>>5244124Well I presume you mean Talos internally justifying why he can't reject the Machine God without disobeying his own code of "Creation obeys the Created". Which is something we definitely would like to instill to our Acillians to a degree.
The Emperor is basically turning our own logic against us "you demand obedience from your creations, I demand obedience from you." which would be fine. . .except for the part where we have to drop our faith. Which is totally a shit move by him because we haven't even gone so far as to speak it unlike Lorgar who outright bowed down before him.
But. . .hmmm. Precedence of a creation gaining indepdence to make decisions for itself.
I can think of two, which hopefully can be applied in a general manner to Talos:
-A living heir: Talos in this case, is not only just a machine but a man. In the case of that one techpriest Vitali (not yet born since it's 40k but its something general techpriests probably do) he cloned himself an heir, which accidentally became a daughter though that's tangiental. When she grew old enough, she would (as any child) be capable of making her own decision as an adult and a techpriest, and not simply a subservient being like a simple clone slave
-Forge worlds. Forge worlds might be spawned from Mars, but they do not automatically have fealty to it. It must be asked, ensured, renewed. Mezoa renewed its ties to Lucius, Lucius renews its ties to Mars. Xana II was a notorious forge world that outright retained much of its independence from Mars, plying the Imperium with resources and gifts.
As with the mechanicus, everything is a duality. We are not and cannot be neither fully machine, nor should we be so indolent as to be only a man of flesh. We sometimes have to make our own decisions, but this does not make us any less loyal.
>>5244130>Just because we don't own them doesn't mean they can't be loyal or for there to be familial love (going both ways)This is ultimately what I hope we can convey in our actions and vote.
The biggest bit of lore as to why I think the Emperor should be able to trust us even if we stay a techpriest. Because he already HAS techpriests working on the Webway project:
https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Adnector_ConcilliumIf he is willing to let the most brilliant mortal techpriest minds work on his most delicate of operations, so secret he can't even tell most of the other primarchs, but not depriving them of their faith how does Talos, his own creation, his own "son" in his words, deserve any less trust than them? They swear to his secrecy, and loyalty to him. . .but they do not forget the Machine God.
In these cases, may pragmatism temper the Emperor's suspicion of us even if we wish to remain BOTH faithful our god and loyal to him.
