Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Since asking the Question will the Imperium ever fall and getting several answers i would like to ask a related but different question. Will Man ever fall?
The Imperium is failing that much is obvoius but will man be totally extinguished from the galaxy? Some may ally with the Tau or Eldar or as other's will form smaller empires consisting of a couple of systems of which to rule over and have more force to defend instead of trying to defend the whole galaxy.

The answer is - we don't know.
Until GW move the timeline we aren't sure that Imperium will fall at all.

The full circle was part of 3rd ed. The fall of Mankind like civilizations rise and fall. So yes, once it was a possibility.
Now we got the reduced "end times" theme, which contains a lot of "time" lacks an "end" and is generally seen as the Darkest hour.
After a 'darkest hour', there may be brighter ones...

But mankind can fall like every species. The Galaxy is filled with ruins of ancient lost civs.....
Is there a chance it happens?
Not really as the background is tied to the main actor of it, and thats humans, be they imperial or minions of the ruinous powers.

They're the same question. Without organisation "man" is little but a frightened, barely sentient primal animal.