Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-27642965-20160211003725/@comment-27890440-20160309085804

hmm, later last night (whence away from internet access) the time lords/gallifreyens occured as a possible Culture trumping option, not to mention an easy IoM beater, but I'm struggling for anything else, at least with the protagonist proviso, would be good to hear what else you've got.

As for context, I think we seem pretty settled on an overall strategic (read as total) war rather than specific encounter, so the terms of engagement would be fluid over many fronts. In that case the upper hand would be most likely with the faction with best control of the space lanes, thus the greatest capacity to move forces safely and employ exterminatus/blitzkreig tactics from orbit where conditions were unfavourable for ground combat.