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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ramien Meltides" data-source="post: 423824" data-attributes="member: 1475">The Imperium of Man has already been discussed somewhat above. The Emporer is a godlike psychic beacon within the Warp that guides the Imperial ships, and he is basically a dying husk encased in a throne made of life-support equipment. The Imperium is vast and for the most part, unfriendly. Imperial authorities tend to be very unforgiving. Even a small group of heretics or traitors can condemn an entire planet to the dire judgement of Exterminatus... which means the Imperial Fleet scours the planet from orbit with vast amounts of weaponry.Factions within the Imperium include:The Inquisition - This group has it's own different factions, but in general the Inquisition exists in order to track down and expose any traitors or heretics within the Imperium. They also find ways to fight the forces of Chaos and Daemons.The Ecclesiarchy - This group is the church of the Emporer. There are countless subsects, but the Ecclesiarchy's purpose is to guide the people of the Imperium in worship of the Emporer and to avoid the influence of Daemons. The fighting arm of the Ecclesiarchy is known as the Adeptus Sororitas - The Sisters of Battle, which is a group of nuns who suit up in power armor and bring flamers, meltaguns, boltguns and prayers to fight the enemies of the Imperium.The Imperial Guard - Each world within the Imperium is required to donate a portion of it's population to serve in the Imperial Guard, a vast army that serves as the primary military force (and possibly the largest) in the known galaxy. The Imperial Guard have mostly outdated equipment, but their Tanks are some of the galaxy's finest! Artillery, Armor, and vast numbers of Infantry are the strengths of the Imperial Guard.(By the way... the best resource I can think of to learn more about the world of Warhammer 40k would be the Gaunt's Ghost's Imperial Guard novels by Dan Abnett. These books are very well written, you can find them at Amazon.com)The Administratum - Millions and millions of people require a vast and unwieldy government. The Lords of Terra pass on their laws to the Administratum, which tells the planetary governors, and so on. The Adeptus Arbites serves as the enforcers of the law - These "judge dredd" style policemen have military-grade equipment and a completely ruthless code of law. Break it, and you die.The Adeptus Astartes are probably the most famous and well known military units of the Imperium - also known as the Space Marines. There are many different chapters of space marines, each with their own unique flavor, but in general you can think of the space marines as massive, genetically-enhanced humans who are taught to fight in a monastery. (Thus they refer to each other as Brother Scarus, Brother Excarth, and so forth) The Space Marines are famous for knowing no fear and are equipped with the finest weaponry in the Imperium. They are highly trained elite troops who have almost always managed to succeed against dire odds.Other games involved with the Imperium:Battlefleet Gothic - This game lets you play fleets of Capital warships who duel in space with boarding parties, broadsides of naval firepower, bombers and fighters, and torpedoes. Necromunda - This is a skirmish-level game (you only need ten or so miniatures) which takes place in the depths of a gigantic city known as Hive Primus on the planet of Necromunda. Players take on the identities of Hive Gangs and duel with each other (and the Adeptus Arbites) in order to gain power and prestige.</blockquote>

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