Re: [NetEpic ML] Net epic background ideas

From: Peter Ramos <primarch_at_...>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 10:06:30 -0500

Hi!
>Hi!

>Here is some fluff we can expand upon. The sources are many and mostly old
  GW books.

>Era of Legend

>In mans pre-history the celtic driuds, due to extreme foresight, foresaw
  the coming of the >chaos gods and mankinds destruction. They realized no one
  man or group of men could face >them as their power drew from the vices of
  men (violence, decay, magic, etc). The answer >came with sacrificed as using
  the magic of Stonehenge the druidic culture to a man killed >itself to be
  reborn in the essence of one man (later to be known as The Emperor). The
>druids passed from history their legacy and power concentrated in this most
  special of >humans.

>Ever wonder if this could ever be done again with the sacrifice of many
  powerful psykers?


  Wasn't the true purpose of Illuminati to sacrifice the Senseis to the Golden
  Throne at the moment when the Emperor's consciousness fails so that the
  Emperor would be reborn?
  Yes, but not all sensei are psychically aware, although they all are immortal.

>Why was warp travel the only method of rapid travel?

  Dunno. How did they even know about the Warp since there were no psykers at
  the time (save the Emperor)? Did he invent the warp travel? My guess is that
  the warp at the time was a lot safer due to the fact that (according to some
  early fluff) the Chaos gods only rose to prominence when the worse side of
  humanity started to saturate the warp ever more rapidly during the age of
  technology.

  True, the Emperor predates the chaos gods, since only after thousands of years did man contaminate the warp. But still how did they navigate it without navigators, it may be safer, but it seems they still needed a guidance system.

>What impact would an alternate travel method have on the evolution of
  Imperial history?

  There would be no navis nobilite. Space travel would be much safer; no ships
  would be lost to warp, warp storms would no longer affect travel to systems.
  So the effect would be huge.

  Not having to use the warp at all would probably end the chaos threat, since they would only be able to manifest through possession.

>What's left of these factions and were? (great scenarios could come out of
  this).

  Lost human worlds in various states of anarchy. Maybe some _really_
  technologically advanced systems where ogre-level technology is still more
  or less around.

  This would be cool, imagine imperial probes never returning to from one system and a "crusade" being launched only to be overmatched by humans with Ogre-level technology...

>How advanced would factions be when cut off by warp storms?

  Depends. Squats are pretty advanced I'd say but there are plenty of feral,
  medieval and even dead (yes, that is dead, not death) worlds out there.

>How did they navigate without the astronomicon?

  There are several possibilities:
  1) By making calculated jumps. This is slower than navigated jumps but not
  overtly so; it would still be possible to colonize the better part of
  galaxy.

  2) The navigators started emerging during the age of technology as some sort
  of proto-psykers. I have never seen any official fluff on _when_ they
  started to appear.

  I remember reading in some old fluff that teh navigator gene did evolve in the age of technology, now where their nature was similar to current navigators is another matter.

  3) They had some sort of immaterium analyzer allowing longer calculated
  jumps.

  This reminds me of one of those new GW novels I read where inside the Eye of Terror you could travel as fast as through the warp but not using it. Evne the author of the novel realized how big a change the fluff would have with having this available.

  4) Some other reason somebody else is doubtlessly able to come up with. ;)

  If we can find some good ones, why not.

  I was heard a suggestion of space Skaven or ratmen.

>Era of Change
>
>This one fascinates me the most. I think GW's fluff really needs to advance
  beyond where >its at now. The Emperor cannot live forever, but what happens
  we it does happen? The >administratum hides it to hold power? The star child
  arrives? If it does what happens to >the Imperium? Does the Imperium
  collapse? If it does what impact does it have on war on all >fronts? Endless
  possibilites.

  I'll think about this and write a separate post about my take on this.

>No doubt you'll have a lot to say.

>Peter

  P.S. Could you post in plaintext? Pleeeze? :)

  Let me know if this one arrived in plain text, I altered the configuration, so let me know that it is working.
  Peter
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