User blog:Supahbadmarine/Actual Alliance Dynamics

Hello everyone! I am here to start an angry rant! ... Well not really. Those of you who have the sixth edition, or were around to see the blog about the Allies Matrix that was produced will probably remember this: http://0-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/tg/image/1337/21/1337214433954.jpg.

The abomination you just witnessed is WRONG! It's wrong and don't let GW tell you otherwise! Those with a genuin understanding of 40k Fluff could tell you that this Allies Matrix is a giant sack of bovine refuse, Sadly there are many that are unfamiliar with 40k lore, and thus would be suckered in by this monument to Heresy (and not the good kind either). So I have made this blog to clear things up, and give those who are not yet 40k scholars the real deal on Alliances in our favorite setting.

This is probably going to be big, so it probably won't be completely up for a while.

Overview
Well then, where to start? Ah yes! Perhaps we should go over who the major factions in 40k are, and their genral relationship with one another. So lets start. Here are the big factions that you need to know about: Ok. So there are the major factions of Warhammer 40k. There are other factions in 40k, though those aren't quite as important plotwise. Furthermore each ofthose factions have sub-factions that may operate on a slightly different dynamic, and we may go over those later. Anyway take a look at each of the above factions. Something that is important for all 40k noobs to understand is this, each of the factions listed above is fighting with everybody else on the list. There are no permanent alliances between them, there is no big alliance of the good guys (yeah right) versus the bad guys. They all kill each other, and they don't always need a reason to do so.
 * Imperium of Mankind
 * Forces of Chaos
 * Craftworld Eldar
 * Dark Eldar
 * Orks
 * Necrons
 * Tau Empire
 * Tyranids

Now that we got that bit out of the way I will go into some factioon specific Alliance dynamics.