Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-67.197.44.118-20130216115719/@comment-86.149.173.13-20141205230412

i think the Alpha Legion were originaly the Emperors inquisition/ special forces to gather information etc i any way what i wanted to add is every one forgets the Orks, They unite against the strongest race, at the moment its Humanity but moving on towards the Nids due to Mc Thrakas visions. Whatever race is the strongest has the Orks on their hands giving losers time to recover unless they are knocked out of the game. In the future there is only war, no one can win, the war in heaven always goes on since the beginning of 40k history and beyond. The orks are the guardians of the Law, the end boss.

The Emperor knew he was going to lose. I believe the Alpha Legion was his fail safe, when the time came to retire from the throne his legacy would continue whatever side won as long as humanity survived much like the relationship between the Eldar and Dark kin, if chaos did break out of the warp then suddenly they would find them selves in the same situation as the imperium, maybe they could defeat the Imperium but after they would have Orks, Nids and all the other Zenos to deal with. in the worst case the Alpha Legion are in the best situation to continue the long war if they are still a sizable Legion to serve the Emperor in his death.