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Yarrickshad wrote:The Tau's philosophy is a lie controlled by the ethereals, it doesn't even make sense to a Tau when there is no ethereal around to remind him. The Tau aren't rosy either apart from Nimbosa the Tau systematically butchered the population of the main capital on Gravalax when they lost control of the situation.

Where in For the Emperor was it said that the Tau "systematically butchered the population"? Causing some civilian losses in a war against a Genestealer cult is expected, and I don't recall them going out of their way to kill districts because they lost control.

Yarrickshad wrote:The Imperium is no saint, however they don't routinely murder Imperial citizens unless under dire circumstances.

Tell that to the uncorrupted Sisters of Battle at the Bloodtide incident, or the psykers sacrificed to the Emperor, or to the population of Armageddon (Who might as well have been killed). The Imperium has been around long enough and has experienced enough trouble to be properly paranoid, but it also can be flat out vicious.

Void__Dragon wrote:

Config2 wrote:The Necron are the good guys. Look at it, they aren't out to consume the life essence of everything

I get that you are joking, about them being the good guys, but I'm not sure you are about this.

"Consuming the life essence of everything" is the exact goal of the C'tan and their Necron servants. Mostly the C'tan. The Necrons just like the killing and misery it brings to the living.

Well, the C'tan would prefer to farm the sentient beings of the galaxy like cattle, consuming their life essence as a delicacy. Those would be the lucky ones. The rest of us would spend our days getting tortured for the giggles.

I'd personally prefer being in The Deceiver's prison if I had to choose between those fates predicted in the Necron codex, since at least that one would have me die with a smile on my face.

Void__Dragon wrote:

Molten Butter wrote:Tell that to the uncorrupted Sisters of Battle at the Bloodtide incident, or the psykers sacrificed to the Emperor, or to the population of Armageddon (Who might as well have been killed). The Imperium has been around long enough and has experienced enough trouble to be properly paranoid, but it also can be flat out vicious.

The Sisters killed at the Bloodtide incident were killed with reason: The Grey Knights needed their blood as a ward against the Bloodtide.

The psykers sacrificed to the Emperor sustain the Astronomicon, which the Imperium kinda needs.

I'd agree on Armageddon though, mostly.

I misread Yarrickshad's comment as "The Imperium doesn't routinely murder people under dire cirumstances," which is certainly different than what he actually said. Sorry, Yarrickshad.

Corporal_Reznov wrote:2] Will you guys stop blaming the Imperium for the actions of the nobility of the Imperium. Do any of you realize that the nobility regularly flaunt Imperial law to do whatever they want? The nobility are the rulers of the individual planets cause the Imperium is decentralized. If a noble is a kind and wise ruler, good for the planet but if the ruler is bad well bad luck for the planet but this not Imperium's fault as it doesn't give a gak how a planet is ruled.

No.

Planets have to pay tithes, so the Imperium already gets some benefit from them. It is the Imperium's fault if they neglect to replace a bad ruler.