Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-7232811-20130518221156/@comment-8881468-20130519231408

they advance (see f.e. newer power armour, newer chassis for dreadnoughts, newer designs for weapons, see the vanquisher cannon and so on)

the problem is:

The mechanicum was also split up during the age of strife, same as the former human realm. they all suffered raw material shortages and so on, they had to make do with things they had on hand. if your infrastructure crumbles away, all the knowledge you may have in theory will not really help you much if you cannot apply it.

there is a big gap between putting out plasma weapons on a GI-level and the imperium. even during the high times before the heresy, the Imperium was not as highly developed as before the age of strife.

rediscovery of stc is prolly much better than actual innovation because

1. the stuff is related to other products, actually plug and play without much of a difference in technological norms and standards (f.e. it can use the power otuput of energy cells and so on, not even mentioning a dispute in software ^^)

2. it is more advanced yet linked to everyhting that is already in use

3.