Yet Explorators tend towards a greater independence of mind and inquisitive thought than adherents of the Cult Mechanicus who serve in more sheltered roles, and they often have their own secret agendas and capabilities far beyond those of their more pedestrian peers. Many Tech-priests, particularly of the more junior and provincial variety, regard the Explorators as dubious outsiders, prone to stray beyond the bounds of the arcane dogma and rigidly adhered-to precepts laid down by the inviolable teachings of the Machine Cult.