Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6134883-20130505165611/@comment-6078851-20130507022916

that's a point kadjah, technically humanity has only conquered the galaxy once.

the warp storms and the fragmentation of the empire came and were followed by the second human galactic empire, but the empire was created by emps, his boys and his grandkids, and not one of them are human. the second time through humans were lead to their empire rather than actually creating it themselves.

this may be part of the reason the empire's crumbling - an empire created by superhumans can only be maintained by superhumans. if we somehow survive and come through another dark age and form a galactic empire without superhumans, well....i dunno what might come but it surely couldn't be worse than what currently is :P