| Adeptus Arbites
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| Abbreviation:
| -I-
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| Group Numbers:
| Classified
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| Leadership:
| Arbitrator answerable to Imperial Command.
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| Goals:
| To maintain hunt down all lawbreakers within the Imperium and its Protectorates.
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| Recruitment Policy:
| On the Imperium forum
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| Contact:
| Imperium Group/RP Forums
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To Serve the Emperor. To protect His Domains. To judge and stand guard over His subjects. To carry the Emperor's Law to all worlds under His Blessed Protection. To pursue and punish those who trespassed against His Word.
Oath sworn by Adeptus Arbites Cadets
[edit] Who are the Adeptus Arbites?
While peace and order are maintained by local security forces under an Imperial Governor, the Arbites were formed primarily to enforce the strict doctrines of Imperial Law, leaving the enforcement of local laws to native agencies (usually under the close watch of the Arbites). In the utter state of lawlessness Malton exists in the Adeptus Arbites is tasked with the duty of hunting down those who disregard the lives of fellow survivors. Known in Imperial Law as Traitors and Heretics, the Judges of the Arbites hunt down such scum with relentless fervor.
[edit] History and Purpose
Founded in the wake of the chaos and disintegration of the Horus Heresy, the Arbites were established as the means of keeping order within the Imperium. They do not concern themselves with enforcement of local laws, leaving that to planetary governments, but instead on enforcing Imperial Law and ensuring the loyalty of the planetary governors. Governors who feel they can let the Imperial Tithe slide for a year or ignore calls for help from neighboring systems often desist merely with a glance at the armored precinct houses of the grim Judges of the Imperium. Often the Judges are the first line of defense in a system in danger of or in a state of rebellion when the Planetary Defense Force can no longer be relied upon.
[edit] Dictates Imperialis
The following are crimes within the Imperium as according to the Dictates Imperialis, the laws of the Imperium, enforced by the forces of the Adeptus Arbites, by order of severity. Individuals being sought by the Adeptus Arbites are listed here.
- Destruction of Property: Destruction of Barricades during a siege, Destruction of Generators or Vox Casters
- Murder of Imperial Personnel
- Desertion: Leaving Imperial service on spurious grounds during a time of active conflict. This does not include those who leave during a time of relative peace for any reason or due to issues unrelated to Urban Dead.
- Excommunicate Hereticus: Reviver of Traitors
- Treason: Murdering any individuals during an assault by any mutant horde (100+ mutants assaulting a suburb in a group)
- Hereticus Diabolous: Parachutist
- Hereticus In Extremis: Possesses Brain Rot
- Traitorious In Extremis: Servant of the forces of Chaos, individual or group actively at war with the Imperium
- Traitorious In Extremis Diabolous: Former Imperial agent turned to the service of the Ruinous Powers, formerly of the Imperium and now actively at war with the Imperium
[edit] Organization
[edit] Arbitrator
The head of the Adeptus Arbites is the Arbitrator of Malton. The Arbitrator's main duties are to appoint new Judges, coordinate their activities in the case of large-scale PKer events, and keep established PKer lists up to date as well as coordinated to avoid potential confusion, both the Imperium's Traitors & Heretics registry as well as with other regional lists such as the Dulston Alliance Black List. Like all other Judges the Arbitrator also serves in the field hunting down PKers within Imperial territory and the Imperial Protectorates.
Judges work as free agents within the Imperium and the Protectorate suburbs. They are only tied to Imperial territory in that their first priority is to enforce Imperial Law within said regions, in extreme cases such as a PKer massacre in a nearby suburb Judges may on their own initiative seek out such threats and eliminate them. Beyond these limitations Judges act at their own discretion and often work alone in hunting down known criminals and bringing them to justice. It is not unheard of for a Judge to request the assistance of other Imperial personnel in tracking down particularly dangerous fugitives, but this is only in exceptional circumstances.
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