Am I missing something with how this works? As far as I can tell, it doesn't...do anything other than let you take more talents? Or does it let you qualify for 'Tech-Priest Only' cybernetics?

Also: Vile Intrusion. The prereq for it is missing from the class. I've got it through Augmenticist but for those not coming the long way, they appear to be unable to get the Electrograft Use prereq.

I've been working on a Rogue Trader (Classwise, not actual fluffwise) that's supposed to be a Heretek Hacker. Less 'Ooh, shiny necron parts' (The Mechanicus manages that one fine without going Heretek) and more 'Information should be free'. So it seems a little odd that Apostate Mechanic doesn't...do anything itself and that you can't get the very iconic hacking trick without being an Augmenticist.

Mind you, if it lets you grab Tech-Priest Cybernetics, it may be pretty decent...though it's also lacking Mechandrite Use for that to be true...

Edit: Forgot one of my questions for it. Subversive Programming doesn't seem to quite work as it should. It only works on machines of less than 20 int...but many servitors you have statted in your books have had more than 20 int. It seems odd that the talent designed for hacking servitors...doesn't work on many servitors (But does work on Tau machines if you drag the stats from Deathwatch). Also: Are cameras treated as machines for it? Could I order a camera in a room to display Magos SoonToBeArrested rather than myself?

Sorry for all the questions and I don't intend to make it sound accusing it it does. I LOVE the alt level fluff-wise, I'm just trying to work out how it works rule-wise.

I'm not sure what the policy is on replying to your own topic to hopefully get it another look by people...but yeah, I could do with a little help understanding this.

Apostate Mechanic is the one that gives you all the Tech-Priest Implants, right? If so, yes, it exists entirely to let you take extra implants (such as Mechadendrites) or make use of the Tech-Priest Implants in a purely narrative sense.

And you can get Electrograft Use without being an Augmenticist; Explorators get Electrograft Use, for example, and I believe they are for whom it is fully intended.