The universe of destruction Storm Knight

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In the distant and dark world, every day is a different hell of the 41st millennium, humanity has been fighting for every inch of land, every planet of the empire to try to escape. black hole of extinction. Negotiation and bargaining are now gone, war is the only remaining method capable of solving all problems. The 41st millennium, 40 thousand years have passed, it was thought that humanity had reached the pinnacle of intelligence, machinery, and advanced technology. But no, mistakes, lust, greed and illusion pushed humanity to the end, and then the Emperor of humanity revived humanity from destruction. However, human nature is curiosity, desire and desire for domination, once again, humanity pushes itself into dark nights of chaos, cruelty, depravity and blood. me. Welcome to the world of Warhammer 40K, a world of endless wars without end.

“In the distant dark future,

THE ONLY WAR LEFT IS.“

“All other species use their intelligence to survive. People use it to destroy themselves.” ~ Marty Rubin.

(In the cold universe, anything can happen, every star can suddenly disappear, every planet is allowed to breed life, and every life has the right to trample on things. live differently to survive, or, to “LIVE”)

(Aliens, outside of humanity’s species, we call “Aliens,” but in the high gothic language of Warhammer 40K, they are “Xenos“)

Humans often ask themselves questions about things around them, about everything, that is called “curiosity” – something that can only be found in the human brain and will not never appeared in the brains of low-level intelligent creatures. Curiosity pushes humans to the pinnacle of intelligence and intelligence, even surpassing all other species on Earth. But it is also because curiosity has brought humans closer to the destruction of the entire species. Many great works have exploited this element, such as Dead Space, The Tomorrow War, Alien, etc. But the most impressive work is definitely Warhammer 40K. Humanity does not completely perish like in The Tomorrow War, nor does it place a heavy responsibility on the shoulders of a main character like Alien or Dead Space, they have to pay the price, have to endure, have to survive to bear the burden. The suffering of their ancestors in the past has fallen on their shoulders. A world of technology, of machines, but technology of fanaticism and superstition, machines of violence, gore and darkness. The people of Warhammer 40K are similar to our imagination when thinking about the future world, also developing and traveling through space to explore new planets. They were once the rulers of the galaxy, defeated many other Xenos species, and even destroyed some species. But look, how ridiculous it is to know that humanity almost perished because of the creation of Man of Iron, or more familiar to us, AI. After such a horrifying event, from In a civilized, advanced and developed society, humanity has truly “evolved backwards”, becoming barbaric butchers, barbarians, divided into factions, fighting for territory, no exaggeration to say. is the second “stone age” of humanity. Then humanity once again rose from the ashes thanks to the help of the Human Emperor – the most important character of Warhammer 40K, but I will not analyze Him too deeply in this article. Glory is not much, people destroy themselves, by faith, by jealousy, by suspicion, which has caused many wars for people since ancient times. In this galaxy 100,000 light years wide, humans were and are the most numerous species but will never be the strongest. Just think about it, a universe where the strong crush the weak, and the weak try to strangle the strong, a world where the only rules that exist are killing to live, to survive, then No one will be “strong” anymore. Our people are always proud of the “human” species, while the Empire cannot even contain the “child” in our “human” side.

(What we often think of as hell in the present day, for them, the people who already live in hell, the real nightmare is Warpor “the evil space”, where the Chaos entities are present – humanity’s greatest enemy, is what pushed the Empire into this deadly era.)

Normally, in fantasy worlds, we often see humanity appear with shining beauty, able to overcome all hardships and challenges if they have determination and “the power of friendship”. But it’s all frivolous and meaningless in Warhammer 40K. A tangible hell right in front of us, the most disgusting creatures and demons coming out of the warp enough to break the will of billions of people, blasphemous xenos species just waiting to devour the Empire, that’s all. too much to push humanity to the brink of destruction. To save the Human Empire, war was the only thing possible, each huge scale battle broke out with an unforeseen ending, a defeat or a victory was extremely ambiguous. Even with the best battles, the final result is bitter defeat. This has made it impossible for readers to predict what will happen in the end, what will happen to the Empire’s precious warriors, or what kind of end the Empire itself will have. everything is a question mark. But for humanity’s current situation, actually, winning is something quite a luxury…

“Win”. That’s what the preachers said from the minarets of their temples. Is what commanders tell their soldiers.[~]. While I am speaking these words, our forces are fighting against the remnants of Leviathan. Regain lost worlds, redeem old humiliations. An expedition, to cleanse the stars. Bring war to the enemy.[~]. Faith, lies, will not protect us. It is hope that will damn us. In the skyscrapers and slums… my people sing of victory… of victory, while the galaxy burns… of victory, while the Imperium rots around us, of victory, while humanity is frantically fighting against the death of light. About winning….”

(Robute Guilliman, in “Warhammer 40K 10th edition cinematic”)

Death is a daily occurrence in the Empire. If you don’t die from the rain of bombs and bullets on the battlefield, which is no different from hell, you will die in the factories, in the factories that work frantically to maintain this crumbling Empire. Love and peace are concepts that have disappeared a long time ago, too long for today’s humans to remember. Only darkness, madness, and death exist in every lifestyle, every action, every breath. The death of one citizen cannot affect the entire community. Even a Hive City with a population of somewhere around half a billion people is not necessarily worth a cherry. The plantations, the legions, the soldiers tried to use their bodies to become a shield of flesh to protect a tank, a cannon, or even to protect soldiers who were superior to them. A tank is considered the “spirit” of an entire planet, it’s funny to know that in the past it was just a light tank, or main tanks were just tractors. armed in the peak era of humanity, that is enough to understand how miserable and exhausted humanity was. One button can send the entire planet to dust, a commander who should have been the backbone of the army has been corrupted in a more humiliating way, we can do nothing but bless. the mercy of death to planets that can no longer be saved… Nothing is impossible, everything has the possibility of taking a turn for the worst. That’s what we can learn from the universe of Warhammer 40K. Remember: “No sacrifice is too great, no betrayal is too small.”

“For what terrible sins of the past do we suffer the torments of the present and the cruel darkness of the future?” ~ Game workshop, WH 40K core rules.

We all think that, the closer we get to the end of time, the stronger humanity will develop with more advanced technology and a more prosperous society. If it were that easy, humanity wouldn’t have to struggle like it does now. Maintaining an Empire that is literally rotting, outdated in terms of thinking, political operating mechanisms, and even technologies, mostly. Although it is the main character of Warhammer 40K, it seems that the Human Empire is only better than the Orks Empire, but it is still very difficult to repel them at the present time. The lag of humans compared to their ancestors in the past has created an unforgettable highlight for readers, when even the weapons and equipment are so ancient that they are unbelievable. Just imagine the scene in the year 40,000 of humanity seeing soldiers still using bayonets, they still had to push tens of tons of artillery with their hands, and then reload that cannon using their bare hands. There are weapons that look like they came out of World War I. Even the buildings, towers, industrial zones, cities, and slums all exude a darkness, a massiveness of iron and steel, with almost no glass to cover them. full of bondage, an atmosphere of war. Perhaps war is already deeply imprinted in the minds of Warhammer 40K people.

The best thing is to see technologies that blend the cutting edge and also the underdeveloped, the backward. We will see giant robots taller than a godzilla hovering in the middle of the battlefield, carrying an entire church on their heads, ready to destroy any outsiders or any heretics. The combination of modern laser guns and engines and gears that can only be found in the 17th and 18th Centuries is a beauty that cannot be found anywhere except Warhammer 40K. Then there is religion and faith in machines, the “Mobile Church” above is the most typical example.

A typical city in Warhammer 40K

Warhammer 40K is a great dark fantasy work, written by many talented authors and artists, so this is a game, a work, a tabletop game that is worth trying.