Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-24383134-20150518143519/@comment-79.52.176.222-20150519004316

Wasn't the Salamanders' assault on Commorragh just part of a Vect's plot to decapitate his political opposition within the Dark City? The Salamanders didn't had so much success just because they were that good, they unknowingly received help from within the city itself.

The Salamanders, and the Imperials in generals, were and are in no position to pull an exterminatus on Commorragh, that place is just too big, too populated with nasty critters and too filled with old technology to be threatened by Imperial invasions.

About the Khaine's Gate, now that's a real threat to the Dark City (and iirc that thing was added to the lore very recently, in the 7th edition, previously Commorragh was effectly unassailable), and again it just proves that the only thing that can actually threaten the Dark Eldar with total destruction is a full-fledged Demonic invasion from the Warp itself. That doesn't sound to me as a sign of weakness, everyone would be screwed in that situation. ;)