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If the Emperor somehow got off the Golden Throne, would he be accepting of the current xenophobic and backwards society, or would he adapt?

He'd be pretty happy about the Xenophobic, but he'd likely try stop the Emperor worship and radical Inquisitors.

Pretty much this:
http://wobblymodel.weebly.com/4/post/2011/10/38-a-long-nap.html

It would be like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq1_6D9QS9Y

A LOT like that. Just with 40k and the Emp. Instead of the Autobots and Optimus Prime.

I assume Calegar would also be told to guard the base.

HAHAHAH that optimus video is funny as HAHAH.

Totally agree with calgar !

I imagine the emperor would heal the primarch of the ultramarines, grab dorn, gulliman and kick the snot out of the lion for hidin in his rock like a panzy then set out on a crusade to find russ. One he finds russ he'll lay the smackdown on the tau and go bug hunting

HE would be happy about the grey knights and ordo heretics. He would get the officio assinators to go on a killing spree and purge the imperium of the people who are not up to standard

@ Vendetta 476: Yeah I saw that one before
@ DrimGark: that'd be great... instead of robot- infecting spores... Tyranids!

He would probably freak out. I have a feeling that if he woke up he would accept that people view him as a god, since humanity needs something to believe in. He would probably accept this for the good of mankind, but he would probably want to fix a lot of the wrongs that the Imperium does.

Emperor: I awake at last. Summon my Legions...

Roboute Guilliman: Um....

I could see him starting a civil war within the Imperium, to eliminate the ecclesiarchy, inquisition, and associated bureaucratic entities. Those saying that he would be happy to be seen as a god and to see his 'enlightened human society' reduced to what is essentially techno-barbarism need to read some more horus heresy fluff...

Emperor: "Oooohhh my head . . . that's the last time I let Russ plan the victory party. "

*The Emperor looks at the Tech Priest*

Emperor: Are the Orks gone yet?

*The Tech Priest, taken aback, only shakes his head*

Emperor: Damnit! Put me back under.

Yeah... having an entire galaxy of fanatic humans worshipping him as a god... Word Bearers, anyone?


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Although I dont think he would go as far as to incite a civil war, because that would leave the Imperium open to attack. Maybe he would try to win the whole fething thing, then reforming the Imperium if the Imperium is victorious.

He wouldnt do away with the inquistion since he was the one who created them.

Well the necrons secretly infected the golden throne with a virus that has been slowly rewriting the memories of the emperor so that when he awakens he shall be loyal to them.
There we go. Now that I said it, no authors will be crazy enough to try to use it.

The worsest case of morning wood.

It would be interesting if the Emperor was woken up, but had gone completely crazy from being mentally spread amongst the entire Imperium to hold it together.

All his loyal servants would stare and mumble, "Uhm, this isn't what we intended....sir?"

So essentially- the Transformers video that DrimGark posted.


*Actually, wasn't there an Inquisitor series along this same line?

Emperor wakes up, everyone gathers around.
"emperor, emperor what do you have to say after being gone for so long?"
The emperor : I ..... I.... I Need to pee.

BaronIveagh wrote:Emperor: I awake at last. Summon my Legions...

Roboute Guilliman: Um....

This one is pure gold.

To the OP: he would start "cleaning" the Imperium from all the factors he didn't want to see in his empire.
Or this:
http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Emperor%27s_To-Do_List

Emperor: "What do you mean I'm a god! I need some explanations now! The Sisters of Battle, Inquistors and the Black Templars must be hunted down."

He won't get rid of the Inquisition, since He commanded Malcador personally to form it after the Istvaan V Drop-Site Massacre. The Ecclesiarchy will probably have it's dogma and doctrine overhauled though; the Emperor won't risk inciting civil war by disbanding it, rather, he'd try and change it from within, slowly reintroducing rationality and reason, similar to modern day Catholicism. The Emperor will also overhaul the Administratum (finally!) and maybe even streamline Imperial Law and the Codex Astartes. Innovation may also return under the Emperor, Him being the Omnissiah and all. The Inquisition will probably be centralized, with all Ordos being placed under direct Imperial control, and no longer subject to the High Lords of Terra whatsoever.

"In the 14th Black Crusade, for the first time since the Horus Heresy, traitor forces reached Holy Terra itself...their triumph would be short-lived though, as Warmaster Abaddon the Despoiler was personally OBLITERATED by the Emperor, after having both Drach'nyen and the Talon of Horus shattered with a single blow from the Emperor's Runesword and Eagle Claw...traitor forces were driven back to the Eye of Terror with 80% losses...Primarchs Lion and Guilliman leading the Imperial armies alongside the Emperor...Fulgrim's efforts to personally challenge the Emperor failed, as he was defeated after Draigo cut off all three arms before being slain, after which Russ cut off the last arm and beheaded Fulgrim...Imperial forces claimed victory after the Chaos defeat at Cadia, with Lorgar the Aurelian banished by Guilliman and Magnus the Red committing physical and spiritual suicide after confronting and learning the truth from the Emperor..."
- Final Warhammer 40,000 Codex

at first: Horror.
the Horror that his dream was twisted by people serving only himself.
Shock at the worship of him: at odds with his dream.

after the initial shock he would rally his Custodians to him and the Grey Knights. Recall Vulkan and Lorgar and lead a new crusade out of Terra: after the High Lords of Terra swear fealty to him or die. He will lead the first crusade into the eye and destroy abbadon and his sol like he did to horus.

Hlaine Larkin mk2 wrote:at first: Horror.
the Horror that his dream was twisted by people serving only himself.
Shock at the worship of him: at odds with his dream.

after the initial shock he would rally his Custodians to him and the Grey Knights. Recall Vulkan and Lorgar and lead a new crusade out of Terra: after the High Lords of Terra swear fealty to him or die. He will lead the first crusade into the eye and destroy abbadon and his sol like he did to horus.

Lorgar?

Screw this, I'm going back to bed ...

How about: "...you guys are ruining my zen!"

First things first, he would use the can. THEN get down to business.

Or it could turn out that he was possesed sometime when he was on the golden throne...

He would probably be assailed by every daemon and chaos marine in existence, not to mention a few xenos who had heard of his awakening. If he managed to fight them off he would then go about killing all heretics, xenos, daemons ect.

wpago wrote:He wouldnt do away with the inquistion since he was the one who created them.

While true, I dont think *this* is quite what he had in mind for them...

There is a big difference between an internal affairs task force and self-purging/a witch hunt.

The Ecclesiarchy will probably have it's dogma and doctrine overhauled though; the Emperor won't risk inciting civil war by disbanding it, rather, he'd try and change it from within, slowly reintroducing rationality and reason, similar to modern day Catholicism.

You sure about that? Considering that during the Unification Wars he attacked religion directly and went so far as to personally visit the last church on terra before destroying it.

He'd probably get sick of Tau emissary dropping by with pamphlets wanting to talk about the Greater Good.

chaos0xomega wrote:You sure about that? Considering that during the Unification Wars he attacked religion directly and went so far as to personally visit the last church on terra before destroying it.

He'd have to work up to it, if he wanted to do that. Combatting religion one world at a time is different from combatting a religion that stretches across your entire empire and counts as its adherents every single loyal human.

IMO, the Emperor is well aware of what is going on and has been doing what he can. He probably would grudgingly accept the current state while trying to evolve the Imperium and move it forward. He's the most intelligent human in the universe; he's not going to do anything stupid like start a civil war.