"We determine
the guilty. We decide the punishment." —Lex Imperialis.
The Arbites are the
dreaded judges, or police within the WH40K universe and I have a unit of them
to go along with an Imperial Commissar. It is my dirty secret. I blogged for
over 3 years and I don’t think I mentioned WH40K once in Captain’s Blog.
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| “The above miniatures © Games Workshop 2003. All rights reserved. Used without permission - models painted by Robert Hingley" |
I also have a Space
Wolves Army that I have kept hidden. I used to play 40K many moons ago, before
I left Halifax. My long time gaming buddy Harris MacPhail, ran a Space Orks
army, and also an Imperial Guard force. We were first introduced to Games Workshop
via Rogue Trader by Rob Swan and Harris eventually surrendered to the dark
side. He kept buying the minis and the rulebooks as they evolved through the
years. I stopped with the 2nd edition.
From reading on the
net, my understanding is the Arbites were dropped from the game. It seems that
the Emporor’s Chain Dogs had no place on the 40K battlefield. That’s too bad, I
like the look of the figures but I can still use them with Traveller.
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| “The above miniatures © Games Workshop 2003. All rights reserved. Used without permission - models painted by Robert Hingley" |
As for
the Commissar, he is present to ensure the loyalty and moral purity of the unit
to which he is attached by any means necessary. Another way to look at it, he's in charge of morale.
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