The Fate of the Imperium

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**1hadhq**

nomotog wrote:
You sure? I thought they where the same thing.

sure.

The astronomican exists as a naval guiding beacon.
The golden throne was/is the control device of the gate to the webway.

would you need both? Or was HIS plan to access the webway to reduce the warptravel and thus decrease the importance of the astronomican.

hellspawn22 wrote:The Astronomicon isn't a machine, is it? I thought it was just a manifestation of big E's psychic will.

Its a psychic tool to focus a choir of psykers to create a beacon. There may be machinery involved...

**hellspawn22**

HIS plan was indeed to jack the webway, but then Horus was like "no." and attacked Terra.

**inharntdispoile**

Furthermore i have read fluff that states that the Adeptus mechanicus have stated that after 10000 years the golden throne is starting to "fail" furthermore the hive fleets are following the astromech then they will head straight for terra from their their is a slim chance that it might even move on to the next universe err galaxy, yes the imperium shall shatter and the independent sm worlds theory makes sense also the tau have control of at least a 100 worlds, read imperial armor

**hellspawn22**

Lexicanum says no to Tau having hundreds of planets.

**Brother Coa**

2 more:

**Fairfeldia**

the Emperor dies, mars falls, the void dragon awakens, khorne wins the great game, and then Draigo rolls up in a CRASSUS ARMORED ASSAULT VEHICLE just in time to save the day

**hellspawn22**

Those are just full of win.

**LoneLictor**

If the Emperor dies the Tyranids leave. The survival of humanity then depends on the power of the next Black Crusade and the how many Necrons are waking up.

**hellspawn22**

Well, if the Imperium goes down, the Black Crusades will drastically decrease in strength. So it really all boils down to the Necrons.

**Brother Coa**

Imperium would go down very hard when he had Space Marines to defend it.

**Ascalam**

It would still go down, but the battle would be epic

**Brother Coa**

Not when you have gazillion of these brave souls.

**heresy4life**

IOM Falls, followed by the Human Race, Chaos dies next. Cockroaches inherit the galaxy!

Mmm are Nids the Galaxies Roaches?

**Ascalam**

Still going down

Guard are awesome too

My bet's on these guys :

http://youtu.be/0te4zzYW3gE

By the way how do you embed videos in posts?

**hellspawn22**

I am faithful to the Imperium, we will fight off all threats. And Coa, do you make all those?

**Brother Coa**

We cannot fail with army like that. And I make all of these except "Angels of Death" and "Hammer of the Emperor".

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Ascalam wrote:
By the way how do you embed videos in posts?

You have option [youtube]enter video URL here[/youtube]

**ShatteredBlade**

1hadhq wrote:
nomotog wrote:
You sure? I thought they where the same thing.

sure.

The astronomican exists as a naval guiding beacon.
The golden throne was/is the control device of the gate to the webway.

would you need both? Or was HIS plan to access the webway to reduce the warptravel and thus decrease the importance of the astronomican.

hellspawn22 wrote:The Astronomicon isn't a machine, is it? I thought it was just a manifestation of big E's psychic will.

Its a psychic tool to focus a choir of psykers to create a beacon. There may be machinery involved...

The Emperor built the throne as a means of entering the Webway. Having this fixed point of entry was meant to free humanity from its reliance on Warp-ships and astrotelepathy, since humans could simply enter the Webway and emerge wherever they chose in the galaxy. He sent armies of workers through the portal and had them construct a new short section of Webway linking to the rest of the abandoned Eldar network. Since the original Webway was built of a psychically resistant material which the humans could not replicate, the Emperor used his powers, via the Golden Throne, to protect the human-built section from the Warp. (Horus Heresy)

The Golden Throne is connected to a massive Warp beacon known as the Astronomican which generates a system of signals making faster-than-light travel in the Imperium possible (Rouge Trader)

I'm getting old D:

**Ascalam**

[/youtube] http://youtu.be/0te4zzYW3gE

**Brother Coa**

Enter video and just copy/paste the url. Don't use full screen.

Like this: youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSFDI0xTHSg[/youtube]
I just removed the first [

**Ascalam**

**Brother Coa**

Now try without "space" bar between....

**hellspawn22**

no space in between bracket and URL

**Ascalam**

Thanks

I've been wondering how to do that for a while, and i'm not that techsavvy

**Brother Coa**

Don't mention it... Adeptus Mechanicus is always glad to help

**dalsiandon**

Brother Coa wrote:Don't mention it... Adeptus Mechanicus is always glad to help

I'm under the impression that Humanity will continue on but the IoM itself at some point will collapse, it might take another 1000 years but as soon as the Throne is non-functioning and the Big E finally succumbs to death, well then the IoM fractures and splinters, parts of it will survive for longer than others but without warp travel they will be scattered to the four corners like the Eldar just waiting for the final days of their empire. But like the Eldar they have enough scattered populated worlds that many will survive for centuries if not millenniums developing their own empires and technologies, after all many human worlds are primitive and pre-industrial they will survive as they do not rely on the Imperium nor do they attract attention from elsewhere.

**hellspawn22**

In 1000 years everyone would be psykers.

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And I think if there was any credible threat, just about all of the space marine chapters and the sisters would go to Terra.

**dalsiandon**

hellspawn22 wrote:In 1000 years everyone would be psykers.

I'm still not convinced of that

**hellspawn22**

Either way, we'd have enough to make a good account of ourselves, I think.

**Ascalam**

No doubt on that one. It would be a hell of a battle

**hellspawn22**

I honestly think any attempt to portray it would just fall short of expectations though. I mean, this is a universe with the most epic of epic battles, and to see the biggest of those would probably make someone's head explode.