Game Settings of Warhammer 40K

The world view of Warhammer 40K takes the Milky Way as the stage and is based on the Gothic scientific fantasy setting. The most popular core elements in the game are the Star Warrior-the future version of the fantasy knight and the elite warrior in the ruined Star Human Empire.

Because it was originally built as a sci-fi derivative of Warhammer, the worldview of Warhammer 40K contains many elements of fantasy schools, such as magic and variations of classic fantasy races. In the process of expanding the background setting, its inspiration sources include classical and modern science fiction, fantasy and horror movies and TV series; Famous writers' schools, such as isaac asimov, Frank Herbert, howard phillips lovecraft, michael moore Cork, John Ronald royle Tolkien and robert anson heinlein (especially, many elements of the game are influenced by heinlein's novel Starship Paratroopers, such as marines from the airborne cabin, wearing power armor, orbital bombing from the sky and so on. ); Medieval, baroque and surreal art (especially Hans Rudolph ·h·r· Jigger, the designer of the film Alien); Favorite historical background description, such as two world wars, Victorian Britain, Roman Empire, Inquisition, Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, etc.

The result is reflected in the works, the history is often counted in thousands or even tens of thousands of years, and the fighting nuns with strong Gothic style in the Middle Ages are active in the grand and desolate background; The chaotic legion deeply influenced by the post-war western eschatology; Green leather full of hip-hop and black street culture in North America; Like the elves projected by elegant elves in future fantasy settings; Imperial Guard deeply loved by military fans and lovers of World War I history; There are also Tyrone Zerg who pay tribute to aliens, the titanium empire full of oriental colors, and the space necromancer with robot style.

This kind of mixing leads to this fictional galaxy becoming a completely independent existence, and the forces of each side are evil, but at most they are different in degree. For example, the human empire is often considered to be on the side of "justice". Although there are many good people in it, on the whole it is a militaristic and extremely corrupt autocratic empire. However, from another point of view, working all day to assemble rifles is better than working all day and being killed by aliens. According to the chronology of human beings, the fictional history in this work can be roughly divided into the following four eras.

Terra era

1000 to 15000

Man rules the earth. Civilization changes. Established a colony in the solar system. Man has settled on Mars and the moons of Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune.

Science and technology age

Fifteenth Millennium to Eighteenth Millennium

Humans began to colonize the planet with sublight spacecraft. At first, only neighboring galaxies could be touched. After ten generations' journey, the newly-built colonies were separated from the earth and had to fend for themselves.

18th century to 22nd century

The invention of warp drive accelerated the pace of colonizing the galaxy. Federations and empires abound. The first contact with aliens, the first outbreak of alien war. Science proved the existence of psyker in human for the first time. Psionic creatures began to appear everywhere in the human world.

From the 22nd century to the 25th century

The birth of the first navigator made human spacecraft jump faster and farther in subspace. With the rapid progress of science and technology, mankind has entered the golden age of enlightenment. The human world is unified in space and has signed non-aggression treaties with dozens of alien races.

The era of disputes

The 25th Millennium to the 26th Millennium.

The terrible subspace storm cut off interstellar travel. The storm only happened sporadically in the initial stage, but it eventually hindered all subspace jumps. The mutation rate of human beings has soared. Mankind has entered a dark age of chaos and despair.

The 26th century to the 30th century.

The human world is torn apart by civil war, rebellion, foreign plunder and invasion. Some worlds are dominated by human psionic creatures and other mutated creatures, and then quickly become a delicious meal for subspace creatures. Man is on the brink of destruction.

Age of Empires

Since the thirtieth millennium.

The earth was unified by the emperor and allied with the mechanical teaching of Mars. The subspace storm finally weakened and interstellar travel became possible again. The emperor built an astronomical telescope and created 20 star warrior legions. In the Great Crusade that lasted for more than 200 years, the human world was unified by the emperor.

However, Horus, the most beloved soldier in the original legion founded by the emperor, was lured by the chaotic evil spirits and persuaded half of his brothers to betray the emperor. The struggle between the two giants shook the foundation of the empire and forced former relatives and friends to confront each other. This counter-insurgency is called "heresy in Horus". In the seventh year of counter-insurgency, Horus launched a duel with the emperor when attacking the Land Palace. Finally, he was defeated and died, but the emperor was also seriously injured.

The rebellion in Horus caused incalculable harm to the empire. The emperor was moved into the lifeless territory of the golden throne to maintain a chance of life. His spirit is only enough to maintain the star torch, and he can't rule the whole empire himself. Although the insurgents retreated into a crack in the subspace called "Eye of Terror", it took the empire hundreds of years to quell the aftermath of the insurgents. The still loyal legion was divided into many small-scale "war groups" to prevent the same mistakes.

Thousands of years later, mankind continued to move along the dark road. Loyal protozoa have long died or disappeared, and the future of mankind is in the hands of bureaucrats and national religions who manage the empire in the name of the emperor. The emperor's golden throne needs to sacrifice 1000 souls every day, which once turned the technology that led mankind to glory into a superstitious idol. The power of chaos is everywhere, the alien race is accompanied by endless threats, and the soulless Zerg try to devour the whole galaxy. The human empire.

Dominate the vast majority of human beings in the galaxy. The founders and rulers of the empire are gods-like emperors. He is the most powerful human psychic in history. He founded the empire ten thousand years ago and continues to lead it at least in name.

The army of the human empire mainly includes:

Royal Guard (Royal Guard)

Also known as the Imperial Defence Force, it includes many corps, political commissars, stormtroopers, sub-human auxiliary forces and so on. It is the largest army in the galaxy, with 40 thousand hammers. Its tens of billions of soldiers vowed to serve the emperor, a ruthless organization composed of flesh and blood, tanks and guns, who never stopped defending the empire. These brave and fearless soldiers are just ordinary people. They only rely on their own weapons and enthusiasm to stop aggression and turn the tide.

Among them, the famous troops are: Militarum Tempestus, Kadian Impact Force, Kartak Han Jungle Warrior, Armageddon Iron Corps and Modi Iron Guard (Mord). Ian Tiewei (Krieg's army of the dead) Alicia Airdrop Force (Tararn Desert Attacker) tanis's First &: Only Space Marine Corps (Adeputes Astartes)

Among the defenders of human beings, the greatest must be the star warrior of Alstar's special society-Superman warrior forged with ancient and mysterious technology, who ensured the survival of human beings with great courage and superb fighting skills. Although they are less than one million in number and scattered all over the galaxy, they still represent the greatest hope of human civilization.

Among them, the famous legions are: the former Dark Angel of the First Legion, the former Lion El Zhuang Sen of the Fifth Legion of White Scar, and Jahatehan of the Sixth Legion of Space Wolf. The original species of genes are the fist of Imm Preil of Li Man Rus, the former Seventh Army, the blood angel of Rogal Donne, the former Ninth Army, and the iron hand of Sang Quiniou, the former Tenth Army. The original species of the gene are the 13 Corps of Extreme Warrior in manus, the 18 Corps of Salamander in Robert Gilliman, and the 19 Corps of Raven Guard in Wuerkang.

These are the direct descendants of the nine first-time legions that survived the Horus Uprising (the first founding of the People's Republic of China).

After that, nearly 30 armies were built, and about 1000 brothels were established.

The famous ones are: Black Templar Knight, Blood Crow, Astral Knight, Tiens, Rifleman, vicious and crimson fist.

Trial Chamber (Investigation)

The authority of the trial court comes from the emperor himself, and the judges pursue the continuation of human mission in the way they think most appropriate. Demons, aliens and heresies threaten the empire, so not fade away has three monasteries dedicated to fighting them. They have their own direct troops, guarding mankind endlessly. Oddo Mareuse, also known as the Devil Hunter, has jurisdiction over the Grey Knight. The cult court (Ordo heresy), also known as witch hunters, has jurisdiction over the fighting nuns (Adepta sorority). Oddo Knox, also known as the alien hunter, belongs to the Death Guard. Assassination Bureau (official assassination of rum)

When dealing with internal and external threats, the most terrible weapon of the empire is the assassination bureau. The imperial assassin in charge of it is quiet and deadly, cold and efficient. An assassin can raid the heart of the problem area and quickly and thoroughly eliminate the enemy of the emperor. Assassins are divided into several different temple factions, whether it is the shapeshifter of Kalidus Temple or the psychic hunter of Churisas Temple, and each faction specializes in its unique killing methods. Imperial assassin, mechanical teaching

The mechanical teaching originated from Mars is superstitious about the mechanical god-the god of all machines, which monopolized most of the science and technology and ancient knowledge of the empire. According to the treaty signed with the emperor, the mechanical priest was responsible for manufacturing almost all mechanical products from rifles to starships for the empire.

Mechanical teaching maintains a powerful army, including a huge humanoid weapon-Titan, a half-man, half-mechanical guardian army, a fleet forged by mysterious ancient technology and so on.

In addition to protecting the mechanical fief-the expeditionary fleet that forged the world and sailed to find the ancestral heritage, the mechanical army often assisted other imperial troops in combat. The Titan Society governs many Titan legions. Skitari, also known as the guardian of science and technology. Imperial knight (imperial knight)

Since the rise of the empire tens of thousands of years ago, knights driving powerful mecha have been committed to protecting many human colonial worlds. For thousands of years, they have established a rich culture. These nobles swore to defend their homeland and be loyal to the golden throne of the earth and the mechanical teaching of Mars.

Ministry of Justice (Arbitration Institute)

The Ministry of Justice, directly under the jurisdiction of the Earth, undertook the task of enforcing imperial laws in all major worlds. They are both law enforcers, judges and juries. There are many intelligent non-human beings in the Milky Way, who are competing with other races for hegemony. In the eyes of the human empire, they are all enemies that must be eliminated, collectively known as aliens.

The alien army mainly includes:

Elda nationality

Elves' Ark world floats outside the world, lost in the boundless universe, and their original home world was destroyed in the autumn when their civilization collapsed. They are highly advanced and deadly, and their body structure is similar to that of human beings, but they have the brains of aliens like Okay. Although their race is dying out, their prophets are still staring at many tributaries of fate all the time in order to find hope to stop chaos and save their race from extinction. When the Eldar Army goes to war, it will be up to these respected prophets to decide whether something should be protected, moved or destroyed. Their attack is fierce without warning. They have neither pity nor compassion, because without their actions, the universe will be destroyed.

Dark Eldar (Dark Eldar)

The Dark Elves are a race that unites all the cruelty and malice in this galaxy. The world they live in is a plane ruled by terror. This is how they lurk in the unrealistic universe that is not affected by time, attacking the real universe from time to time, waiting for an opportunity to plunder everything they can see. In the forty-first millennium, among the countless enemies at war with mankind, the dark Eldar is the one that mankind fears most. They will take prisoners back to the dark capital where they live and enslave them. In a sense, this is a more tragic fate than falling into a chaotic hell, because slaves are doomed to die tragically one day after suffering unspeakable pain.

Oak (oak)

Orcs are scattered all over the galaxy. This huge race is made up of a large group of green-skinned butchers who are committed to destroying every living thing and everything they encounter. But their behavior is neither pathological hatred for any organization nor driven by some horrible and vicious gods. On the contrary, Oak fought for the pure pleasure in the war, indulged in the slaughter and pleasure in the battle, and was happy because of the gunfire and the bloody killing in hand-to-hand combat.

Titanium empire (Tau)

The titanium empire occupied a space near the eastern border of the human empire. This is a young and active race with highly developed weapons and technology. Their empire is supported by a concept, that is, individuals should put down their own desires and fight together for the highest interests of the titanium empire as a whole. Although there is no obvious hostility, the territorial expansion of the titanium empire has brought them conflicts with humans and other alien races.

Necrons in space

The fear of death of ancient races mastered incredible advanced technology, but they still could not prolong their short lives. The star god, who has almost infinite power, tricked them into replacing their fragile flesh and blood with immortal living metal, but at the expense of losing their souls forever. Star God finally reaped the consequences and was smashed into pieces by the new space necromancer. After that, the necromancer, who was badly weakened, entered the quiet tomb in order to avoid the pursuit of the old enemy Eldar. After 60 million years, this ancient mechanical race woke up from a deep sleep. Their goal is to recover the entire galaxy that once belonged to them. Nothing can stop them, they will become any natural disaster brave enough or stupid enough to stop their race.

Tyranids (Tyranids)

The Tyrannosaurus Zerg is the most alien race that human beings have ever encountered. Zerg have no desire for territory, power, rule, wealth or revenge. Their only purpose is to devour all the quality of life to satisfy their insatiable appetite. The most terrible thing is that they have the ability to carry out this seemingly impossible plan in a horribly efficient way. Zerg tactics are changeable. They can drown the enemy with a swarm of small creatures, or meet the enemy with a quick and deadly hunter, or crush the resistance with a monster, or they can use all three methods at the same time. The negative feelings of creatures in subspace create chaos. In Horus Rebellion in the 3rd/Kloc-0th century, the gods of chaos and evil corrupted half of the Star Warrior Corps, plunging the empire into a devastating civil war. In the end, the empire defeated the traitors, but it also paid a huge price.

The power of chaos still erodes the empire. The cunning whisper of the dark god made many people betray the emperor and his people, and the remnants of the traitor starfighter still lurked in the eyes of fear, waiting for an opportunity to launch a "black expedition" to the earth.

Chaos army mainly includes:

Chaos daemon

In the field of chaos that is not limited by time and space, the god of chaos looks at the universe with ancient and hungry eyes. The chaotic demon transformed from the worst nightmare of mankind is the deadly slave of the four chaotic gods. Under the command of a huge high-order demon, these bellicose incarnations of God's will were sent to the earth. Demons are the embodiment of destruction, and their only purpose is to crush all civilizations. Wherever the chaotic devil goes, heresy rises, reason collapses, and unspeakable slaughter befalls the real universe. The demon army is distorted by the dark desire of the god of chaos and driven only by the desire for destruction. Among them, evil spirits are quick and flexible, evil spirits are fierce, evil spirits are tough, and evil spirits are good at magic.

Chaos space marines.

Chaos Star Warrior was once the ultimate warrior of mankind, loyal to the emperor and fighting to defend the human empire. But since they swore allegiance to the god of darkness in exchange for supreme power and immortality, they have burned the war to the planet they fought for. Although those lofty ideas and goals have disappeared, their superhuman body and combat skills have never been lost, which makes them degenerate into crazy killers. The armies of Chaos Star Warrior are various, from glamorous and well-dressed Chaos Star Warrior to twisted devil prince and magic warrior.

The lost and the cursed.

Most mortals who fight for chaos are called lost and cursed. They are not a single army, and often form countless war gangs under the leadership of chaos champions. Its members include twisted and crazy demon world residents, rude mutants, fierce beast people, wandering psychics, primitive tribe members, pirates, rebels and fallen priests. They wreak havoc in the distant world in exchange for the favor of evil masters.