Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25618639-20141119150740/@comment-25686730-20141204234709

No normal human or astartes (or even primarch) could even hope to sustain emp's soul, if the transfer is even possible (knowing emps, it probably is). Shifting points, tt would be incredibly diffucult for the Inquisition to get "The bulk of the military" to follow them. Primarchs are literally sons of the emperor, his will made manifest. If an Astartes is awe-inspiring to normal humans, a primarch would inspire loyalty beyond measure. And across the Imperium, Guillman was the most widely respected. Billions of pilgrims go to see his half dead body eery day. Add his popularity and administrative skill with Russ' tenacity and ruthlessness (In this situation Russ heals Guillman), we can assume that most to all loyal Astartes would be loyal to them. After all, they would be the only beings alive and well that had actually been close to emps before his internment. Imperial Generals and fleet admirals would flock to their banner. If any civil war were to break out, it would be a short one. The ecclisiarchy would be purged and or completely reorganized, and I believe that the High Lords would be killed and replaced. I doubt the Inquisition would want to oppose them, beyond all else any loyal inquisitor's primary concern is the welfare of the Imperium. If they did oppose them, it would be in clandestine ways. Inquisitors are powerful, and incredibly talented individuals. They are not fools. Guillman is a tactical genius, and the Lexicanum says: "Privately, Guilliman held four of his brothers in the greatest esteem: Dorn,  Sanguinius,  Leman Russ, and  Ferrus Manus. He referred to them as  "the dauntless few", and pronounced that he could win any war, outright, if he had any one of those four and his Legion at the Ultramarines' side." We can assume that there are approximately 50,000 to 100,000 loyal space marines.