User blog comment:DirgeOfCerberus111/An Alternate Universe? Let the heresy begin!/@comment-3341288-20110906054715/@comment-2253300-20110907015957

That is also kind of right. However one of the primary reasons why humanity's first empire fell is because of gross abuse of advanced technology. Humanity had technology that was incredibly advanced, and they misused it in many ways. One such technology was the Men of Iron, machines run by A.I. that turned against their masters and nearly killed them. That is why the Imperium has forbidden the creation of A.I., and why they refer to this time as the Dark Age of Technology. The Warp Storms set in a little later, isolating humanity and starting the Age of Strife.