Andy Tea Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Hi, So we all know that the black ships fly around the galaxy finding psychics who then get fed to the big nearly dead chap in the fancy chair But how exactly does it work? Do they just dump 10,000 psykers in front of the golden throne and he absorbeds them? Do they gave to be put into a special machine that sucks the soul out which then gets tube fed to the big E? I mean 10,000 a say is one soul every 8.6 seconds Does he have in all at once or is it a case of take 1,000 souls every 3 hours, max 10,000 a day? Also does it have to be bang on 10,000 or would 9,987 be okay if one of them was a bit fat? Which leads me onto the next question are all souls equal or would some count as more then others? How do you think it works? Cheers Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345698-so-how-exactly-does-the-emperor-eat-10000-souls-a-day/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Do they have to be put into a special machine that sucks the soul out which then gets tube fed to the big E? This basically. To your other questions I don't think there's an official answer. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345698-so-how-exactly-does-the-emperor-eat-10000-souls-a-day/#findComment-5043370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wargamer Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 The Psykers are placed in sarcophagi that link them to the Golden Throne. These ring the Golden Throne, facing inward. Once attached and activated, their soul is slowly consumed. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345698-so-how-exactly-does-the-emperor-eat-10000-souls-a-day/#findComment-5043372 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sothalor Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 The closest direct description of this that I'm aware of is in The Master of Mankind, in chapter 21 and the subsequent intersection. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345698-so-how-exactly-does-the-emperor-eat-10000-souls-a-day/#findComment-5043383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quantum Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Is there actually a difference between the psykers that are consumed by the Emperor and those that are consumed powering the astronomican? And are they just hooked up to a machine and drained, or are they 'prepared' before eaten by the Emperor? And do some psykers offer themselves willingly to the Emperor (after all, in a theocracy like the Imperium you can bu sure there are losts of people, psykers included, who would want nothing more than to be eaten by their deity). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345698-so-how-exactly-does-the-emperor-eat-10000-souls-a-day/#findComment-5043390 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishagu Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Isn't it 1000 a day, not 10,000? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345698-so-how-exactly-does-the-emperor-eat-10000-souls-a-day/#findComment-5043408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Killmer Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Well for dramatic reasons it should be as many as possible. I always liked that bit of background because for me it had something so obviously dangerous and sinister "freeing" psyker souls and merge them with the Emperor. So on one side it's the only way for safe space travel and on the other side well ask the eldar about the birth of Slaneesh ... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345698-so-how-exactly-does-the-emperor-eat-10000-souls-a-day/#findComment-5043423 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corswain Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Well, I guess I have to be “that guy” - He eats them one bite at a time... Gonna agree with sfPanzer, he gets a soul-smoothie for breakfast. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345698-so-how-exactly-does-the-emperor-eat-10000-souls-a-day/#findComment-5043453 Share on other sites More sharing options...
darknation Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 I think it's the same(ish) technology that was used in the Horus Heresy novel Mechanicum, golden throne and everything. There is a pretty good description of the device in there. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345698-so-how-exactly-does-the-emperor-eat-10000-souls-a-day/#findComment-5043497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khornestar Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 One bite at a time, just like the rest of us. I'll see myself out. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345698-so-how-exactly-does-the-emperor-eat-10000-souls-a-day/#findComment-5043575 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 The patient is subjected to intense amounts of pain without killing them over a 24 hour period that amplifies the emperor’s psychic projection before expiring from organ failure for the extended period of pain. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345698-so-how-exactly-does-the-emperor-eat-10000-souls-a-day/#findComment-5043613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karack Blackstone Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 I thought it was 1,000, but, as a minimum. I'm pretty sure even for Marshal Rohr, even that is a pale comparison, to the reality said Psyker that is unworthy to serve in life, must instead meet such a grisly end... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345698-so-how-exactly-does-the-emperor-eat-10000-souls-a-day/#findComment-5043733 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Triszin Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 pretty sure they just plug thim (each person is a battery and they are placed into a casket like thing) when plugged into the machine it turns everything thats inside it into energy and thats fed to big E. It then ejects the caskete and loads another, except this machine to feed the emp/astronomicon is probably the size of a skyscraper Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345698-so-how-exactly-does-the-emperor-eat-10000-souls-a-day/#findComment-5043753 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Read master of mankind. There are also some allusions to the throne machine tech in the Magnus, Master of Prospero book. Its a machine with a thousand plus pods, and room for more. You plug in the psykers, and it basically tortures them and somehow extracts their psychic potential (somehow being invasive, excruciating psycho-surgery), and then feeding it to the emperor. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345698-so-how-exactly-does-the-emperor-eat-10000-souls-a-day/#findComment-5043770 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Res Ipsa Loquitur Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Soul Smoothie Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345698-so-how-exactly-does-the-emperor-eat-10000-souls-a-day/#findComment-5043783 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beta galactosidase Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Is there actually a difference between the psykers that are consumed by the Emperor and those that are consumed powering the astronomican? Yes the adeptus astronomica psykers are very different. While the golden throne payments are weak and untrainable, the adept choristers of the astronomicon undergo lengthy training in mysticism and at the end they may not pass the exams to join the choir, and if they fail they become part of the monastic order that runs the astronomicon and trains the choristers. They are also in the Himalayas, on the other side of the world from the golden throne, which is in Nottingham. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345698-so-how-exactly-does-the-emperor-eat-10000-souls-a-day/#findComment-5043813 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Res Ipsa Loquitur Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Is it really? Huh. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345698-so-how-exactly-does-the-emperor-eat-10000-souls-a-day/#findComment-5043829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Think you have that the wrong way round, no? I thought the Imperial palace was in Himalazia? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345698-so-how-exactly-does-the-emperor-eat-10000-souls-a-day/#findComment-5043840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluntblade Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Isn't it 1000 a day, not 10,000? No, it is ten thousand. The first consignment are a thousand, and a Silent Sister notes there are caskets for ten times their number. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345698-so-how-exactly-does-the-emperor-eat-10000-souls-a-day/#findComment-5043872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine God Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 One bite at a time, just like the rest of us. I'll see myself out. With some Fava Beans and a nice Chianti;-) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345698-so-how-exactly-does-the-emperor-eat-10000-souls-a-day/#findComment-5043906 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Isn't it 1000 a day, not 10,000?No, it is ten thousand. The first consignment are a thousand, and a Silent Sister notes there are caskets for ten times their number. It’s been about three weeks since I read it, but I’m pretty sure it’s just a thousand. I’ll look it up here in a second. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345698-so-how-exactly-does-the-emperor-eat-10000-souls-a-day/#findComment-5043929 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wargamer Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 It took a thousand to keep the Webway open for a single day. That's not necessarily an indication of how many are needed for the Astronomicon or to keep the Emperor "alive". Also, I did a bit of checking; sources about the Astronomicon mention it's powered by 10,000 Psykers, each of whom will perish "within a matter of months". So it's not ten thousand a day - it's ten thousand at a time, each taking months to burn out entirely. Assuming 3 month lifespan, that's 40,000 Psykers a year, or about 110 Psykers per day. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345698-so-how-exactly-does-the-emperor-eat-10000-souls-a-day/#findComment-5043958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Found it, its a classic case of 'both' At any given time, there are ten thousand psykers chained up, with a casualty rate of a thousand a day. The quotes don't cancel each other out. Classic multi-edition context errors. Also, this bit from Codex Imperialis indicates that its psykers who can't control their powers - which is cool for competency points. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345698-so-how-exactly-does-the-emperor-eat-10000-souls-a-day/#findComment-5043961 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manchu warlord Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 With a chopstick. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345698-so-how-exactly-does-the-emperor-eat-10000-souls-a-day/#findComment-5043984 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapter master 454 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 With mustard...I mean...how else could he stay the Golden Emperor of Mankind? But I bet he still can't see why kids...I'll see myself out before I finsih that one. Also, It is of note shows how MASSIVE the human population is. Psykers are just a fraction of it yet there is enough to sustain 10k a day. 10 MILLION years, that's 3650000 a year. Not accounting for leap years, this means he has consumed over 36,500,000,000,000 souls...that went into quadrillions...Soooooo...he has had a fair few by the time we roll around. Yet this is considered minor for the human race which means that on top of the billions that die for the emperor each day, goes to show that the human race really does two things well...War...and well...you know... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345698-so-how-exactly-does-the-emperor-eat-10000-souls-a-day/#findComment-5044018 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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