Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-27642965-20160211003725/@comment-99.166.166.141-20160429013720

195.204.237.81 wrote: The only big weakness the Imperium of man has compared to other Sci-Fi races/factions is that their technology is stagnating, mainly because the Adeptus Mechanicus thinks that innovating or developing new technology is "Techno-Heresy". The thing i dislike about the AM is that they literally have a little ritual for every single piece they put on a tank, robot, battleship etc which is just...ridiculous. If the Emperor just came back and fixed most of these problems, then the Imperium wouldn't be a shitty place to live in..but that's grimdark for you.

The Imperial Guard is clearly inspired by WW1 and WW2 armies (especially if you look at the Leman russ or chimera) with a little mix of modern day millitary and futuristic technology.

TBH i think the 40k universe would utterly decimate any Sci-fi faction when it comes to ground battles, but when it comes to space battles it's still pretty hard to defeat the 40k universe. It would require an overwhelming amount of fleets and firepower to be able to take down a major fleet of the 40k universe.

That's my honest point of view on this. Actually the Mechanicus's prayers are legit. Both for the Emperor and for the actual meaning. See, Mars and all those other cobbled chords of humanoids are a completely different breed from the Imperium and they have been even after the Emperor reunited Earth. They are a race apart, who technically worship a different God from the Imperium, but some see the Emperor as that God when they finally met him. Of course the Emperor never wanted to be worshipped BUT he was wise enough for Mars to continue worshipping the Machine God. Because in all seriousness... he was the one who made it. Or... at least imprisoned it to use for his own purposes. The real deity they worship is an C'tan called the Void Dragon. Basically the most powerful C'tan ever or at least left standing. And this has been confirmed in a HH book, a Necron attack on Mars, and a transcript from Abaddon.

Long story short, the Machine spirits are real, from every little cog to the largest Novacannon.