If the Imperium continued muddling along in its stupor,
then the inevitable result would be for it to become yet another dynasty destroyed by Chaos in this ten-thousand-year war.
Although even if the Imperium changed, the possibility of its future destruction remained great.
The fleet from Cadia was sailing toward the Imperium.
Cadia's destruction had not utterly defeated its people.
Even if only tens of thousands of Cadians remained, they would continue fighting enemies so numerous as to be unbelievable upon the planetary fragments of Cadia. They had already prepared to perish together with the enemy. The light of the Imperium would shine upon them, and the heroic spirits of Cadia would watch over their continued battle.
As for those Chapters that had abandoned their duty of defense, they gathered around Malcador and returned to the Imperium to reclaim all the authority that should have belonged to them.
For the Imperium, for humanity's future, the Imperium urgently needed reform.
And before Malcador's return,
Ultramar World in the Ultima Segmentum also ushered in new changes.
While no one was paying attention, Gamma World had attempted to establish its first contact with Ultramar.
As the Great Rift approached, the head of Gamma World's Extraterrestrial Union and its Minister of Foreign Affairs swiftly resumed efforts to establish a contact station with Ultramar. Since they had already foreseen that the coming rift was highly likely to completely separate the two worlds, Gamma World offered Ultramar a technology capable of transforming the entire Five Hundred Worlds: the Gravity Slingshot.
Although Ultramar's technology, combined with the Imperium's decay, meant they would need a long time to complete its construction, Gamma World was directly providing this technology. This meant Gamma World had provided a stable means of traversing realspace, one that could avoid the Warp's assaults.
Providing