Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6078851-20130318203252/@comment-7186329-20130402182343

As compared to the Imperium in current settings? Yes. And I agree that billions had been killed during the Great Crusade for wanting to be independant, there is no questions on that, consider that a good part of them were worshiping chaos, lived with xenos or were even enslaved. If The Emperor had let them keep their own cultures and traditions, some of which were chaotic, then the Imperium would have Chaos cults undermining it from within, during His rule.

The Chaos gods incorporate a multitude of aspects, some are even good, but connected to the negative. We do not know the full extent of The Emperors powers, He is aware of what is happening in the Imperium, and does more than just power the Astronomican. It is possible that some form of His power minifests directly by His will before someone, and even protect them. I do like the Order, hypothesis as it does make a lot of sense.