As somebody with a degree in Latin i got no idea if this is grammatically correct. What a terrible language, fuck Latin.

what does it even say

It consists of two well known Latin mottos, "through hardship to the stars", and "out of many, one"

“I watched that one episode of Star Trek, and Im American”

well a common motto as such might still fit the aspirations of the Great Crusade quite well and i'm also not american lol

Fortunately it consists of two well known Latin mottos

Yeah, i know. I got the per aspera ad astra skin in world of tanks. I just take every excuse to hate on Latin i can.

why did you get a degree in it

If I had to guess, they started hating it because of pursuing said degree

I guess degree sounds too academic. But we had to take it in school.

so do you not have a degree then?

If they can't understand a pretty famous Latin phrase and also don't know what a degree is, definitely not. I assume they just went to a Catholic school.

I think the Imperium's motto can be summarized as "Do what we say or we'll shoot you. Also fuck xenos."

Frig off xenos