>>5243993I do believe this is the Emperor's own way of saying "if push came to shove, would you support me or the Mechanicum" via psychic question. Which, thinking on it more, is totally the right thing to do in his shoes. Because it's also same thing we kinda want to ask him "can we guarantee you won't act against the Mechanicum if we keep it in line?".
But its our deepest hope that question is a moot point because the Imperium and Mechanicum shouldn't ever go to war, that would be horrific. We would fight to stop that.
I hope even if we reject that feeling, and remain religious/part of the Mechanicum, we follow the model of Vulkan and the trust the Emperor gave him.
Vulkan was, as us, a religious person. Yes he didn't believe in a god, but he still had a faith and was a cult leader. His faith, like ours, holds mankind as the chosen race of the universe.
And Vulkan was still entrusted with very important stuff, like a button that could detonate Terra if the Golden Throne and the Emperor is lost.
Still, if even handing the resources and knowledge and ensuring the loyalty of Mars, not forcibly converting others like Lorgar, providing all our resources and knowledge and skills to the Imperial cause is not enough to convince the Emperor to let us work with him fully on his projects. . . we can't reject the Machine God. Not now, not ever. Not even for the last STC database. It's a faith we keep close our heart, unlike Lorgar's external faith who must have everyone he meets convert, but it is still our faith.
I can only hope this is just our programmed primarch/flesh instinctive response, and not an active thing the Emperor is trying to change our minds on. But even so, we cannot break our faith.
