Warhammer 40,000

Warhammer 40,000, also referred to as Warhammer 40k, or sometimes just 40k is a continuum based on the popular tabletop game released by Games Workshop.

Setting
The game is based on the premise that in to 42nd millennium humanity has spread out across the stars-and promptly come under attack on all sides.

Humanity is technically ruled by the God-Emperor of Mankind, he is almost dead and only sustained by his great golden throne in which he is interred, unable to move or speak. In practice the Imperium is ruled by the Senatorum Imperialis, the twelve High Lords of Terra.

Most of the Imperium is dystopian, the Empire is so massive and sprawling that it includes countless different worlds, ranging from Neolithic jungle death worlds, like Catachaen, to polluted hive worlds, like Armageddon.

The Adeptus Mechanicus, the Tech-Priests of Mars, are the engineers and technicians of the Imperium, and create most of the Imperium's more advanced machinery and weaponry, among other things, despite the fact that their understanding of the technology they use is limited at best, with much of their procedure based on ritual and religious dogma rather than genuine engineering or mechanical skill. The Imperium was originally formed by the re-uniting of the Tech-Adepts of Mars and the Emperor, before his ascension to Godhood. The alliance was dictated by their own religious doctrines in which the Emperor occupies a messianic position of authority.

The Adeptus Mechanicus believe that all knowledge already exists and that humanity only found it. They also see technology as a sort of life form, preaching that the Imperium's machines possess a sort of spirit known as "machine spirit" which only serves humanity. Most ordinary humans don't understand technology at all.

The Imperium is surrounded by alien species, and is also under continual attack from the forces of Chaos.

The Imperium of Man
The Imperium's defence forces consist of the:


 * Imperial Guard
 * Imperial Navy
 * Adeptus Astartes, a.k.a. the Space Marines
 * Adeptus Custodes, the Emperor's bodyguard
 * Adeptus Arbites, the police force of the Imperium
 * Adepta Sororitas, female warriors of the Imperial Cult

The Rest
The enemies of the Imperium include:


 * The renegade forces of Chaos (Crazy mutants and traitors worshiping the Ruinous Powers)
 * Eldar (The remnants of an ancient elf-like race; directly created the Chaos God Slaanesh)
 * The Dark Eldar (Eldar who constantly commit acts of depravity in order to prevent the Chaos God Slaanesh from eating their souls, namely by taking the souls of those they kill)
 * The Tyranid Hive Fleets (Giant, heavily armoured insects. Have a nasty habit of razing planets.)
 * Orks (Big, green, and nasty. The most numerous species in the galaxy by far, the only reason they haven't banded together and easily crushed all opposition is the fact that they tend to spend more time fighting each other. Literally an entire species of biological weapons, as they were created specifically for that purpose by the Old Ones)
 * The Tau Empire ("Space commies"; blue skinned aliens with very powerful technology, probably the closest thing to "good guys" in the entire setting, and even they're evil)
 * The Necrons (creepy robots which can't be killed, and want to kill everything, down to the last bacteria)

To be a man in this continuum is to be one of countless trillions, and probably very dead. Or worse.

Agents from the Warhammer 40k continuum

 * Agent Rose Marcone
 * Agent Mkellin
 * Agent Zodfang Gobrunt