Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-5.65.81.205-20131002091720/@comment-6078851-20131115041010

how about this then - he creates the primarch genomes, but instead of growing them he simply uses their stable, and safely stored, genomes to create the astartes. so he has his stable supersoldiers, but without primarchs to be manipulated and create conflicting loyalties.

the astartes then wage war, emps starts the webway project which, without magnus' attempted warning, would get completed, and without horus emps wouldn't be mortally wounded and malcador wouldn't have died on the throne (insert elvis joke here).

it just seems to me that emps, being the unparalleled genius who he was/is, could have taken a slightly different route to create his supermen and still achieve the desired result.