Impaled Nazarene wrote:The Imperial Reach wrote:"Borderline treason"?
What is this nonsense? Speak, heretic, or be BLAM'd.
The establishment of Secundas with no information as to whether the empire had fallen or not.
Establishing a new state when he was unable to contact
Making himself leader of said faction
Who better than a primarch to lead? Would establishing a bicameral legislature with two senators from every planet and a number of representatives proportional to their respective planets' populations been preferable? Perhaps found various workers' councils (soviets if you would) that communicate to organize a massive people's union?
only making Sanguinius regent to avoid not looking humble whilst still holding power.
Okay?
Allowing himself to be resurrected by xenos with no concern of being mind controlled or otherwise influenced.
It's hard for the comatose to protest. Yes, he could've done something like commit suicide out of paranoia, but what does the Imperium need more, a dead primarch or a living one?
Calling Dorn a traitor for not adopting the codex without resistance. Forcing said codex on all legions and threatening force if they didn't accept.
The prospect of an entire legion rebelling and dragging the Imperium into
another civil war was a very real concern after a sobering nine legions went rogue.
If we want to just toss around the traitor label, the real traitors are the Ecclesiarchy and the Council of Terra, who have long misinterpreted and twisted the Emperor's legacy into something far outside and even contrary to his intent.