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The inescapable ravages of time?

G-man himself

No votes for Cypher? The dude managed to instantly escape a prison that was supposedly inescapable.

When did he do that?

End of Gathering Storm III when Gulliman, Cypher and Co. finally reach the Imperial Palace. Gulliman winds up backing out of a deal he made with Cypher where he'd allow him an audience with the Emperor (as he recognised his sword and thought letting him in the same room as Emps PROBABLY isn't a good idea) and subsequently ordered the Custodes to restrain and place the rogue astartes in a guarded cell that has not been breached since its creation over ten millenium ago.

Cypher predictably is shown gone in the next page over.

Little kitten.

Martel732 wrote:
Little kitten.

I am glad somebody brought up that series.

 FeindusMaximus wrote:
G-man himself

?

Martel732 wrote:
Little kitten.

MalfunctBot wrote:
End of Gathering Storm III when Gulliman, Cypher and Co. finally reach the Imperial Palace. Gulliman winds up backing out of a deal he made with Cypher where he'd allow him an audience with the Emperor (as he recognised his sword and thought letting him in the same room as Emps PROBABLY isn't a good idea) and subsequently ordered the Custodes to restrain and place the rogue astartes in a guarded cell that has not been breached since its creation over ten millenium ago.

Cypher predictably is shown gone in the next page over.

Knowing the Imperium my bet is Cypher is the only person to check if it was locked.

pm713 wrote:

MalfunctBot wrote:
End of Gathering Storm III when Gulliman, Cypher and Co. finally reach the Imperial Palace. Gulliman winds up backing out of a deal he made with Cypher where he'd allow him an audience with the Emperor (as he recognised his sword and thought letting him in the same room as Emps PROBABLY isn't a good idea) and subsequently ordered the Custodes to restrain and place the rogue astartes in a guarded cell that has not been breached since its creation over ten millenium ago.

Cypher predictably is shown gone in the next page over.

Knowing the Imperium my bet is Cypher is the only person to check if it was locked.

A work order was placed for that.....circa 36k

How about a Callidus assassin dressed up as a Custodes?

 amanita wrote:
How about a Callidus assassin dressed up as a Custodes?

No biometrics, wouldn't be able to open a single door in the Sanctum Imperialis.

Second page and we still don't have the real answer? Marbo could assassinate the Emperor. In fact, Marbo already assassinated the Emperor just to prove that it could be done. But Marbo is too humble to ever brag about it (His deeds speak for themselves), and so He allows everyone to continue believing that the corpse is still alive.

MalfunctBot wrote:
No votes for Cypher? The dude managed to instantly escape a prison that was supposedly inescapable.

The problem with choosing Cypher is he counts as one of the few characters with a proven 0% success rate in getting into the emperor's presence.

Vect could. I'm sure Vect could, it might take a long time, and it sure as hell will be spectactular when he does. Between Mandrakes and the classic Black Hole in a box, all he needs is to get a Mandrake to deliver one into the slums of Terra and BOOM.

Why the slums? Just pop up on the big guys seat and open a portal for a second to drink in the mass despair the Custodes will have.

 Peregrine wrote:
Second page and we still don't have the real answer? Marbo could assassinate the Emperor. In fact, Marbo already assassinated the Emperor just to prove that it could be done. But Marbo is too humble to ever brag about it (His deeds speak for themselves), and so He allows everyone to continue believing that the corpse is still alive.

Does that make Marbo an agent of Khorne? Killing a particularly powerful target just to prove it can be done sounds very Khorney.

 Arachnofiend wrote:

 Peregrine wrote:
Second page and we still don't have the real answer? Marbo could assassinate the Emperor. In fact, Marbo already assassinated the Emperor just to prove that it could be done. But Marbo is too humble to ever brag about it (His deeds speak for themselves), and so He allows everyone to continue believing that the corpse is still alive.

Does that make Marbo an agent of Khorne? Killing a particularly powerful target just to prove it can be done sounds very Khorney.

Don't be stupid. Khorne worships Marbo. Marbo worships Neave Blacktalon.

 Peregrine wrote:
Second page and we still don't have the real answer? Marbo could assassinate the Emperor. In fact, Marbo already assassinated the Emperor just to prove that it could be done. But Marbo is too humble to ever brag about it (His deeds speak for themselves), and so He allows everyone to continue believing that the corpse is still alive.

I'll second this but think Grendl Grendlsen might have a shot as no-one on Terra believes in Squats so wouldn't stop a figment of their imagination

Do all the orks believe the emperor is dead? Cause if so, he’s already gone.

Sneak in a Kroot squad and shaper, let them eat the Emperor, they incorporate his DNA, get overpowered by it, and become an Emperor each. Now you have one to sit on the throne and twenty others to deal with a legion each. Screw Primarchs. We call this jumping the megalodon.

Skaorn wrote:
Sneak in a Kroot squad and shaper, let them eat the Emperor, they incorporate his DNA, get overpowered by it, and become an Emperor each. Now you have one to sit on the throne and twenty others to deal with a legion each. Screw Primarchs. We call this jumping the megalodon.

That's not how kroot DNA integration works.

Sorry, I thought I was being clear that my idea wasn't a serious one.

Skaorn wrote:
Sorry, I thought I was being clear that my idea wasn't a serious one.

You never know on this site...

 Delvarus Centurion wrote:

 mrhappyface wrote:
That is of course if a Custodian Guard wasn't persuaded that 'killing' the Emperor would allow him to be reborn and lead the Imperium into a new age of light.

Corrupted is a very strong word, persuade is more what the Gods do.

That's a bit ridiculous though. Chaos can't persuade you to do anything. They can only offer you something and if you take what they offer your soul is taken. Chaos can't dupe you into turning, espeacially not the Custodes who know as much as the Inquisition does about Chaos.

Chaos is all about lies and trickery. Schemes and schemes within schemes. Some more than others. And anything with a soul can be tempted in some way. The custodes have all these titles and trials which suggests that there is an ego there of some sort. Chaos can always find a way. Ask Horus and the word bearers about chaos lying. Or even the emperor if the tales are true.

I think Guilliman would have the best chance since I think he's likely the only one who has managed to be alone with the Emperor, not that he would though.

 Peregrine wrote:
Second page and we still don't have the real answer? Marbo could assassinate the Emperor. In fact, Marbo already assassinated the Emperor just to prove that it could be done. But Marbo is too humble to ever brag about it (His deeds speak for themselves), and so He allows everyone to continue believing that the corpse is still alive.

Marbo didn't assassinate the Emperor because Marbo is the Emperor.

A clumsy cleaning servitor who trips over a power cable.

A Custodes being incorruptable doesn't mean one couldn't be used to assasinate the Emprah.

In theory, some of the craftier ones (Tzeench, Cegorath, probably nothing short of that level) could connive such that a guard or tech learns what they're supposed to do ever-so-slightly differently than they should have, and maybe even a couple of them performing their duties in the wrong way in just the right alignment and... oops, no more Emprah.

As for actually getting into the throneroom short of sacking Earth itself, the only possibilities I see are:
-Vect himself, using much of his political capitol to arrange for things and get stuff like phase tech
-Harlequins under Cegoraths orders, with a great deal of effort and some luck
-Particularly advanced and desperate Necrons with phasing tech and minor miracles
-Cypher, because plot armor. He's faster than Bahroth!

Rogal Dorn, because no one would expect that.