As wealth accumulation gets bigger and bigger, I think there are two roads that might end in conflict.
I would imagine that conflicts would have arisen as more prosperous sectors start making deals with alien species in order to trade for raw materials or technology. It is quite possible that the Imperium would not have become stagnant in growth, and the extremes of wealth and poverty would not have taken root so early and so permanently.
Wasn't the Emperor's vision to help protect and transform humanity into a psychically aware species that could protect itself from the powers of the warp? He may have continued that route nurturing and accelerating psychic potential in man.Īlso, if the Cult of the Emperor never really took off as strongly as it did, it is possible that the Imperium would not have so strongly rejected science and the further development of technology.