>>5438945Glad I'm not the only one still holding out for the chance of the wedding, even if QM has said before "no marriage in the Mechanicus". But I still think there is some sort of analogy, given the lore mentions arranged marriages for techpriests for superior genetic outcomes, and we have the example of C4R and Ellie as parents. I do think techpriests would be prone to forming guilds and familial dynasties over tech specialities personally.
>>5438838>>5438853It's more along the lines of not getting the Monarchia treatment that Lorgar will get if the Emperor see's that we're spending less time personally at the front and more at home. We might not be under Imperial jurisdiction, but that doesn't mean the Emperor isn't still our Creator and couldn't try to chastise us. Still, unlike Lorgar, we aren't being useless and making worthless monuments. We're actually doing work for the Great Crusade.
Possibly even more than we would simply by being general at the front. Which is more valuable, one Primarch leading his army at the front, or a Primarch at home churning out 10 fresh new armies and another 10 in production?
Consider how Perturabo fared, focusing soley on the efficiency of his legion in warfare, but devoted absolutely no effort on his home front and just drained Olympia dry. His people rebelled and he was left with nothing left to prop up his legion for reinforcements.
We won't stay in Lucius forever, as Malcador said, but it would be nice if what compels us to leave isn't the Emperor telling us to get out, but genuinely having solved all our affairs here and then having a nice big army to do some venturing into the Galaxy with. Possibly as long as we're keeping the Great Crusade apace, we can even personally devote some time to exploratory work rather than just more simple conquests. We will have many armies and Reichmarshalls for that.
