Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-211.26.90.117-20130701124335/@comment-6078851-20130705031347

the issue of space travel is where asimov's GE would provide the single biggest advantage to the IoM. as i understand it (which, granted, may be less than i think) there is no actual travel, instead the ship, and contents, are deconstructed at the quantum level and re-assembled elsewhere instantly.

the ability for fleets, or even single vessels, to appear anywhere in the galaxy at any chosen time would truly unite the IoM. then there's the military application - tyranids are no longer a threat, of any kind, when a naval fleet can simply appear behind a hive fleet, deploy a few large explosive devices, disappear again 30 seconds after arrival and be back home in time for cornflakes.

while this form of space travel defacates all over SW's and IoM's capabilities i do have to add that this is the only aspect of asimov's GE that would be an advantage - militarily speaking asimov's GE would get it's ass handed to it, repeatedly, if it came to a straight up slugfest against SW or IoM.