogryn on the processing line when the technicians prepared what they could only assume was a new configuration of ‘conditioning systems’… after all, the Overseer had signed for the order in triplicate, and it had come from couriers baring the seal of the Mercator Sanguis. As a result Smartacus was the first to receive a cortex full of Apprentice Magi: [Tertiary Grade] operating instructions (and presumably somewhere in the upper spire a junior-grade Tech-Initiate received all he ever wanted to know about turning hex-head spanners). All the conditioning technicians reported no obvious signs of any disturbance to the process, if anything the batch appeared even more docile and compliant. It was only when Smartacus opened his assigned equipment box and pulled out a plasteel combat mask studded with 8 sensor oculi that a strange look came over his oversized face. By all accounts it was Smarticus who was the first leading the charge out of the holding area – having ripped a containment-field emitter from a wall and fastened it to his arm like a shield, and holding his installed servo-claw high. Records are confused however, as when ordered to identify themselves, all the Ogryn insisted that they were Smartacus