Originally Posted by KillerRabbit
I don't think the Emperor is a well loved figure so I hold out hope the end game can be improved.

Just chiming in to say that the Emperor has some fans and I am one of them. I didn't play in early access and knew close to nothing about the story on my first playthrough. My opinion of the dream visitor changed many times as I progressed through the game and in the end I found myself unable to betray him.
I played an all around good character, so I actually struggled with the choice a lot since keeping the Emperor alive and well meant giving up on the future of the githyanki. But I just couldn't bring myself to betray an ally who was there for my character for so long. Not to mention that I had zero faith in Orpheus being even a tiny bit interested in our survival. So Orpheus became a snack and my good hero's reputation got a stain on it, but I genuinely think it was the only outcome I could be happy with.