Re: [Epic] 40K history?

From: Dan Lobb <danlobb_at_...>
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1997 14:36:31 -0800

Jason Stephensen wrote:

>

> >Once, the Imperium was fighting a losing war over the span of countless

> >millenia, giving up a dozen worlds every year to implacable foes who gave

> >no quarter. Its citizens and its bureaucracy offered up their blind

> >adulation to a Carrion God who stood mutely over a universe of slaughter.

> >Ignorance was a man's armor, to shield his weak soul against the predations

> >of Chaos. In the name of the Emperor, hundreds of trillions were oppressed

> >and repressed and enslaved to His worship.

>

> This was the history that I loved. The Imperium was a lot like the nasty

> Inquisition from the pages of 2000AD. They were bastards, they didn't care

> about humanity and lives were very very very cheap. Commisars were nasty

> guys that led units like the gestapo. People were used as human bombs,

> treated very badly and life as a whole held little comfort, unless you were

> amoung the ruling elite. Necromunda did something to bring it back, but then

> it was just one hive world.

>

> Me I prefer the horrible, doomed, Imperium of the past. I prefer the

> hopeless situation they were left in.



Yeah, I agree. I liked the evil empire idea. It brings to mind Michael

Moorcock's Granbreton from the HISTORY OF THE RUNESTAFF (Hawkmoon)

series. In fact, I am certain they drew heavily from that series.

(God-Emperor in a life support system extending his life long beyond

normal, legions of fanatical warriors among which the wolf legion is the

fiercest, a mixture of medieval and advanced technology with magic,...)



Needless to say I was enthralled. The W40K novels has some great ideas

and I enjoyed the games. I was surprised and a little disapointed that

there was no "good guy" amongst the races. Well, the only sane group

looked to be the Space Dwarves. Whoops, I mean the (now defunct) squats.

All the other races are xenophobic or worse. Except maybe, my Tyranids,

their just hungry :] Originally the Knights were from independent

colonial worlds and had closer ties to the Exodite Eldar than the

Imperium. Hopefully they will get back to that story line and

reintroduce the Knight worlds.



Anyway, just wanted to get my "me to" in and reminisce about the "old

days".



danlobb_at_...
Received on Tue Mar 04 1997 - 22:36:31 UTC