Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25149066-20140730083800/@comment-25177957-20140813002802

[quote]no techpriest would ever lay a hand on the golden throne with the intention of attempting to repair it because, besides it being probably the highest form of heresy, no-one bar the emperor ever had any idea how it actually worked, and it's questionable if even emps actually understood how it functioned seeing as it came from the dark age of technology. and any attempt to try and repair it would require retro-engineering at the very least, and then a fair amount of inovation, which is effectively forbidden in the imperium - although i like the image of a bunch of techpriests rummaging around in the throne, emps' carcass heaped unceremoniously to one side, and having reassembled it are left with a bunch of 'spare' parts :P    oh, and the throne has no capacity to resurrect emps.[/quote]

The Emperor wouldn't know how it functioned because it came from the Dark Age of Technology? The Emperor was the one who has influenced humanity for 50,000 years, not to mention he has active during the Dark Age of Tech, Plus he was the one who used the artifact constantly during the Great Crusade/ Horus Heresy. What in the warp makes you think he wouldn't know how it worked?