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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a new [[Image:CodexImperialisImperial]] document being written by [[Roboute Guilliman]] in early [[M42]].jpg|thumb|right|150px|Cover of Unlike the ''[[Codex Imperialis''Astartes]]<br clear=all>==General Structure=='''which focused purely on military organisation, the Codex Imperialis''' is will be largely a civic document focusing on the companion book to the Warhammer 40,000: 2nd Edition Rulebookreorganisation of Imperial government. In addition, published for it will include the first time reliable history of the Imperium in 199310,000 years.{{Fn|1}}

The book has 96 pages and ==Sources==*{{Endn|1}}: [[Dark Imperium (Novel)]], Chapter 10*{{Endn|2}}: [[Dark Heresy: Disciples of the cover is printed in colour while the book remains in black and whiteDark Gods]], pg.21

==Contents=====Army List===This book contains shortened army lists for using [[Space Marine]], [[Imperial Guard]], [[Eldar]], [[Ork]], [[Squat]], [[Chaos]] and [[TyranidCategory:Ultramarines]] armies. Furthermore it also includes rules for fielding various branches of the forces of the [[Imperium]]. ===Background===This book contains background information and fiction on every Warhammer 40k race created up to 1993. ==Authors, Artists and Coworkers==*Authors <br>Rick Priestley, Andy Chambers *Artists<br>John Blanche, Wayne England, Dave Gallagher, Jes Goodwin, Mark Gibbons  ===Other Publications===*[[Codex]], an general overview of all Codex publications. ===Other===*ISBN: 107215  [[Category: Codices and RulebooksImperial Texts]]