Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6078851-20130318203252/@comment-6134883-20130324170447

Callummacdonald79 wrote: if the primarchs return the first thing they need to do is to take political power away from the lords of terra and institute imperium-wide reforms.

first reform should be on the research of brand new technology. the imperiums technological stagnation, i feel, is one of the biggest reasons why the imperium is declining - as a civilization and as a species.

second reform should be significantly altering the imperium's xenophobia. the imperium desperately needs allies. not everyone will allie with them but the tau certainly would and i think if the eldar wouldn't allie they would at least honour a truce.

problem is that these two things - rampant xenophobia and technological 'stability' - have been cornerstones of the empire for thousands of years and i imagine the biggest obstacle to surmount for the primarchs would be, well, pretty much everyone in the imperium. I'm not sure I agree with that first point. One thing Emps was right about was the importance of normal humans ruling themselves - not supermen ruling inferiors. On the other hand something does need to be done about the Adeptus Mechanicus - especially since they are literally sitting on a volcano.

The problem with becoming more 'inclusive' to use modern parlance is that frankly most aliens are either roaring psychotics (Orks); Self centered space pansies (Eldar); or scary ideologues no better than the Imperium (Tau).

Xenophobia and the treaty of Mars were established by Emps himself, I kind of doubt any returning Primarchs would want to alter His arrangements - except maybe for the Lost Primarchs.