Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-88.114.255.138-20130111160957/@comment-6078851-20130125140447

really? :)  i didn't think the hive mind existed in the warp so the queastion was  for a hypothetical emperor vs hive mind conflict. the emperors psychic powers (in present 40k) are largely augmented by the golden throne and fueled by the everyone who worships him, but there's a lot of humans who don't worship him. the hive mind on the other hand is the collective conciousness of an entire species! i also like to think that the tyranid race has the galaxy surrounded making it more numerous than every other race combined. as for a physical conflict i'm afraid the emperor wouldn't stand a chance, yeah he obliterated horus in an instant when he chose to but horus was only 1 guy (albeit 1 insanely nails guy), however the physical embodiment of the hive mind is the entire  tyranid race meaning that a corporal confrontation would end up with the tyranids aquiring the genetic material of our beloved emperor.