Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6134883-20130505165611/@comment-7186329-20130505173914

From the stated a and b reasons you seem to sound sure of humanities overall `win` over the fractions and settings of the Galaxy. No offence intended, but that is naive thinking. Humanity will not win by itself, it can only survive. If the Imperium falls apart, and the Tyranids manage to consume life, even then pockets of human populations would have survived. The state of Terra after a full out Tyranid or C`tan god attack is to be questioned.

Humanity indeed has Trillions, but it is not as numerous as the Orks, whoa are much better suited to survive even the Tyranids. And not even close to the numbers the Tyranids have.

Humanity is not everywhere. The Galaxy is not evenly populated by humans. There are entire sectors with no human presence. Instead most of the population is concentrated in higly populated sectors of isolated ones.

The Eldar have no problem unifying all of their Craftworlds into a single, potent armada. They are no nearly as fractured as humanity is and are well aware of what awaits their species and what their goals are- the destruction of Slaanesh and Chaos.

True. But their numbers are growing, their technology is advancing and unless the Tyranids or civil war wipe them, they will prosper. And a united Tau and Eldar force is likely to make a stand against the bugs, or even survive them.

The Necrons are an immortal race. They have been inactive for 50 000 thousand years, and have not even a third of them has `awaken`, not to mention that a Platinum level Overlord is yet to be seen. Technologically the Necrons alone pose the greatest threat to the Tyranids, and have the best mass destruction weapons and are most advanced.

To `turn off` the Astronomican would be the death of the Imperium. It is completely vital and neccesart. Even if it is shut off, it is too late. The Tyranids are already here.