27th Legion

Recruitment methods:
Menial: The indentured masses toiling in the hive-workshops of Forge Worlds are often conscripted into the ranks of the Skitarii as basic soldiers.

Honored Veterans: Human defenders of the Forge, proven warriors may earn the right to prolong their service beyond the mortal span as elite skitarii or, if critically wounded, as Thallax.

Pilgrims and Refugees: The teachings of the Mechanicus draw a constant stream of pilgrims from across the sector, who offer themselves up to the Mechanicus in hopes of becoming blessed instruments of the Omnissiah's judgement.

Recurrent System Glitches
Binaric Cult: A secret religion is emerging among the Skitarii, based on a strange interpretation of the Omnissiah. No matter how many times the Legion is data purged, the anomaly always reemerges. Likely due to the whole pilgrims thing and the constant brainwashing of Imperial Cultists.

Legion creation
M30-M31:Great Crusade: Has been fighting in the name of the Omnissiah and the Imperium since before the Emperor was interred. Founded originally as a fighting force when the skitarii patterns were brought from Mars with the first emissaries, replacing the haphazardly augmented soldiery that existed before.

Purpose of Legion Creation
Expedition - This Legion was raised as part of an expedition to find lost technologies, defend the tech-priests, and eliminate those who taint the Omnissiah's holy works. Can be directly selected for a Legion attached to an explorator fleet.

Great Achievments
Defenders of the Faith: After being accused of heresy for worshiping the Omnissiah, the Maniple proved their righteousness by holding off a siege from particularly zealous Imperial allies until their name was cleared by Father Mars, and the Fabricator-General.

Deus Pura: Was able to not only disable a traitor Titan, but also to purge its interior and purify the machine spirit; reclaiming a valuable weapon for the Adeptus Titanicus.

Figure of Legend
Alpha: A Skitarii Alpha known throughout the Mechanicus and even the Imperium for being an incredible warrior. Even a few mighty Astartes recognized his abilities. He met his untimely demise not on the field of battle, but through a failure in his augmentations.

Allies and Enemies of note
Mostly fights alongside other forge forces and the bound House Dumontine.

Mostly fights against chaos space marines and their ilk.