"Child, I have always watched over you."
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Titus's teammates beside him were all stunned.
Was this real?
The Emperor?
The Emperor had actually been watching over Titus?
This...
What an honor that was.
Cyrus:
"."
Everyone else:
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The Emperor:
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The Emperor couldn't speak anyway, and Emperor's Sword was in his hands.
Whatever he said, went.
That worked too.
You couldn't reason normally with the bloated, corrupt people of the Imperium.
If you brought out xenos technology, certain Chapters particularly hostile toward aliens might directly turn on you, purging you as a "traitor to humanity" in the Emperor's name. Even if they did not destroy you, they would question your loyalty. After that, you had best pray you would not need to cooperate with them, because when you found yourself in trouble, they would very likely ignore your calls for help entirely. They might even stab your supposedly disloyal Chapter in the back while fighting other xenos.
But if it was claimed that the Emperor had personally appeared and said it—or even if the Emperor had not appeared in person—as long as it passed Imperial certification, xenos technology could be said to have been developed by the Imperium, or modified according to the Emperor's notes.
Add to that the fact that loyal Servitors praised the Omnissiah every day throughout its manufacture.
Once it was assembled, it became loyal Imperial technology.
So whether the Emperor had truly said it was not important.
What mattered was making them believe that he had.
Cyrus nodded silently to himself.
I was originally thinking about how to teach the Governor how to fool people. Mm. How to guide their thinking. I never expected the Governor to figure it out on his own and directly display divine power.
Perhaps the Emperor had stored