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{{Quote|Is there anything which embodies the might of the Empire of man more than the cannonry it can bring to bear? What other nation of the world has mastered such dread science? What other race can deploy the lines of death-dealing iron as we can? With every passing year, our metallurgists discover more, and our alchemists distil purer and more potent strains of the blackpowder. Though the lost souls of Chaos may sweep down from the Northern Wastes, and the savage greenskins assail us from their foul holes in the mountains, we have nothing to fear as long as we remain true to the sacred lore of the machine. In it lies our salvation, our redemption, and our one true hope.|Address given by Solomon Grusswalder, Master of the College of Engineers, Nuln{{Fn|8a}}}}
[[File:Warhammer_College_of_Engineers.png|thumb|250px|Banner of the Engineer's School]]
 
   
 
[[File:Warhammer_College_of_Engineers.png|thumb|280px|Banner of the Engineer's School.]]
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[[File:Imperial Engineers School Glottkin.png|thumb|250px|A member of the Imperial Engineers School.]]The '''Imperial Engineers School''' of [[Altdorf]], also known as the '''School of Engineers''', is responsible for many of the [[Empire]]'s technical innovations over the past few centuries. The brainchild of the [[Tilea]]n genius [[Leonardo da Miragliano|Leonardo of Miragliano]] and funded and co-founded by the [[Noble|Prince]] of Altdorf, it was created by Leonardo as a way for his legacy to live on in the heartlands of the Empire long after he was dead. Leonardo of Miragliano was inventor of the [[Steam Tank]] and pioneer of heavier-than-air flight (a fatal obsession that led to his early demise and the destruction of many of the original Engineers School buildings).{{fn|1a}}{{fn|3a}}
 
   
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The '''Imperial Engineers School''' of [[Altdorf]], also known as the '''School of Engineers''', is the most prestigious organisation of [[Engineers]] and [[Empire Master Engineer|Master Engineers]] in the [[Empire]]. Founded by the [[Tilean]] genius [[Leonardo da Miragliano]], it is responsible for many of the [[Empire]]'s technological innovations over the past few centuries.{{fn|1a}}{{fn|3a}}
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The school has been rebuilt on no less than a dozen separate occasions, following misguided experiments and catastrophic malfunctions.{{fn|4b}}Ā Many of the [[Empire Master Engineer|Engineers]] are [[Dwarf Engineer|Dwarfs]]. Some of them are renegades from the [[Dwarf]] [[Engineers Guild]] which frowns upon innovation and regards much of the Empire's new technology as a heinous break with ancient tradition. The Engineers School attracts inventors from all over the [[Old World]] and has provided the Empire with a number of [[Experimental Weapons|experimental weapons]] such as [[Repeater Handgun|repeating muskets]] and [[Repeater Pistol|pistols]], [[Helblaster Volley Cannon|multiple-barrelled cannons]], mobile battle-towers called [[Empire War Wagon|War Wagons]], and the formidable Steam Tank.{{fn|1a}}
 
   
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==History==
Though much of an Engineer's time is spent tinkering with half-finished inventions of whimsy, each recognises that the ultimate purpose of their labours is coming up with new ideas to combat the multifarious threats to the Empire. Anti-flyer devices, tunneling machines, ice rays, alchemical bombs and all manner of weird devices are but a handful of the deadly inventions devised by the Engineers. They are eccentric individuals, muttering incomprehensible gobbledygook and bustling from one machine to another to improve its performance. While they are not soldiers, Engineers are often found on the battlefield, taking advantage of the fighting to field-test their latest inventions or snipe at the enemy with a variety of powerful experimental handguns. They also provide troops in the form of riders equipped with experimental repeating handguns.{{fn|1b}}{{fn|3a}}
 
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The Imperial Engineers School was founded more than five hundred years ago{{fn|6a}} by the [[Tilean]] genius Leonardo da Miragliano, with funding from the [[Noble|Prince]] of Altdorf. Leonardo founded the school so that his legacy might live on in the heart of the Empire.{{fn|1a}}{{fn|3a}}
   
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Over its long history, the school has been rebuilt on no less than a dozen separate occasions, following misguided experiments and catastrophic malfunctions.{{fn|4b}}Ā 
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The contraptions Engineers bring to battle range from utterly lethal, such as the Helblaster Volley Gun, to the downright bizarre, such as [[von Hugon's Terror Bell]], the [[Thunder Barrel]] or Herstel-Wenckler's [[Pigeon Bombs|Pigeon Bomb]].{{fn|3a}}Ā However, it is not just their position as supplier of all that is most advanced and deadly in the way of weapons that makes them valuable on the battlefield. Individuals from the School attend to the artillery of the Empire forces, baffling the [[Artillerist|gunners]] with talk of parabolic arcs and making small, last minute adjustments here and there as the battle rage and ensuring that the [[Empire Great Cannon|Great Cannons]] and [[Empire Mortar|Mortars]] perform perfectly. Though no self-respecting gunner would ever admit that a bookworm could improve on years of experience behind a gun, the presence of an Engineer actually does make artillery more accurate. Well, most of the time!{{fn|2a}}{{fn|3a}}
 
   
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:''ā€œā€˜Master Engineer [[Volker von Meinkopt]] found inspiration watching students reloading at the Imperial Gunnery School. He had a revelation: more barrels = more shots = more lethality. He soon produced the first repeating handgun, ā€˜Von Meinkoptā€™s Whirling Cavalcade of Deathā€™, and pistol, ā€˜Von Meinkoptā€™s Micro-mainspring of Multitudinous Precipitation of Pernicious Leadā€™. Not content to rest on those laurels, he then created the enormous nine-barrelled cannon, the [[Helblaster Volley Cannon|Helblaster Volley Gun]], which is utterly lethal to enemies and, all too often, its crew.ā€''
*{{Endn|1}}: ''Warhammer Armies: The Empire'' (5th Edition)
 
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::ā€”ā€˜Great Engineers of the Empireā€™, Lady Theodora Holzenauer, Engineer and Journalist.{{fn|7a}}
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[[File:Imperial Engineers School Glottkin.png|thumb|250px|A member of the Imperial Engineers School.]]
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The Imperial Engineers School attracts a flock of inventors and enthusiasts, but only the most talented and motivated are accepted.{{fn|6a}} Usually, only Imperial citizens are admitted. However, in recognition of the school's founder, Leonardo da Miragliano, it also accepts many Tileans into its halls. In fact, this is one of the few Imperial institution welcoming to Tileans, who are often perceived as dangerous freethinkers.{{fn|6a}} The school also welcomes [[Dwarf Engineers]] shunned by their own kind for meddling with traditional Dwarf workmanship, renegades from the [[dwarf]] [[Engineers Guild]].{{fn|2a}}{{fn|6a}}
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The Engineers of the school spend much of their time in their disorganised workshops, trying to develop new contraptions or improve existing ones.{{fn|6a}} Though much of an Engineer's time is spent tinkering with half-finished inventions of whimsy, each recognises that the ultimate purpose of their labours is coming up with new ideas to combat the multifarious threats to the Empire. They are eccentric individuals, muttering incomprehensible gobbledegook and bustling from one machine to another to improve its performance. While they are not [[soldiers]], Engineers are often found on the battlefield, taking advantage of the fighting to field-test their latest inventions or snipe at the enemy with a variety of powerful experimental handguns.{{fn|1b}}{{fn|3a}} Individuals from the School also attend to the artillery of the Empire forces, baffling the [[Artillerist|gunners]] with talk of parabolic arcs and making small, last minute adjustments here and there as the battle rages and ensuring that the [[Empire Great Cannon|Great Cannons]] and [[Empire Mortar|Mortars]] perform perfectly. Though no self-respecting gunner would ever admit that a bookworm could improve on years of experience behind a gun, the presence of an Engineer actually does make artillery more accurate. Well, most of the time!{{fn|2a}}{{fn|3a}}
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==Known Inventions==
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The members of the Imperial Engineering School have devised a variety of [[experimental weapons]], from cold death-dealers to bizarre spectacles.{{fn|3a}}
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*Alchemical bomb{{fn|1b}}{{fn|3a}}
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*Anti-flyer device{{fn|1b}}{{fn|3a}}
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*[[Helblaster Volley Cannon]]{{fn|1a}}
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*[[Helstorm Rocket Battery]]{{fn|6a}}
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*Ice ray{{fn|1b}}{{fn|3a}}
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*Ludicrously Lethal Lacerating Liquidator{{fn|6a}}
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*[[Rastus Mickelbach|Mickelbach's]] Marvellous Flesh Masticator{{fn|6a}}
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*[[Pigeon Bombs]]{{fn|3a}}
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*[[Repeater Handgun]]{{fn|1a}}
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*[[Repeater Pistol]]{{fn|1a}}
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*[[Steam Tank]]{{fn|1a}}
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*[[Thunder Barrel]]{{fn|3a}}
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*Tunnelling Machine{{fn|1b}}{{fn|3a}}
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*[[Empire War Wagon|War Wagon]]{{fn|1a}}
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==Sources==
 
*{{Endn|1}}: ''Warhammer Armies: The Empire'' (4th Edition)
 
**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 15
 
**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 15
 
**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 53
 
**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 53
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*{{Endn|2}}: ''Warhammer Armies: The Empire'' (6th Edition)
 
*{{Endn|2}}: ''Warhammer Armies: The Empire'' (6th Edition)
 
**{{Endn|2a}}: pg. 14
 
**{{Endn|2a}}: pg. 14
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*{{Endn|3}}: ''Warhammer Armies: The Empire'' (7th Edition)
 
*{{Endn|3}}: ''Warhammer Armies: The Empire'' (7th Edition)
 
**{{Endn|3a}}: pg. 46
 
**{{Endn|3a}}: pg. 46
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*{{Endn|4}}: ''Warhammer Armies: The Empire'' (8th Edition)
 
*{{Endn|4}}: ''Warhammer Armies: The Empire'' (8th Edition)
 
**{{Endn|4a}}: pg. 20
 
**{{Endn|4a}}: pg. 20
 
**{{Endn|4b}}: pg. 21
 
**{{Endn|4b}}: pg. 21
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*{{Endn|5}}: ''The End Times Vol II: Glottkin''
 
*{{Endn|5}}: ''The End Times Vol II: Glottkin''
 
**{{Endn|5a}}: pg. 88
 
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*{{Endn|6}}: ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 2nd Edition: Career Compendium''
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**{{Endn|6a}}: pg. 66
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*{{Endn|7}}: ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4th Edition: Core Rulebook''
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**{{Endn|7a}}: pg. 54
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*{{Endn|8}}: ''The Empire: Iron Comapny '' (Novel) by Chris Wraight
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**{{Endn|8a}}: Chapter: Two
 
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"Is there anything which embodies the might of the Empire of man more than the cannonry it can bring to bear? What other nation of the world has mastered such dread science? What other race can deploy the lines of death-dealing iron as we can? With every passing year, our metallurgists discover more, and our alchemists distil purer and more potent strains of the blackpowder. Though the lost souls of Chaos may sweep down from the Northern Wastes, and the savage greenskins assail us from their foul holes in the mountains, we have nothing to fear as long as we remain true to the sacred lore of the machine. In it lies our salvation, our redemption, and our one true hope."

—Address given by Solomon Grusswalder, Master of the College of Engineers, Nuln[8a]
Warhammer College of Engineers

Banner of the Engineer's School.

The Imperial Engineers School of Altdorf, also known as the School of Engineers, is the most prestigious organisation of Engineers and Master Engineers in the Empire. Founded by the Tilean genius Leonardo da Miragliano, it is responsible for many of the Empire's technological innovations over the past few centuries.[1a][3a]

History

The Imperial Engineers School was founded more than five hundred years ago[6a] by the Tilean genius Leonardo da Miragliano, with funding from the Prince of Altdorf. Leonardo founded the school so that his legacy might live on in the heart of the Empire.[1a][3a]

Over its long history, the school has been rebuilt on no less than a dozen separate occasions, following misguided experiments and catastrophic malfunctions.[4b] 

Engineers

ā€œā€˜Master Engineer Volker von Meinkopt found inspiration watching students reloading at the Imperial Gunnery School. He had a revelation: more barrels = more shots = more lethality. He soon produced the first repeating handgun, ā€˜Von Meinkoptā€™s Whirling Cavalcade of Deathā€™, and pistol, ā€˜Von Meinkoptā€™s Micro-mainspring of Multitudinous Precipitation of Pernicious Leadā€™. Not content to rest on those laurels, he then created the enormous nine-barrelled cannon, the Helblaster Volley Gun, which is utterly lethal to enemies and, all too often, its crew.ā€
ā€”ā€˜Great Engineers of the Empireā€™, Lady Theodora Holzenauer, Engineer and Journalist.[7a]
Imperial Engineers School Glottkin

A member of the Imperial Engineers School.

The Imperial Engineers School attracts a flock of inventors and enthusiasts, but only the most talented and motivated are accepted.[6a] Usually, only Imperial citizens are admitted. However, in recognition of the school's founder, Leonardo da Miragliano, it also accepts many Tileans into its halls. In fact, this is one of the few Imperial institution welcoming to Tileans, who are often perceived as dangerous freethinkers.[6a] The school also welcomes Dwarf Engineers shunned by their own kind for meddling with traditional Dwarf workmanship, renegades from the dwarf Engineers Guild.[2a][6a]

The Engineers of the school spend much of their time in their disorganised workshops, trying to develop new contraptions or improve existing ones.[6a] Though much of an Engineer's time is spent tinkering with half-finished inventions of whimsy, each recognises that the ultimate purpose of their labours is coming up with new ideas to combat the multifarious threats to the Empire. They are eccentric individuals, muttering incomprehensible gobbledegook and bustling from one machine to another to improve its performance. While they are not soldiers, Engineers are often found on the battlefield, taking advantage of the fighting to field-test their latest inventions or snipe at the enemy with a variety of powerful experimental handguns.[1b][3a] Individuals from the School also attend to the artillery of the Empire forces, baffling the gunners with talk of parabolic arcs and making small, last minute adjustments here and there as the battle rages and ensuring that the Great Cannons and Mortars perform perfectly. Though no self-respecting gunner would ever admit that a bookworm could improve on years of experience behind a gun, the presence of an Engineer actually does make artillery more accurate. Well, most of the time![2a][3a]

Known Inventions

The members of the Imperial Engineering School have devised a variety of experimental weapons, from cold death-dealers to bizarre spectacles.[3a]

  • Ludicrously Lethal Lacerating Liquidator[6a]
  • Von Hugon's Terror Bell[3a]

Sources

  • 1: Warhammer Armies: The Empire (4th Edition)
    • 1a: pg. 15
    • 1b: pg. 53
  • 2: Warhammer Armies: The Empire (6th Edition)
    • 2a: pg. 14
  • 3: Warhammer Armies: The Empire (7th Edition)
    • 3a: pg. 46
  • 4: Warhammer Armies: The Empire (8th Edition)
    • 4a: pg. 20
    • 4b: pg. 21
  • 5: The End Times Vol II: Glottkin
    • 5a: pg. 88
  • 6: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 2nd Edition: Career Compendium
    • 6a: pg. 66
  • 7: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4th Edition: Core Rulebook
    • 7a: pg. 54
  • 8: The Empire: Iron Comapny (Novel) by Chris Wraight
    • 8a: Chapter: Two