Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25618639-20150118044502/@comment-25177957-20150120080625

It's hilarious how many of you are underestimating Abaddon, he may have "failed" many Black Crusades but in truth, their goals were not to push toward Terra, instead, Abbadon was slowly taking and weakening and preparing for a huge crusade toward the Segmentum Solar and ultimately, Terra at some point. While he is trapped on Cadia at the moment Chaos' fleet is not spent, and the Imperium of Man is slowly weakening with each hour now, if they have to divert forces toward other parts of the Imperium, the traitor legions will be able to send reinforcements from the eye and take Cadia and the entire system.

And as far as the Imperium of Man being diverted goes, we've got the Tau planning a fourth sphere expansion, the Tyranids ravaging the galaxy, the ever increasing Dark Eldar raids, the Ork Waaaghs, the Necrons' re-awakening. It's literally only a matter of weeks before the Imperium biffs it.