[Gavinfoxx]

Uhm. The Imperium, canonically, has been in slow-mo demolition for at least hundreds of years, maybe thousands..? And lots of people in The Imperium know it...

Also, don't Kroot that fight Astartes get more Astartes-like?




Also, why is that even relevant that the Imperium be able to do anything but lose, technologically? You don't need to give stone-age natives (even if they have really good math and astronomy) a 'chance' against Imperialists with high quality steel and cannons and warships and plate armor to have an interesting story about a higher tech group encountering a lower tech group. It just means that, due to the framing of the situation, certain parts of the story are probably going to happen in a certain way...