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Probably send out a psychic signal to all the missing primarchs ordering them to return to terra. And making another one of those super geneseed things that the alpha legion stole from the raven guard.

Okay, under the assumption he "wakes up," it's resetting the Astronomicon.

Under the assumption he's "reborn," I'm going to go with the ancient Star Child heresy, because it will make things go from bad to worse.

First there will be both the Ecclesiarchy AND Lorgar singing "We Bloody Told You So That You Were God." Once the new Warp-Emperor attains consciousness his first words are likely to be "Well, this is unexpected," "Oops," or "Oh, bother."

THEN there's going to be the billions of psykers who suffer from the Worst Aneurysm Ever, thus dooming humanity to millennia of being stuck on their individual planets. Now, they can risk warp travel, but they'll either be instant demon chow or they'll be instant Emperor chow. The Emperor in his new Warp form will likely suck out lots of souls dedicated to him without conscious thought.

On top of that Holy Terra will be the center of a brand new warp storm that I'll call The Eye of Whoops. Astronomically-speaking, it's one apartment-thin wall away from Mars. The warp energy from The Eye of Whoops will no doubt awaken the Void Dragon, if indeed the C'tan entity slumbers under the Martian soil. The overlords of the Adeptus Mechanicus get absorbed into the Void Dragon and hey look, Necrons appear!

Oh, did I mention that since the Golden Throne is also supposed to be a link to the Webway, THAT gets bent over a giant metaphysical barrel, too? Both flavors of Eldar are going to be very upset.

As to what it will do to the Tyranids and their Shadow in the Warp, I don't know. But it will likely upset them and make them ravenous AND angry.

Orks are gonna Ork, though.

Short version: Emperor embarrasses himself by becoming God after all this time of planning not to become God, Humanity dies as a result.

 PaperworkNinja wrote:
Oh, did I mention that since the Golden Throne is also supposed to be a link to the Webway, THAT gets bent over a giant metaphysical barrel, too? Both flavors of Eldar are going to be very upset.

Was it ever established that the portion built by the Emperor was connected to the Webway proper?

Besides, even if it was, would the Eldar not have sealed it off to prevent humans from access?

On top of that Holy Terra will be the center of a brand new warp storm that I'll call The Eye of Whoops. Astronomically-speaking, it's one apartment-thin wall away from Mars. The warp energy from The Eye of Whoops will no doubt awaken the Void Dragon, if indeed the C'tan entity slumbers under the Martian soil. The overlords of the Adeptus Mechanicus get absorbed into the Void Dragon and hey look, Necrons appear!

Actually, a pulse of Warp-energy of that magnitude might destroy the Void Dragon. It is noted that the C'Tan cannot deal with the Warp, at all, and it was anathemic to them, which is why they needed the Necrons to fight the Old Ones.

 Selym wrote:

 TheRedWingArmada wrote:

jhe90 wrote:
Lexacnium, says he still has armour, cracked n with plauqe vents, and yes flies but not sure if 100% composed of them.

The Emperor is nothing but bones and dead skin. Typhus absolutely still has a fleshy body beneath his armor and the plague of the Destroyer Hive. Such is the ways of Nurgle that while you fall apart, you still have parts to fall off.

Tbf, at this point, any flesh that Typhus has is due to some ind of warp-paradox in which the parasites eat more than his weight in flesh, but never run out of any.

Agreed. As Papa Legba said, "Time move differently in Hell."

 Psienesis wrote:

On top of that Holy Terra will be the center of a brand new warp storm that I'll call The Eye of Whoops. Astronomically-speaking, it's one apartment-thin wall away from Mars. The warp energy from The Eye of Whoops will no doubt awaken the Void Dragon, if indeed the C'tan entity slumbers under the Martian soil. The overlords of the Adeptus Mechanicus get absorbed into the Void Dragon and hey look, Necrons appear!

Actually, a pulse of Warp-energy of that magnitude might destroy the Void Dragon. It is noted that the C'Tan cannot deal with the Warp, at all, and it was anathemic to them, which is why they needed the Necrons to fight the Old Ones.

Also, isn't the Void Dragon likely located on Mars just a shard?

 Wyzilla wrote:

 Psienesis wrote:

On top of that Holy Terra will be the center of a brand new warp storm that I'll call The Eye of Whoops. Astronomically-speaking, it's one apartment-thin wall away from Mars. The warp energy from The Eye of Whoops will no doubt awaken the Void Dragon, if indeed the C'tan entity slumbers under the Martian soil. The overlords of the Adeptus Mechanicus get absorbed into the Void Dragon and hey look, Necrons appear!

Actually, a pulse of Warp-energy of that magnitude might destroy the Void Dragon. It is noted that the C'Tan cannot deal with the Warp, at all, and it was anathemic to them, which is why they needed the Necrons to fight the Old Ones.

Also, isn't the Void Dragon likely located on Mars just a shard?

It is.

No C'tan escaped being sharded.

It does make the Dyson sphere for the Outsider a bit redundant though, unless it's full of billions of outsider shards or something.

 Kain wrote:

 Wyzilla wrote:

 Psienesis wrote:

On top of that Holy Terra will be the center of a brand new warp storm that I'll call The Eye of Whoops. Astronomically-speaking, it's one apartment-thin wall away from Mars. The warp energy from The Eye of Whoops will no doubt awaken the Void Dragon, if indeed the C'tan entity slumbers under the Martian soil. The overlords of the Adeptus Mechanicus get absorbed into the Void Dragon and hey look, Necrons appear!

Actually, a pulse of Warp-energy of that magnitude might destroy the Void Dragon. It is noted that the C'Tan cannot deal with the Warp, at all, and it was anathemic to them, which is why they needed the Necrons to fight the Old Ones.

Also, isn't the Void Dragon likely located on Mars just a shard?

It is.

No C'tan escaped being sharded.

It does make the Dyson sphere for the Outsider a bit redundant though, unless it's full of billions of outsider shards or something.

Then it's boned. An actual C'tan could probably put up a fight if not stand a chance of winning, but a mere shard? Hell Space Marine Captains have tangled with them and survived. The Emperor would blow it out of the water like a jet going mach 5 right over a small toy boat. Nobody will be able to tell what the hell happened, just that the shard of the Void Dragon is gone.

 Wyzilla wrote:

 Kain wrote:

 Wyzilla wrote:

 Psienesis wrote:

On top of that Holy Terra will be the center of a brand new warp storm that I'll call The Eye of Whoops. Astronomically-speaking, it's one apartment-thin wall away from Mars. The warp energy from The Eye of Whoops will no doubt awaken the Void Dragon, if indeed the C'tan entity slumbers under the Martian soil. The overlords of the Adeptus Mechanicus get absorbed into the Void Dragon and hey look, Necrons appear!

Actually, a pulse of Warp-energy of that magnitude might destroy the Void Dragon. It is noted that the C'Tan cannot deal with the Warp, at all, and it was anathemic to them, which is why they needed the Necrons to fight the Old Ones.

Also, isn't the Void Dragon likely located on Mars just a shard?

It is.

No C'tan escaped being sharded.

It does make the Dyson sphere for the Outsider a bit redundant though, unless it's full of billions of outsider shards or something.

Then it's boned. An actual C'tan could probably put up a fight if not stand a chance of winning, but a mere shard? Hell Space Marine Captains have tangled with them and survived. The Emperor would blow it out of the water like a jet going mach 5 right over a small toy boat. Nobody will be able to tell what the hell happened, just that the shard of the Void Dragon is gone.

Not all shards are created equal. Some have absorbed other shards to grow themselves, some were sharded extra-hard, some pieces are bigger than others, some have been divided since the war in heaven's closure.

It's likely that the Void Dragon Shard on mars is a bit bigger than your standard "fits in a tesseract labyrinth with ease and can be summoned like a Pokemon" Shard.

Likely even bigger than most Transcendant C'tan.

It's a mere fragment of the glory that the Void Dragon used to be however.

It'd still be terrible news if it got up and the Emperor would probably like to check that all the locks on it are extra-secured. Perhaps use it as a bargaining chip with Szarekh, Galactic monarch to Galactic monarch to try and negotiate a settlement with some of the Necrons.

He'd also likely try to negotiate something with other xenos who can listen to reason such as the Tau, Slann, and Q'Orl so that he can focus on the unreasonable factions such as Chaos, the Orks, the Tyranids, those Necrons who pooh pooh on the very concept of treating with lessers or would rather die than ever follow Szarekh again, the Rak'Gol, Slaugth, and so on.

It may be a temporary alliance, but with millions of Tomb worlds in wait, the Orks getting more unified and uppity than they have been in years, more Tyranids than there are stars in every galaxy and grains of sand on every beach coming, and new angry Xenos crawling out of the wood-works constantly, he needs all the support he can get.

Getting the Primarchs back isn't even on the top ten list of things he needs to do to save the galaxy. Yeah it'd be nice to have them by his side again, but ultimately they're roughly a half dozen men in a galaxy whose existence hasn't been so imperiled since the War in Heaven. The Imperium's enemies are much more diverse and powerful than they have ever been and what the Emperor needs is to get the most important assets to winning a war running at full capacity.

Although ironically, in their Daemonic States, the Fallen Primarchs would be much easier for the Emperor to deal with than they were as mortals. Given how casually he could banish the likes of Doombreed and Draigo's handling of Mortarion, he no longer has to physically overcome them, he can just tell them to feth off back into the warp and think about what they've done.

He needs to get the Imperium on an actual total war footing for one. You know that unreasonable demand the strategic collective made if the Imperium was to have even a small chance to survive the Tyranids? He needs to do that and then some. Recruitment needs to reach 10% or more on every planet. Everyone the Imperium can spare must be pressed into the military or production jobs.

Ship manufacturing must be increased massively. The Astartes, Sororitas, Tempestus, Skitarii, Arbites, Militarum, and what not can't do much of anything without ships to ferry them. The Navy is needed more than ever. Manufacturing processes and the sharing of STCs must be improved. No more forgeworlds hoarding STCs and not letting anyone else have a peek, no more taking decades to make ships or titans, the Emperor's soldiers need materiel in huge amounts. Having quadrillions of men and women does the Imperium no good if they don't have the support they need.

The discriminated abhumans? Yeah cut that gak out and get them in on the recruitment effort. Beastmen and the like would be less likely to end up joining Chaos or Genestealer cults or defecting to the Tau if they were treated reasonably and more warm bodies are needed from every corner. More Space marine chapters, Mechanicus Legions, Sororitas Orders, and Tempestus regiments must be created to join with the massive swelling of the Imperial Guard. Elite formations flying out the ass.

The Mechanicus needs to be given the Emperor's blessing to begin innovating at a faster pace once again. Combine the discovery of new STCs with an increase in the rate of original or derivative technologies produced to at least great crusade levels. The Mechanicus are competent scientists and engineers, but they've mired in the grip of techno-conservatism for too long. Well no more, now their actual god is telling them to get off their asses and start brainstorming. If the Xenos allies can be convinced to share a little, let the Mechanicus divine some secrets. Be cautious, as Xenos tech can often be as bad for your soul as Chaos artefacts (Necron science is really bad with causing madness in techpriests), but accept that there are some ideas worth humanizing.

The Ecclessiarchy can stay, the Emperor may not like it, but they're too useful to dispose of and turning around and dissolving them would create too much strife when the Imperium absolutely cannot afford that. As I said before, they're a problem for later, though some admonishments may need to be given (much like how some elements of the inquisition may need a stern talking to), but in the meantime, use them to humanity's advantage. Have them whip up the human population into a religious fervour, use their joy regarding the Emperor's return to inspire hope in the time of ending and get everyone on board.

Secure allies as we've mentioned before. Anyone who can be made into a partner should be made into one. Look for bargaining chips if need be. Like if there's any way to free Isha to win the respect of the Eldar; do so, and whether or not that's possible, be sure to talk to Cegorach as the Harlequins are highly reasonable and hold the respect or fear of all Eldar. If Ynnead can work, get the ball on that rolling and help with soulstone recovery. If Ynnead does work and kills off Slaanesh, excellent, and even then ensuring co-operation with the Eldar is always nice.

I already mentioned the Tau and Szarekh. Other Necron dynasties also seem to be varying degrees of reasonable. See if Trazyn would be willing to work with the Emperor (and possibly release Vulkan) in exchange for gifts to appeal to his Kleptomaniacal nature, take a look if Imotekh can be appealed to. But Szarekh is definitely the guy to speak to given that he's co-operated with humanity in the past, he and the Emperor have their commonalities (both were the rulers of galactic hegemonies and struggled with gods), and he's honorable enough to be trusted. The Tau on the other hand are a piece of cake to negotiate with.

 Psienesis wrote:

On top of that Holy Terra will be the center of a brand new warp storm that I'll call The Eye of Whoops. Astronomically-speaking, it's one apartment-thin wall away from Mars. The warp energy from The Eye of Whoops will no doubt awaken the Void Dragon, if indeed the C'tan entity slumbers under the Martian soil. The overlords of the Adeptus Mechanicus get absorbed into the Void Dragon and hey look, Necrons appear!

Actually, a pulse of Warp-energy of that magnitude might destroy the Void Dragon. It is noted that the C'Tan cannot deal with the Warp, at all, and it was anathemic to them, which is why they needed the Necrons to fight the Old Ones.

Hang on a minute, I thought the only reason Human technology worked was because of the void dragon? Or have I just made that up? If so, does that mean when the void Dragon wakes up all Human tech sides with him and EVERY planet reverts to a feral state?

I hate the new Necron Story Arc, I still like it when the C'tan were the rules of all Necrons. I love the sotry that a Necron vessel landed on Mars only to de destroyed moments later leaving a question did someone escape to wake the Void Dragon or infiltrate the Adeptus Mechanicus?

Not a big fan that the Necrons destroyed thier masters, the storyline seemed richer with the C'tan roaming the galaxy in charge.

I think the question of what happens when he comes back is pretty simple. He starts rebuilding the astronomican, looking for more able administrators, making government more efficient, reforming the eclestary, unmindf&^@ing Marcs to get the mechanicus back on track.


The question is, if the emperor was reborn/wakes up tomorrow, what would the other side do to counter it.

The forces of Chaos are fragmented, right now they wait knowing that the emperor is either weakening or staying the same. If he is reborn, they will know their moment to strike is now. There are 6-8 fallen primarchs out there doing their own thing, countless fracture warlords, and abby all waiting for a unifying message. The god emperor waking up is that message. If reborn, he will never be weaker than the day he is reborn, the 14th great crusade begins that day, and it would be larger than anything short of the HH in size and scope.

Similarly Eldar of all types would probably end up doing something, as a new emperor would be a threat to their existence.

Tyranids are currently approaching the psykis astronomican, if it gets rebuilt/more powerful, will they increase their speed?

Newcrons might not know what is going on at first, not being able to detect a reborn psykic being like the emperor at first. But if they did, would they just let him rebuild mankind?

 Rune Stonegrinder wrote:
I hate the new Necron Story Arc, I still like it when the C'tan were the rules of all Necrons. I love the sotry that a Necron vessel landed on Mars only to de destroyed moments later leaving a question did someone escape to wake the Void Dragon or infiltrate the Adeptus Mechanicus?

Not a big fan that the Necrons destroyed thier masters, the storyline seemed richer with the C'tan roaming the galaxy in charge.

No, the C'tan are still threat. IIRC shards actually cannot be "destroyed" in that the essence of the C'tan contained within will be swalloed up. The 6th Edition Apocalypse rules state that the C'tan are actually reforming, with the freed shards have fused together and now swim across the stars to swallow up their broken pieces as they rebuild themselves. Unless the GEOM and Necrons teamed up to rebuild the horrible universe-breaking technology used in the first place to shatter the C'tan, the best that can be done for now is bury the shards as deep as you can.

Hell I'd consider reformed C'tan even worse of a threat than Chaos. Chaos most certainly is the most powerful faction given its ridiculous power within the warp and access to other universes to feed off, but it needs mortal aide to secure a permanent foothold outside of its home dimension. C'tan meanwhile are the masters of the Materium and, were they to reform, would go on a killing spree zipping around the galaxy dropping black holes on people they don't like and blowing up star systems wherever they went.

 Exergy wrote:
I think the question of what happens when he comes back is pretty simple. He starts rebuilding the astronomican, looking for more able administrators, making government more efficient, reforming the eclestary, unmindf&^@ing Marcs to get the mechanicus back on track.


The question is, if the emperor was reborn/wakes up tomorrow, what would the other side do to counter it.

The forces of Chaos are fragmented, right now they wait knowing that the emperor is either weakening or staying the same. If he is reborn, they will know their moment to strike is now. There are 6-8 fallen primarchs out there doing their own thing, countless fracture warlords, and abby all waiting for a unifying message. The god emperor waking up is that message. If reborn, he will never be weaker than the day he is reborn, the 14th great crusade begins that day, and it would be larger than anything short of the HH in size and scope.

Similarly Eldar of all types would probably end up doing something, as a new emperor would be a threat to their existence.

Tyranids are currently approaching the psykis astronomican, if it gets rebuilt/more powerful, will they increase their speed?

Newcrons might not know what is going on at first, not being able to detect a reborn psykic being like the emperor at first. But if they did, would they just let him rebuild mankind?

The GEOM will be stupidly stronger than he's ever been upon rising actually. The GEOM might qualify as his own warp entity now (along with shcrodinger existence) thanks to him feeding on the worship of mankind for ten millennium, sacrifices, and has a bunch of souls in his possession, also maybe rivaling an individual Chaos God. He probably is a full warp entity if the Legion of the Damned turn out to actually be daemons of the GEOM.

Given there nature they may be warp entities given form by his sheer power level.

They do whenever whenever impirial help is at its most desperate, at the exact right time.

He'd go back in time to try and stop horus, overshoot and have to bide his time in the ranks, realise how incosiderate he was, get turned over to chaos, try to kill himself and, in a momentary lapse of concentration he realises that he has become horus. during this lull the emporor kills him and nearly kills himself, and so the story restarts.

no-one will ever know that chaos and the imperium are descended from the same person.

this constant cycle is the cause for the endless supply of burning blades.

I imagine that his first priority would be to sit his ass on the Golden Throne and never leave it.

I.E. the same thing he's been doing, except also taking dumps and stuff regularly.

jhe90 wrote:
Given there nature they may be warp entities given form by his sheer power level.

They do whenever whenever impirial help is at its most desperate, at the exact right time.

Not just that, they're full-blown truly immortal ghosts that can walk right through walls of fire, teleport, and phase like ghosts in W40K. And the Eldar, who tend to be the experts on things relating tot he Immaterium, believe them to be Daemons.

 Wyzilla wrote:

 Exergy wrote:
I think the question of what happens when he comes back is pretty simple. He starts rebuilding the astronomican, looking for more able administrators, making government more efficient, reforming the eclestary, unmindf&^@ing Marcs to get the mechanicus back on track.


The question is, if the emperor was reborn/wakes up tomorrow, what would the other side do to counter it.

The forces of Chaos are fragmented, right now they wait knowing that the emperor is either weakening or staying the same. If he is reborn, they will know their moment to strike is now. There are 6-8 fallen primarchs out there doing their own thing, countless fracture warlords, and abby all waiting for a unifying message. The god emperor waking up is that message. If reborn, he will never be weaker than the day he is reborn, the 14th great crusade begins that day, and it would be larger than anything short of the HH in size and scope.

The GEOM will be stupidly stronger than he's ever been upon rising actually. The GEOM might qualify as his own warp entity now (along with shcrodinger existence) thanks to him feeding on the worship of mankind for ten millennium, sacrifices, and has a bunch of souls in his possession, also maybe rivaling an individual Chaos God. He probably is a full warp entity if the Legion of the Damned turn out to actually be daemons of the GEOM.

sure he will be strong, but that wont stop the fragmented forces of chaos from attacking as it will be their last chance before he and the imperium get even stronger. No matter how strong he is when reborn, he wont be able to be everywhere at once, and as I said there will be a huge force(or perhaps 2 or 3) heading for him, wrecking havoc on the IoM

 Exergy wrote:

 Wyzilla wrote:

 Exergy wrote:
I think the question of what happens when he comes back is pretty simple. He starts rebuilding the astronomican, looking for more able administrators, making government more efficient, reforming the eclestary, unmindf&^@ing Marcs to get the mechanicus back on track.


The question is, if the emperor was reborn/wakes up tomorrow, what would the other side do to counter it.

The forces of Chaos are fragmented, right now they wait knowing that the emperor is either weakening or staying the same. If he is reborn, they will know their moment to strike is now. There are 6-8 fallen primarchs out there doing their own thing, countless fracture warlords, and abby all waiting for a unifying message. The god emperor waking up is that message. If reborn, he will never be weaker than the day he is reborn, the 14th great crusade begins that day, and it would be larger than anything short of the HH in size and scope.

The GEOM will be stupidly stronger than he's ever been upon rising actually. The GEOM might qualify as his own warp entity now (along with shcrodinger existence) thanks to him feeding on the worship of mankind for ten millennium, sacrifices, and has a bunch of souls in his possession, also maybe rivaling an individual Chaos God. He probably is a full warp entity if the Legion of the Damned turn out to actually be daemons of the GEOM.

sure he will be strong, but that wont stop the fragmented forces of chaos from attacking as it will be their last chance before he and the imperium get even stronger. No matter how strong he is when reborn, he wont be able to be everywhere at once, and as I said there will be a huge force(or perhaps 2 or 3) heading for him, wrecking havoc on the IoM

If he kills Abaddon and the Mournival upon waking up (which he can do by farting out another warp-storm), the Black Legion splinters.

Codex: Necron indicates that at least one C'Tan was truly destroyed during the WIH. L-something-or-other, I cannot pronounce these Cthulhu-esque names.

The last time the Void Dragon and the Emperor fought, the Emperor beat the piss out of it armed with an iron sword and wearing primitive plate-mail. Starving Shard or not, this supposed Star God had its ass handed to it and was then drugged, by horse, to Mars.

Yeah, I really don't understand what the feth kind of drugs Graham Mcneil was on when he wrote that scene.

Macha. Nuff said. In all seriousness i feel he would get rid of the codex astartes, wake up the lion from his nap and heal guilman. But hey, i play imperial guard what do I know about spess mereens and stuff?

Zookie wrote:
If the Emperor were to be reborn what would be his first priority in restoring the Imperium?

He is a ruler.

His absolute number one priority will be collecting fething taxes.

 Psienesis wrote:
Codex: Necron indicates that at least one C'Tan was truly destroyed during the WIH. L-something-or-other, I cannot pronounce these Cthulhu-esque names.

The last time the Void Dragon and the Emperor fought, the Emperor beat the piss out of it armed with an iron sword and wearing primitive plate-mail. Starving Shard or not, this supposed Star God had its ass handed to it and was then drugged, by horse, to Mars.

It was destroyed with similar Necron tech that broke the universe as C'tan are a part of the universe itself from what I can make out of the gibberish in the Necron Codex. They didn't try to kill the others though after the C'tan they slew created the flayer plague.

 Wyzilla wrote:

 Psienesis wrote:
Codex: Necron indicates that at least one C'Tan was truly destroyed during the WIH. L-something-or-other, I cannot pronounce these Cthulhu-esque names.

The last time the Void Dragon and the Emperor fought, the Emperor beat the piss out of it armed with an iron sword and wearing primitive plate-mail. Starving Shard or not, this supposed Star God had its ass handed to it and was then drugged, by horse, to Mars.

It was destroyed with similar Necron tech that broke the universe as C'tan are a part of the universe itself from what I can make out of the gibberish in the Necron Codex. They didn't try to kill the others though after the C'tan they slew created the flayer plague.

The Maynarkh Dynasty destroyed that C'tan by reducing it to pieces so small that infintisemal pieces of it became the flayer curse. Whoopsies.

As for the Emperor and the Void shard, that says more about the Emperor than the Void shard, given that the Void Dragon took bombardment from multiple blackstone fortresses and everything the Old Ones could throw at it as an irritant at best.

 the shrouded lord wrote:
bitch-slap every inquisitor except the ones that are actually good people (0.000001 % of them).
announce the salamanders the best chapter.
walk up the grey knights and shake every one of them. then he would lead the ultramarines, grey knights, and all of the rest (except for slamanders, imperial fists, and a few others)
punch Abaddon THROUGH his face.
and then go visit Macha. privately. for about a month.

I agree with everything except the Inquisition. The Emperor personally approved the original 4 Inquisitors and their job description. To this day the Inquisition is one of the few groups that has done what the Emperor intended for it.

Let's also be honest... even as a living being, the Emperor was not going to win the Mr. Nice Guy of the Year award. Inquisitors are ruthless individuals, *exactly* as the Emperor required they be. He, himself, thinks absolutely nothing of putting an entire human culture to the sword that refuses to swear fealty to him.


Lawful Good, the God-Emperor ain't.

But a powerful war leader that they will need if things get darker he is.
Not good guy but one who would give humanity a new direction, purpose and strong leadership

No arguments there, but if the Emp were to suddenly return, he's not going to be all Truth, Justice and the American Way as if he were Superman or something. The guy's a tyrant of the worst sort imaginable. Nothing in the way the Imperium functions is going to radically change.

Even the Ecclesiarchy isn't going anywhere, because they worship him.

Nothing will change in that respect no.

However the he is going to stop some of the inter battles, sqaubles and problems that have plauqed it as vs the high lords its the true King vs the caretaker.

If he says jump they jump.

A brutal tyrant, but the tyrant needed to run such a vast empire