Canonically, what is beyond the galactic rim ?

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**Dragonfodder**

The outsider (despite retcons) should still be chillin in his dyson sphere outside the galaxy somewhere. He (and possibly the void dragon) could be the only surviving full c'tans.

**Decio**

Mohoc wrote:
The answer is 42.

But what is the question?

Also, for one of the comments above, the planets don't have to be habitable to be settled on. Mordian is an example, as is Mars.

**Mohoc**

Decio wrote:
Mohoc wrote:
The answer is 42.

But what is the question?

Doesn't matter.... the answer is always 42.

**LittleOrk**

Not necessarily. But it's always chocolate, because you can't resist chocolate.

**Kain**

LittleOrk wrote:
I wonder what is beyond the galactic rim, canonically.

The only things i know :

- The Light of the Emperor go dim somewhere in the galactic halo.

- The Tyranids come from somewhere (?) beyond the galactic rim.

- We can find Orks for some time (if the story about the imperial probe receiving orkish coms is still cannon).

What about the warp ? Is it some "sea" centered on the Galaxy, with shores somewhere in the halo, with "rivers" joining others galaxies maybe (ruinous powers seem to have no idea about what the Tyranids are and from where they came, after all)?
Does the warp and real space are separated only in the galactic rim, making outer-galactic regions aliens to warp and humanity alike ?

The main thing that you'll find beyond the galaxy is an awful lot of hive fleets barreling down towards the Milky way as the main bulk of the Tyranid advance approaches known space. But space is big, and depending on what direction you go and just how many Tyranid hive fleets are coming, you may not bump in to any ravening hordes of dinosaur locusts from space.