So I've been into 40k for about a year now - reading fluff, playing Dawn of War , buying a crapton of Marines... etc. I like to think I have a pretty good handle on the background of the universe. I happened to be pondering the painting of my Blood Ravens dreadnought while brushing my teeth tonight, and was struck by a thought....
If he was that damn important and he wasn't quite dead, why didn't they just put the Emperor in a Dreadnought sarcophagus ?
Seems to me like the criteria for dread-hood is to: A - be an Almost Dead Guy, and B - be a Not Quite Dead Guy (meaning mortally wounded but refusing to die). He was obviously alive enough to go on the Throne, so why didn't they Dread him up to really keep him around?
(And don't hand me that malarkey about it being dangerous to put psykers in Dreadnoughts, the Grey Knights do it often enough! LOL)
What do you all think? Theories and observations?