Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-24383134-20140105071847/@comment-6078851-20140112140503

i wasn't saying anything about malcador directing the astronomican, i was agreeing on his power as a human psyker.

as for daemons pouring out of the terran webway access portal - i flat-out agree - emps dies, the astronomican goes out, his psychic protection disappears, terra is lost to chaos. but if he has the capability to regen then the loss of terra, in my opinion, would be worth it.

if emps dies to regenerate then, as i said earlier, there's gonna be a lot of fan spattered faeces around the imperium - god knows how many ships will be lost in the warp when the astronomican goes out, there also will immediately be colossul panic when all interstellar communications are severed as a by-product, as well as unparralleled chaotic incursions due to emps' warp presence temporarily disappearing.

but if emps has the capability to regen then all this would only last for, maybe, a day. now granted, bar titan, the entirety of sol could be lost to chaos in that day and terra would be lost within hours. after earths conquest i imagine all the daemons on it would take great relish in pissing on emps', now actual, corpse. now imagine their surprise, and fear, when he then gets up completely recovered. imagine the boost to his power when the astronomican blinks back on and the imperium breaths a sigh of relief and are fervently praying to him for his return - all the daemons of earth wouldn't be able to stand against his power, even if his power was only the same as his pre-throne days. then his return would usher in a new age of expansion for the imperium.

there's more to say but it's way off topic, maybe its best if this line of discussion had it's own thread :)