Why is the Warp Outerversal?

[CNBA3]

I know that the Warp is unbound by logic or material laws and all sorts of multiversal shenanigans. But how exactly is it considered “Outerversal”? I thought being Outerversal means to be completely beyond interaction with any physicality or anything below it, right?

 

[CNBA3]

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[Qawsedf234]

I thought being Outerversal means to be completely beyond interaction with any physicality or anything below it, right?

This is mostly covered by this FAQ page

Secondly, a 1-A level cannot be attained by a process in which the lower level quantitatively "adds up" to itself to break through into the higher one, due to the total lack of structural continuity between the two; the higher level cannot be attained, nor expressed by, any expansions of the lower one, and therefore things from the latter cannot interfere with the former by means of their own lower existences. Put simply: A non-1-A cannot reach the level of 1-A by appealing to another non-1-A

However, there are ways to bypass this barrier. For example, a non-1-A can be empowered by a higher entity into being able to influence things on a qualitatively superior level. This can happen either by a straightforward power boost, or by means of some innate metaphysical potential rooted in something from a higher reality (This can include both characters who are converted into natives of higher planes and characters who are physically lower-dimensional but have 1-A statistics). In neither case is the capability to reach into the higher level something emergent from the structure of the lower level, and therefore they are acceptable ways to get around the above hurdles.

On the matter of power sources: That would depend on the nature of the power source itself. For example, a common trope in fiction is power sources that, so to speak, are "for the taking," meaning they are naturally self-diffusive and don't offer any resistance whatsoever to being tapped into, as being utilized in such a way is in their nature. Drawing power from such sources is obviously not actually an anti-feat for them being 1-A, especially so if they are depicted as naturally connected to, and united with, the beings that tap into them.

However, if the "power source" in question consists in a lower character literally overwhelming a would-be 1-A object with their own abilities and forcibly absorbing it into themselves, then that constitutes an anti-feat, unless the occasion falls under the stipulations above.

Its about being on a higher plane or quality than something else. The material space of the universe can never reach the Warp's size, even if they increased by infinite amounts or dimensions. The warp is beyond those concepts. People tapping into the Warp for power isn't an anti-feat, as the Warp offers no resistance and anything can draw from it.

An anti-feat for the Warp would be the Necrons destroying it with a gun for example, rather than the Emperor or a Psyker drawing power from it.

 

[CNBA3]

This is mostly covered by this FAQ page



Its about being on a higher plane or quality than something else. The material space of the universe can never reach the Warp's size, even if they increased by infinite amounts or dimensions. The warp is beyond those concepts. People tapping into the Warp for power isn't an anti-feat, as the Warp offers no resistance and anything can draw from it.

An anti-feat for the Warp would be the Necrons destroying it with a gun for example, rather than the Emperor or a Psyker drawing power from it.

Quick question, how exactly do the warp drives for travelers such as the Imperium work when used to enter the Warp given it‘s nature being unable to be reached by material space?

 

[Qawsedf234]

Quick question, what methods do the travelers such as the Imperium use to enter the Warp given it‘s nature being unable to be reached by material space?

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They use warp drives. They tear open holes in realspace and jump into the Warp.

 

[CNBA3]

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They use warp drives. They tear open holes in realspace and jump into the Warp.

Sorry I meant how exactly do the Warp Drives work with tearing holes into the Warp.

 

[Qawsedf234]

Sorry I meant how exactly do the Warp Drives work with tearing holes into the Warp.

In-universe no one knows how it works anymore, it just does.