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- The galaxy contains some four hundred thousand million stars. Only a fraction
- are presumed to have habitable planetary systems, and only a fraction of these
- have been investigated. Most are situated within the spiral arms between ten and
- forty thousand light years from the galactic center. Even the human controlled
- Imperium, by far the largest and most widely distributed of all stellar empires,
- contains only a tiny fraction of the galaxy's stars.
-
- Humanity is one of many races in the galaxy, but none are so widely distributed
- or so numerous as humans. Most occupy only a single world or a small group of
- worlds. Only a few alien races possess technology which rivals that of the
- Imperium - Orks, Eldar and Tyranids.
-
- This is a time of superstition, in which unfathomable technology has been
- enslaved to the forces of mysticism and madness. To ordinary humans, scientific
- thought represents an abhorrent perversity, a corruption of honor and religious
- virtue. Even to those who deal with technology, science and magic have become
- inseparable. Warp engines must have runes engraved upon their sides, and lasers
- require the blessing of the Gods of Battle.
-
- This is a universe in which the gods, mysticism and magic are real.
-