Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25618639-20150426193759/@comment-6078851-20150502143610

emps definitely didn't have the resources or manpower to take on the mechanincum, so he pretty much sold out his own ideology in order to gain access to the technology of mars.

as for the custom scale, it's about how advanced a civilisation is and not strictly the level of tech. we have to consider technology but also things like the quality of life of the masses, as well as the level of renewable/self sustaining resource accumulation and distribution.