Necrons, have completely transformed their bodies into ageless robot bodies tens of millions of years before the setting's main events. A faction allied with the Imperium, the Cult of Mechanicus, is a religious organization of machine worshippers, who treat cybernetic augmentation as a form of ascension. Unlike many transhuman futures depicted by authors on the subject however, Warhammer 40,000 is bleak, violent and filled with war and even with the existence of posthuman "gods" (like the Emperor of Mankind or his Primarchs) humanity is still beset on all sides by threats—including those of actual, supernatural gods. See also Biopunk Cyborgs in fiction Genetic engineering in science fiction Postcyberpunk Superhumans in fiction Uplifting in science fiction Utopian and dystopian fiction References Further reading External links List of transhumanist books Biopunk Cyberpunk themes Postcyberpunk Science fiction themes