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Infantry Squad • Heavy Weapons Squad • Special Weapons Squad • Armoured Fist Squad • Veteran Squad • Scions Squad • Penal Legion Troopers • Ogryn Squad • Ratling Squad • Psyker Battle Squad • Rough Rider Squad • Field Ordnance Battery The most physically adept were sent to be trained as Frateris Templars or Brides of the Emperor, swelling the corrupt and tyrannical High Lord Goge Vandire's armies with the best recruits. The habitats themselves became associated with licentious practices, and their money was put to questionable ends.

Could it be that he isn’t dead at all? The Imperium has a proud history of factual creativity, and after the supposed-but-not-actual death of Marneus Calgar on Vigilus boosted morale, it’s entirely possible they’re trying it on again. Another heroic martyrdom to put the fire of vengeance into the hearts of mankind – if only a powerful organisation with hilariously flexible morals could arrange such a thing… The following information is not to be regarded as officially sanctioned and/ or is not written from an in-universe point of view. A detailed explanation of the term "Trivia" as used in the Lexicanum can be found here. Both of these roles require Commissars to lead by example, and demonstrate outstanding personal bravery on the battlefield, as an example to their men. [1a] Commissar-Captains The curriculum does not stop at honing the intellect either as all Progena are trained in physical endurance and skill at arms by the infamous Drill Abbots. The Drill Abbots are hardened Imperial military veterans and have usually spent half their lives in Imperial military service before being ordained as Ministorum Priests. Stern, stoic, unforgiving and relentless, the lessons imparted by the Drill Abbots will stay with Progena for their entire lives.White Dwarf 115 (UK) - Commissar Training Squads, reprinted in Warhammer 40,000 Compilation (1991), [Needs Citation] Commissars are enabled to execute any officer they see fit, including regimental commanding officers, and can even execute lord generals and governors militant if they have sufficient evidence of incompetence or treachery. During this time, the Commissariat was formed to be the Imperium's bulwark among the members of the Astra Militarum against the influence of Chaos. The Commissar was given power to ensure his or her regiment's continuing loyalty, and was charged to do anything necessary to prevent the corruption or spread of Chaos among the guardsmen of that unit. Commissar Ciaphas Cain - charged with desertion, cowardice in the face of the enemy and misappropriation of military resources during a campaign on Adumbria. Vindicated by the tribunal. [13b] [13c] If every model in an INFANTRY unit is on or in an Area Terrain feature with this trait, then it can either Hold Steady or it can Set to Defend (see below) when an enemy unit declares a charge against it.

The discipline masters served as the pre-cursor and model for the later Imperial Commissariat and its merciless commissars. Nevertheless, in the past, this has caused friction between local planetary Commissariats and the official Officio Prefectus due to jurisdictional concerns, and has even been known to result in Imperial Commissars executing their local planetary counterparts for overstepping their authority. Colonel-Commissar of the Tanith First and Only (a.k.a. Gaunt's Ghosts). Took part in the Sabbat Worlds Crusade.These young soldiers form their own units of ten to twenty cadets, led by a veteran commissar and armed with the ubiquitous lasgun like all other regular guardsmen. It is suspected that a number of Traitor Army regiments were used in the Siege of Terra, though the exact extent of the Traitor forces has never been properly calculated, and most Chaos-tainted Imperial Army regiments became indistinguishable from each other. Extended campaigns often call for extra duties to ensure the morale of the troops is kept high. As such, commissars can requisition Administratum scribes to draft extensive propaganda pieces so long as their superior officer approves. This is a favoured tactic during siege campaigns, when Imperial forces can be cut off from reinforcements and supplies, and troop dedication becomes of the utmost priority. The most senior known rank in the Commissariat, Commissar-Generals are highly experienced Commissars, having the additional responsibilities of assigning Commissars under their command to officers and promoting cadets to full Commissar status. [8] Colonel-Commissar Following this, he was taken by the Imperium's Schola Progenium, to be educated and indoctrinated like most commissars. He learned the Ork language from a human raider who had once been a prisoner of the Greenskins while fighting the Orks during a WAAAGH! on the world of V'run.