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Not being able to innovate isn't what makes melee weapons viable in 40k. What makes melee weapons viable is typically zero short engagement distances and relative abundance of armor that can stop a large number of all but extremely rare small arms. I think you misunderstand what a "mistake" in...

I mean, at this point you’re almost arguing that clean water is easy enough to get that water scarcity isn’t something that can happen period. Which isn’t true because it does happen fairly frequently IRL - even in developed areas, like with the droughts in California. Water scarcity to the...

Here though I’m pretty sure the intent isn’t the “water is actually super rare” trope like in V or something. It’s rather that the EoT lacks basic infrastructure and logistics, and what it does have are run by people who have no concern for those under them and for whom one of their underlings’...

If you’re living in the Eye of Terror, whether or not it’s one of the most abundant resources in the universe or how easy it is to extract from an ore isn’t super relevant.

A bit like how in a post apocalyptic world, trying to find a cache of ARs and ammo might have way more return on investment than trying to reinvent iron smelting. Especially when you're at war.

Pretty sure literally every modern government has had times when they were working on the Cool New Thing, and then the war broke out so they scrapped it. Because not fucking up your logistics during wartime is far, far more important than being innovative. The Imperium of Man has been in a...