Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-14745711-20130821214539/@comment-6078851-20130827141958

emps is dying, and will die, the throne is breaking and to repair it is beyond the means of any human with the exception of maybe emps himself, but he's in no condition to wield a spanner. barring some unforseen miracle (of which 40k is occasionally known for, sometimes ludicrously so) when emps goes, so too does the imperium.

the emperor is the only reason that the imperium, and humanity, still exists. without emps providing the main source of energy for the astronomican, even the combined military might of the imperium would be ineffectual without a quick and safe (relatively speaking) mode of moving said forces.

after the death of the emperor the human race, at best, will be reduced to individual worlds, or systems, trying to stave off their inevitable extinction. i agree that if emps were to somehow return the first thing he'd do would be to destroy the current imperium to build what he initially tried to.

i don't support the imperium, not because they can't win but because they don't deserve to win. amongst the races of the galaxy the imperium treats the bulk of its own civilians worse than most races treat their enemies (dark eldar excluded) and as such they have no right to claim anything in the name of 'humanity', because in 40k 'humanity' doesn't mean empathy, compassion, humility etc, but instead correlates more closely to a frothy mouthed, bug-eyed raving hatred of everything. granted the other races aren't too friendly either, but in my opinion most of them have a greater right to survive than humanity.

orks are very hostile, yes, but they have no say in the matter, it's part of their genetic code and they can't even comprehend the malice and loathesome hatred that's rife among humans, eldar and necrons, and so they have a right to survive.

the tau have a right to survive as they are trying to live in harmony with other races, but while i don't know too much ethereals there's something sinister about them.

while the eldar are every bit as arrogant as humanity, they don't treat their citizens as humanity treats their own. but they are a dying species desperately clinging to their existance and i feel pity for the eldar more than anything. but they are also responsible for the schism of their race, dark eldar and the birth of slaanesh, so their inevitable extinction is possibly justified. the dark eldar don't deserve to survive for the simple reason that, although their numbers are far, far fewer, they are the only ones who commit worse atrocites than humanity.

now the necrons are probably the single most arrogant race there is but their species has been reduced to a handful of those who are still self-aware, and the rest are mindless automatons. again i pity the necrontyr for they were tricked by the c'tan into their current forms because of their poor genetics and the envy that arose as they saw other races living, for so much longer and without the afflictions that plagued their own. i don't think they deserve to survive, not about what they've done, but more from a sense of mercy - their flesh lives were bereft of health and their metal lives are bereft of their souls.

tyranids deserve to survive. all that they are is the pinnacle of biological evolution, and as such they have achieved the right to survive through the simple concept of 'survival of the fittest'. they have no hate, they have no malice, they have only the genetic imperatives native to all races to feed and reproduce - they just do it better. i'm not mentioning the hive mind becuase it's "an unfathomable intelligence", but for all we know it could be the most hateful thing in the universe, but i don't believe that and think tyranids deserve to live more than the rest, they are evolution, perfected.

i just noticed how long this post is so i'll finish of with the obligatory disclaimer: this is just my opinion. everyone's entitled to theirs and this is mine so don't hate ;)