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Not far off. The “golden age” of humanity was shattered long ago, with the mortal wounding of the god emperor, and knowledge of most of the greatest technology
by atty 5y ago
Not far off. The “golden age” of humanity was shattered long ago, with the mortal wounding of the god emperor, and knowledge of most of the greatest technology was lost.Millennia later, a cult has grown up that both worships and maintains technology as having machine spirits, which are somehow linked to the machine god itself. That god may or may not be the same or related to the god emperor of mankind, depending on the interpretation.
Honestly the lore of w40k is quite fun to read, if you’re into dystopian and fantasy sci-fi.
- R0b0t1 5y agoFWIW hardline tech priests view the machine god as separate from the emperor. Hardline imperium officials view the emperor as separate from the machine god. The official party line is that the emperor and the machine god are the same, with the emperor perhaps being an avatar. It seems like both sides are fine to have them be reconciled, but it's an important narrative gadget that can be used to get humanity to fight itself in-universe. Also interesting is that humanity's "lost" technological progress seems to eclipse some of the other races in the W40K narrative, with even the Tau (space dwarves with robots) and Eldar (space elves with crystals) freaking out when humanity brings giant robots, because the sheer physical impracticality of a gigantic human shaped robot is noted, with nobody aware of how they continue to work.
- 9wzYQbTYsAIc 5y ago> gigantic human shaped robot is noted, with nobody aware of how they continue to work BattleTech had something similar: it was considered cheaper to keep replacing humans than to replace the mechs, because hardly anyone knew how to repair or build mechs.