A Warhammer 40,000 discussion examines the command system created after the Horus Heresy. Breaking the Space Marine legions into chapters limits concentrations of power, but it does not supply a defensive high command or a way to coordinate separated forces. Roboute Guilliman's Codex Astartes is criticised for lacking contingency plans for warp storms, inter-faction rules of seniority, and a process for recombining local commands after communications return. Fear of another overall commander explains the reluctance to centralise authority, yet a crisis still needs agreed criteria for temporary command and final decisions. The example is fictional, while the organisational problem is real: decentralised forces need succession rules, interoperability, and fallback command arrangements.
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Warhammer 40,000 and crisis command design
A critique of the post-Heresy Imperium asks how decentralized forces coordinate, select crisis commanders, and reconnect after communications collapse.