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** Notably, 40k is one of those settings where the energy weapons can be considered Hand Cannons.
** Notable as well is that these energy weapons don't go pew, but loud "krak!", also causing the weapon to actually have some kick as well.
** Then there are heavy laspistols, with damage of a full lasgun, only with lesser range and rate of fire (and fed from the same 60-shot power packs). Hotshot laspistols qualify even more, due to being not as much "pistol" as a hotshot lasgun shortened to be handy in close quarters; the result is 4  kg piece cable-fed from 10  kg power backpack (or bigger) - and in performance against armored targets is comparable with bolt pistol.
* [[Hanlon's Razor]]: Almost always inverted - never attribute to stupidity what can be explained by malice or conspiracy.
* [[Happiness in Slavery]]: Brutal aversions abound, but there is one straight example: The Chapter Serfs of the Space Marine Chapters. They fill all positions in a chapter not involving leadership or infantry combat, and are better trained and equipped than any non-Astartes. The Space Marine Chapters, in turn, recognize the skill and dedication of their serfs, and chapter serfs are full members of the chapter cult, and enjoy a better lifestyle than all except the richest citizens of the Imperium.
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** This is hilariously lampshaded by some Hive Worlds claiming Imperial Guard troopers as their prime (and sometimes sole) export. This is also the case with Cadia, which apparently does nothing else other than pumping out battle-ready babies (although their effectiveness is no better than any other world in-game).
** Don't forget, Cadia also helps guard against [[Reality Is Out to Lunch|The Eye of Terror]]. And [[Rule of Cool|they're awesome, so that's that.]]
* [[Human Sacrifice]]: The Golden Throne is fed, ''daily'', the souls of one thousand psykers who weren't selected for use by the Inquisition, Adeptus Astronomica ,<ref>who will sacrifice ''themselves'' if they succeed, as a monastic order who trains for years to the job on which they'll burn out in a year at most, knowing exactly what they do and to what end</ref>, or Astra Telepathica - where those deemed tough enough become "normal" sanctioned psykers <ref>who end up used as walking guns or sensors until they spontaneously combust, get possessed by daemon, shot by the minder if it looks like they're about to, or learn even tougher control of their powers - which gives some tiny chance to die of old age or be "promoted" into Inquisitor's retinue</ref> and "talented, but not strong-willed enough" soul-bound to the Emperor and used for communication.<ref>usually end up with burned-out eyes and dubious life expectancy due to mental strain and/or being high-priority targets for anything hostile to their employer or the Imperium in general - but given from ''what'' soul-binding protects, may still have a better deal than the rest</ref>. Chaos rituals frequently make use of this also.
* [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters]]: Although, to be fair, ''so is everyone else.'' In addition, it has been established that the Imperium ''[[Inherent in the System|has]]'' [[Inherent in the System|to be terrible in order to survive.]] So Humans Are Bastards out of necessity rather than choice. Think of it as [[I Did What I Had to Do]] on a larger scale.
* [[Humans Are Morons]]: The Imperium of Man has hardly advanced their technology in the 10,000 years since anyone has last seen The Emperor Of Mankind. Human culture throughout their vast empire is extremely paranoid and superstitious, and the government is such a vast, inept bureaucracy that a simple ''filing error'' can lead to entire populations of people being immediately forgotten about and/or destroyed.
** As a corollary, there are resourceful types who manage to survive all of this.
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