Foreward
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Couldn't find an appropriate cover art/ one I thought could fit with it.
Unabashedly/Shamelessly AU another plot bunny that's been rolling in my head since early 2017, inspiration came from three 40k/30k fanfics I read a long time ago (and admittedly forgot the titles at the moment) , mostly left it alone since I'm almost certain that I completely and utterly butchered Canon with it but re-watching the Templin Institute's video on the Imperium Inspired me to flesh it out, another reason for original hesitancy stemmed from the fact that I couldn't really keep track of what was canon and was was retconned out.
Also on a somewhat related note, the Emperor of Mankind is going to be a bit nicer (At least compared to canon/Horus Heresy interpretation,) but still distant because while the 40k setting is not necessarily realistic, running the Imperium and his others Projects would undoubtedly take up a lot of his time.
End result I'm hoping for is an Imperium that is somewhat less-horrible to live in (Read: Chaos doesn't screw things up for Humanity that badly). Just as well Chaos ain't the only thing that can give the Imperium violent thrashing.