Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25618639-20150511012802/@comment-6078851-20150511160004

page 1, rulebook quote,

"to be a man (or woman) in such times is to be one amongst untold billions. it is to live in the cruellest and most bloody regime imaginable. this is the tale of those times.

it is a universe you can live in today - if you dare - for this is a dark and terrible era where you will find little comfort or hope. if you want to take part in the adventure then prepare yourself now. forget the power of technology, science and common humanity. forget the promise of progress and understanding, for there is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter and the laughter of thirsting gods.

but the universe is a big place and, whatever happens, you will not be missed..."

the odds are stacked insanely highly that we would be workers, gangers, slaves, etc. we would live in the smallest of the imperium's shadows, and our lives probably wouldn't even be noticed, let alone missed :)

there is the chance of being conscripted to the imperial guard (relatively high chance if born on a troop-tithing world), and the even smaller chance of becoming a space marine neophyte, which could result in some greatness. but once again the odds are very high that even in those cases the vast majority of folks end up dead, very soon :P

personally, i would probably be a worker-slave for the imperium's war machine, like the vast, vast majority of everyone in the imperium. or dead at the hands of xenos or the imperium itself :P