Isn't E kind of a cop out? Blaming everything on fate? Seems pretty weak to me.
Acknowledging the role of fate doesn't blame anything, it frees you from the deadly delusion that we are all self-moving souls. Even in a universe where there are multiple "architects of fate," and reality is a transient illusion that depends on faith, there can be an overarching fate (as
The Brazilian Slaughter , who offered most resistance to this idea, has already mentioned, even Tzeentch is blind to the fate of all), like a metaprophecy that is the result of all the other, at times conflicting prophecies. Having this perspective is the only way that would allow us to gain awareness of what was and is and will be, to grasp the...Absolute, shall we say - the Emperor certainly claims to have done so. Ironically, these things you guys want to achieve - usurping the architect of fate and cleaving your own destiny - these can only be achieved through this recognition, not by blindly running head-first into the enemy while screaming "I chose to do this and no fate is gonna tell me otherwise, yo!"
This: is not a plan. What will we say to our command staff and the Imperium? "You just gotta choose between preying and being preyed upon?"
Again, E implies quite a few things, even besides the recognition of fate. "All that will be already was, terror and grace exist in equal measure and only for their own sake. Mankind is past evolution and lacks only the maturity" is an abandonment of the kind of slavish morality that burdened the Imperial Creed thus far, an abandonment of the yoking mindset that there is an inherently right or wrong path to take in the pathless Warp (think of all the technological stagnation the Imperium suffered as a direct result of that small-mindedness.) Plus, I sincerely doubt LogOS/root-sama is going to go "Lol, you picked E, but you just do nothing because E didn't specify what you told to your command staff. Get fucked, retards!"
I also dislike F. The Imperium barely held on since the first Great Crusade. How do you guys expect to expand?
What it says on the tin - unshakeable belief. In a world where faith = reality, I see this as the most blunt approach. Through indomitable conviction the Imperium is to run against the wall of reality until either its will or the latter break. The issue is that this could have the residual effect of empowering Khorne, and considering that's how that one other CYOA ended...I still think E) is a more interesting option and one more likely to succeed.
Again, if we were going for the path most likely to succeed in the Emperor prevailing, it would be A) specifically because of the Emperor's claim to have already grasped the Absolute, but at this point I am very skeptical that the Emperor - rather than
Man or even merely ourselves, Gullyman Rowboat - prevailing is something we actually want.