Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-72.129.239.20-20140901022712

I'm new to the 40k universe and this forum *2 years since I started diving into the lore* and I'm sure this has been asked before so please bear with me but it's been a topic of much debate for me. Even more so after reading the book "The Death of Integrity" where a human ship found in the middle of a Spacehulk that was not only vastly superior to anything I can think of the in imperium technologically but of an entirely different type of build "Smooth white surfaces" and walls that "could repair themselves". I understand that they had a AI rebellion during the Age of Strife which gives some glimpse into the level of tech but it seems the level of tech described in 'Death of Integrity' is so far beyond what the imperium has it's mind boggling.

This then brings up another question... does the machine spirit really exist or is this just a result of the Mechanicus religification of technology *or whats left of it*. From what I've read, depending on the author, I almost think that the machine god is the humans verson of the Orks thinking something will work so it does I.E. "The Red ones go Faster". If everything had to have a machine spirit then Eldar, Tau and Ork tech wouldn't work. Or at least I would think it would.

Thanks for any insight guys. Cheers!  