"IT IS THE 41st millennium. For more than a hundred centuries the Emperor has sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Earth. He is the master of mankind by the will of the gods, and master of a million worlds by the might of his inexhaustible armies.
He is a rotting carcass writhing invisibly with power
from the Dark Age of Technology He is the Carrion Lord of the Imperium for whom a thousand souls are sacrificed every day. so that he may never truly die.
YET EVEN IN his deathless state, the Emperor continues his eternal vigilance. Mighty battlefleets cross the daemon‐infested miasma of the warp, the only route between distant stars, their way lit by the Astronomican, the psychic manifestation of the Emperors will. Vast armies give battle in His name on uncounted worlds. Greatest amongst his soldiers are the Adeptus Astartes. the Space Marines, bio‐engineered super‐ warriors. Their comrades in arms are legion: the Imperial Guard and countless planetary defence forces, the ever‐vigilant
Inquisition and the tech‐priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus to name only a few. But for all their multitudes, they are barely enough to hold off the ever‐present threat from aliens, heretics, mutants ‐ and worse.
To BE A man in such times is to be one amongst untold billions. It is to live in the cruellest and most bloody regime imaginable. These are the tales of those times. Forget the power of technology and science, for so much has been forgotten, never to be rc‐lcarned. Forget the promise of progress and understanding, for in the grim dark future there is only war. There is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter, and the laughter of thirsting gods.”
”故事发生在第41个千年。帝皇陛下已经在他的黄金王座上静默了超过一万年。陛下是全人类的神谕之主，通过来自百万世界的无尽军力掌握神权。帝皇陛下利用黑暗科技延续他的生命，为此每天需要献祭1000个灵魂。
即使身处这种静默状态，帝皇陛下仍然永远保持警惕。只有帝皇陛下的意志所具现的星炬为强大的星舰在穿越恶魔出没的亚空间时提供指引，从而使星际旅行成为可能。大量的军队以帝皇陛下之名在无数世界奋战。其中，经过基因改造的星际战士军团是承载帝皇陛下神威的最强超级战士；数不尽的行星卫戍部队、审判庭和机械神教修士也是守卫人类的重要力量。但是，这样庞大的军力也仅仅能够勉强抵御来自异形、邪教徒、变异人和其它更为邪恶力量的威胁。
生于这样的时代意味着每个人仅仅是帝国数以亿计臣民的一员，所有人都必须忍受人类有史以来最为血腥政权。将要讲述的就是这个黑暗时代的故事。忘记科学和技术的力量吧，许多知识都已经湮灭；忘记进步和理解的希望吧，在这遥远未来的无尽黑暗之中，只有永恒的战争。星系之间再无和平，只有永恒的杀戮，以及饥渴邪神的嘲笑。”
He is a rotting carcass writhing invisibly with power
from the Dark Age of Technology He is the Carrion Lord of the Imperium for whom a thousand souls are sacrificed every day. so that he may never truly die.
YET EVEN IN his deathless state, the Emperor continues his eternal vigilance. Mighty battlefleets cross the daemon‐infested miasma of the warp, the only route between distant stars, their way lit by the Astronomican, the psychic manifestation of the Emperors will. Vast armies give battle in His name on uncounted worlds. Greatest amongst his soldiers are the Adeptus Astartes. the Space Marines, bio‐engineered super‐ warriors. Their comrades in arms are legion: the Imperial Guard and countless planetary defence forces, the ever‐vigilant
Inquisition and the tech‐priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus to name only a few. But for all their multitudes, they are barely enough to hold off the ever‐present threat from aliens, heretics, mutants ‐ and worse.
To BE A man in such times is to be one amongst untold billions. It is to live in the cruellest and most bloody regime imaginable. These are the tales of those times. Forget the power of technology and science, for so much has been forgotten, never to be rc‐lcarned. Forget the promise of progress and understanding, for in the grim dark future there is only war. There is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter, and the laughter of thirsting gods.”
”故事发生在第41个千年。帝皇陛下已经在他的黄金王座上静默了超过一万年。陛下是全人类的神谕之主，通过来自百万世界的无尽军力掌握神权。帝皇陛下利用黑暗科技延续他的生命，为此每天需要献祭1000个灵魂。
即使身处这种静默状态，帝皇陛下仍然永远保持警惕。只有帝皇陛下的意志所具现的星炬为强大的星舰在穿越恶魔出没的亚空间时提供指引，从而使星际旅行成为可能。大量的军队以帝皇陛下之名在无数世界奋战。其中，经过基因改造的星际战士军团是承载帝皇陛下神威的最强超级战士；数不尽的行星卫戍部队、审判庭和机械神教修士也是守卫人类的重要力量。但是，这样庞大的军力也仅仅能够勉强抵御来自异形、邪教徒、变异人和其它更为邪恶力量的威胁。
生于这样的时代意味着每个人仅仅是帝国数以亿计臣民的一员，所有人都必须忍受人类有史以来最为血腥政权。将要讲述的就是这个黑暗时代的故事。忘记科学和技术的力量吧，许多知识都已经湮灭；忘记进步和理解的希望吧，在这遥远未来的无尽黑暗之中，只有永恒的战争。星系之间再无和平，只有永恒的杀戮，以及饥渴邪神的嘲笑。”
