Thread:Montonius/@comment-1834964-20120615140816

I've noticed that sometimes that logical conclusions of the WH40K background as it is described in canon are ignored by the worldwide community maybe because it is a wargame, where military tactics and strategy is no. 1.

Horus Heresy: this was NOT a civil war. It was a Chaos plot that caused a military coup d'etat by the highest military authorities in the Imperium, which then RESULTED in a civil war.

Post-Heresy: the biggest change was that the military branches of the Imperium were taken down several notches. This was to be expected, since the Heresy was (see above) a military putsch. The Heresy is directly responsible for the creation of the Inquisition, which IS the post-Heresy Imperium, there is NO authority equal to it much less above it.

Inquisition: it is a POLITICAL institution run by shadowy statesmen-operatives, not military men or bureaucrats. It has final say over ALL, whether military or civilian. It is as decentralised and as varied as each individual Inquisitor. This flexibility probably accounts both for its continuing existence and success and for its continuing failures.

I think these oservations, all supported by the latest canon, should be made more explicit in pages. I don't believ any of this will be retconned any time soon. 