É cedo M42
Eu assumi anteriormente que era 999.M41, mas com um pouco mais de pesquisa, descobri que M42 começou.
A Cronologia dos Eventos no universo 40k tem uma seção dedicada a M42 . Embora nenhum evento específico tenha ocorrido, há uma descrição de qual é o estado geral do universo agora ...
As a new millennium dawns, the Imperium of Man faces dreadful threats on multiple fronts:
The Forces of Chaos, partially victorious during Abaddon the Despoiler's 13th Black Crusade in 999.M41, seize control of most of the surface of the world of Cadia in the Segmentum Obscurus, the gateway to a breakout into the rest of Imperial space. Only the Imperial forces' local naval and air superiority protects the Imperium from the greatest Chaos invasion seen since the Horus Heresy ten millenia before.
Hive Fleet Leviathan and the remaining splinter fleets from the earlier invasions of the Milky Way Galaxy by Hive Fleet Behemoth and Hive Fleet Kraken, continue to assault myriad worlds of the Imperium, slowly making their inexorable way towards Terra and the gleaming psychic beacon calling them like moths to a flame that is the Astronomicon.
The Tau Empire prepares for its Fourth Sphere Expansion in the Imperium's Eastern Fringes.
The Adeptus Mechanicus makes secret note that the technology of the Golden Throne of Earth continues to fail with no known way to repair the apparatus and keep the Emperor of Mankind alive.
The Necrons continue to awaken at a rapidly increasing pace on their Tomb Worlds across the galaxy, ready to rebuild their ancient interstellar empire, and wipe away all the "lesser races" that stand in their way.