Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-99.30.169.247-20140515051707/@comment-99.30.169.247-20140515102109

A galaxy without strife is impossible, but are a thousand chapters of space marines necessary to keep troublemakers in check? And because the Tyranids tendrils attack the Imperium from all directions, it seems logical to assume they've wiped out life near and around the galaxy. They aren't the kind of species to let a consumable world go untouched. As for the possibility that they are running from a greater threat, there is little evidence thus far to consider that a viable turn of events.

But back on topic, which was "What if?" Assuming the Imperium is safe from xenos incursion and Chaos has been rendered incapable of opening warp rifts and creating storms, do rebels really warrant the maintenance of that number of space marines? When the day comes that a thousand space marine chapters are necessary to hold the Imperium's citizens in check, I think it's safe to say the Imperium is well on it's way to collapse.