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I was wondering. All of 40k takes place with in the milky way. With only the nids coming from well somewhere else. Is the only mention of anything outside the milky way. Now the closest galaxy is yes a far bit away. I imagine that it could still be reached by humans,eldar or chaos maybe.

Is there any fluff of anyone trying to reach one of these other places? There any fluff reasons why there hasnt been maybe? Or is this just something GW has never written about in general?

With war all over. No one has ever tried to just get the hell out of dodge and go looking for something "better"

I seem to remember reading of other the other galaxies...

"Time and space conspires to keep them apart"

Which I thought was quite profound and beautiful. Though the jist of it is that it's too far for anyone to go.

There is mention of explorers continuing beyond the astronomican and the galaxy, but I don't think we're ever told what become of them. I know there was one such story in the 2nd edition IG codex, perhaps someone else will be able to tell you the specifics (as I'm not sure where mine is).

I believe there is also a metion in the BA codex (or was it the SW codex?) of a company that gets thrown beyond the galaxy by a warp storm.

Eventually they find a planet which is inhabited by humans who are tall and beautiful and technologically advanced and live in harmony.

Since they are too far from home to ever get back, I believe the company decides to settle there, and is happy for a short time.

But then it becomes apparent that the inhabitants are not human after all but something very sinister. Then presumably everyone died.

That's about all I can think of off the top of my head.

Its posible that the Magellanic clouds are just with in the guiding light i think. They are dwarf galaxies in thier own right and not too far (figuratively speaking) away. Some thing could be lurking in there

@SmackCakes

Yes, it was the SW codex.

I think that the space outside the galaxy will never be explored by GW.

Orks! There are orks in other galaxies. The imperium sent a probe out at some point and found that out. That's about all I know.

Space. The Final Frontier.
These are the voyages of the Starship Imperium.
Its neverending mission to seek out new life and new civilisations.
AND CRUSH THEM UNDER THE IMPERIAL BOOT OR ORDER THEIR EXISTENCE TERMINATED.

If there is life beyond the milky way in the 40kverse it's been devoured by the tyranids or it's keeping a wary eye on the petty wars of man

Lord Solar Macharius tried to move to the outside edge of the gallaxy.

But his men were tired from all the liberations on other worlds and turned back and Ironically Lord Macharius died on the way home.

So the Imperium havn't gone outside the milky way apart from probes.

Its proberly all controled by Tyranids and Orks anyhow.

Where have there been mention of probes? i would like to read up on that.

I believe the Outsider of Necron fame is outside the galaxy...

'Nids eaten most of em I presume, but I remember reading that it is unknown if the warp actually extends outside the milky way so space travel is uncertain.

Okay, you guys keep mentioning the Tyranids having eaten everything everywhere else. Do you mean in just the closest galaxy/galaxies, or everywhere? Because i'm thinkin' that "everywhere" would be a tad hard to accomplish...
And as for humans leaving the Milky Way, i think i've always heard that since the Astronomicon stops somewhere INSIDE it, humanity can't reliably travel (with a way back at least) out of it.

Better if all w40k races keep themselves in the Milky Way. Poor other galaxies if they don't!

Lord_Inquisitor wrote:Okay, you guys keep mentioning the Tyranids having eaten everything everywhere else. Do you mean in just the closest galaxy/galaxies, or everywhere? Because i'm thinkin' that "everywhere" would be a tad hard to accomplish...
And as for humans leaving the Milky Way, i think i've always heard that since the Astronomicon stops somewhere INSIDE it, humanity can't reliably travel (with a way back at least) out of it.

Possibility is that the tyrands were meeting are actually just a shock weapon to wear us down for something even more dangerous. Or that the tyranid hive are actually running away from something that makes the hive conscious scared.

zing165 wrote:Where have there been mention of probes? i would like to read up on that.

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Hmmm.

OK.

No, no... I guess we'll leave that one alone!

Dwarf galaxies!?

So that's where the Squats went to!

Alpharius wrote:

zing165 wrote:Where have there been mention of probes? i would like to read up on that.

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Hmmm.

OK.

No, no... I guess we'll leave that one alone!

i think theres mentions about it in xenology and i think the 5th ed rulebook might have spoken of it once....and i think the IG codex or ork codex might of also..and in one of IG series books from black libary might of mentioned it i think so yeah i hope that im correct


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Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:Dwarf galaxies!?

So that's where the Squats went to!

hahaha it is where they retreated

I'll tell you what's there. Heretics. Heretics everywhere. No matter the species, buncha damn heretics.
And Furries.

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:Dwarf galaxies!?

So that's where the Squats went to!

No! Don't mention squats! It will be the doom of us all-

*throat gets slit by callidus assasin*

andromeda is 2 million light years away thats alot further than the span of the galaxy

And yet could be reached by a ship with warp drives in a matter of hours if the author was feeling the need for such a plot device. Also, there's no telling how far the webway reaches.

Gavin Thorne wrote:And yet could be reached by a ship with warp drives in a matter of hours if the author was feeling the need for such a plot device. Also, there's no telling how far the webway reaches.

it takes about 6 months to traverse the galaxy when the warp is calm plus there is no emotion outside of the galaxy so the warp cant exsist

I think both replies are debateable and utterly subject to the author's interpretation of the source material as well as the requirements of the plot (see retcon for further explanation). Of course, the warp is rarely calm and journeys that should be routine end up with the passengers showing up decades or centuries late or even before the ship left due to the malleable nature of time in the warp.

Also, I've not read that there's no warp beyond the limits of the galaxy. While it's true that emotions, and more specifically psychic resonance, affect and empower the warp that does not mean it's not there.

i guess so maby in other galaxies there is even different gods in the warp the gods in the 40k universe seem pretty preoccupide with the milky way

i wonder if there are thousands of C'tan spread out trough the universe aswell

The C'Tan god "The Outsider" and minions are out there.

I think that the 40K galaxy is big enough - of course we assume that the Tyranids killed everything of...

Squats represent 40Ks dark, dark past...

They are dead as they should be, the stunties.

intresting subject... i know that the void between galaxies are often larger that the galaxies themselves if that helps contribute to the discussion. that being the case what did tyranids eat inbetween galaxies?....hmmm...

Mustela wrote:The C'Tan god "The Outsider" and minions are out there.

I think that the 40K galaxy is big enough - of course we assume that the Tyranids killed everything of...

Squats represent 40Ks dark, dark past...

They are dead as they should be, the stunties.

but squats were cool....
as for what the nids ate while traveling... they didn't they more or less slept

TyraelVladinhurst wrote:

Mustela wrote:The C'Tan god "The Outsider" and minions are out there.

I think that the 40K galaxy is big enough - of course we assume that the Tyranids killed everything of...

Squats represent 40Ks dark, dark past...

They are dead as they should be, the stunties.

but squats were cool....
as for what the nids ate while traveling... they didn't they more or less slept

Pretty much. When they're in transit most of the ground force nids are in a hibernative sleep so as to conserve energy/biomass. Whilst the hive fleet moves relentlessly and slowly to its next target.

what about the theory that the squats are actually the demiurg

TyraelVladinhurst wrote:
but squats were cool....

That's a matter of opinion. GW agrees with me on this one, though I don't think people should splat the squats that much, as the already got splatted by GW.

Also, the galaxy may be connected, as I read about Tyranids coming out of some portal.

I dont think there isnt warp between galaxies, but its extremely calm because there are no emotions. Emotions dont dicatate the existance of the warp, just its conditions.