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[[Image:Chronosinquisitor.jpg|thumb|right|250px|An Inquisitor of the '''Ordo Chronos'''{{Fn|8}}]]
The '''Ordo Chronos''',{{Fn|3}} sometimes rendered '''Ordo Chronus''',{{Fn|5a}} are an [[Inquisition#Ordo Minoris|Ordo Minoris]] of the [[Inquisition]] that combat and prevent anomalies in time due to the use of [[Warp travel]],{{Fn|3}} hunting down those considered chronologically improbable and erasing them.{{Fn|5a}}
The '''Ordo Chronos''' are an Ordo Minoris was established to study the anomalous passage of time during interstellar travel through the [[Inquisitionwarp]] . This is because of the fact that combat and prevent anomalies time works differently within the empyrean; in time due rare circumstances, vessels can arrive at their destination much later than intended - for example taking centuries to arrive whilst only months have passed onboard the use vessel while within the warp. Tales of such dreadful fates are common knowledge amongst void travellers and accepted as one of [[Warp]] the risks of warp travel. In extremely rare circumstances vessels may even arrive back into realspace at a time before they actually set out.{{Fn|3}}
The ==History==This Ordo was is believed to have been established to study the anomalous passage temporal anomalies or other such effects that might emerge within the vicinity of time during interstellar travel through the warp[[Jericho Reach]] with a view to controlling or combating them. This is because [[Inquisitor]]s of the fact Ordo Chronos were particularly concerned with the effects of time distortions that could lead to a disruption of the proper flow of time works differently within due to unintended interventions in the empyrean; past. Such actions are deemed as interference in rare circumstancesthe fate of Mankind and against the will of the [[God-Emperor]]. Over the course of centuries, vessels can arrive at the Ordo Chronos expanded their destination much later than intended - for example taking centuries mandate to relate to all forms of temporal phenomena and include other such events that might be a deliberate attempt to arrive whilst only months have passed onboard interfere with the flow of time.{{Fn|1}} Before the vessel while within disappearance of all Ordo Chronos members, the warp[[Deathwatch]] partook in a joint operation with them.{{Fn|2}} ===Disappearance===The Ordo Chronos was for years thought disappeared without a trace. Tales of such dreadful fates are common knowledge amongst void travellers and accepted as one Some believed that they were in hiding whilst others hold the view that they came into competition with renegade factions of the risks [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] in the pursuit of warp travellong forbidden technology. In extremely rare circumstances vessels may This is not the first Ordo to have vanished over the millennia - with some going merely quiescent for a period, whilst others were purposely hiding so deep that even arrive back into realspace at other Inquisitors could not find them.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|3}} ===Civil War==={{Main|Chronostrife}}The Ordo Chronos once again appeared in Imperial history in [[M42]] during the [[Chronostrife]], an internecine conflict over the [[Imperial Dating System|Imperial Calendar]]. The conflict erupted when the reborn [[Roboute Guilliman]] attempted to create a time before they actually set outreliable history and reorganise the Imperium's dating system – the bitter internal conflict within the Ordo Chronos that is currently ongoing.{{Fn|34}}
==History=Era Indomitus===This Operatives of the Ordo is believed to have been established to study Chronos accompanied the temporal anomalies or other such effects that might emerge within the vicinity fleets of the [[Jericho ReachIndomitus Crusade]] with a view to controlling or combating them. , where they assisted shipboard [[InquisitorChronologians]]s of the Ordo Chronos were particularly concerned with calculating the effects of time distortions which could lead to a disruption of the proper flow of time due to unintended interventions in the past. Such actions are deemed as interference in the fate of Mankind and against the will of the elapsed during [[God-EmperorWarp Travel]]. Over the course of centuries, the Ordo Chronos expanded their mandate to relate to all forms of temporal phenomena and include other Two such events that might be a deliberate attempt operatives were attached to interfere with the flow of time[[Fleet Tertius]].{{Fn|17}}
===Diappearance=Known Inquisitors==The Ordo Chronos has currently disappeared without a trace. Their true fate remains unknown, with some believing that they are in hiding whilst others hold the view that they came into competition with renegade factions of the *[[Adeptus MechanicusAppolus Bourgery]] in the pursuit of long forbidden technology. This is not the first Ordos to have vanished over the millennia - with some going merely quiescent for a period, and others purposely hiding deep enough that even other Inquisitors cannot find them. Regardless, the fate of the Ordo Chronos remains a mystery to those few that know of their existence, and some wonder whether they will emerge once more in the future.{{Fn|15b}}*[[August Helden IIV]]{{Fn|36}}*[[Mearghus]]
Before the disappearance of all Ordos Chronos members the ==See also==*[[DeathwatchThe Pharisene Paradox (Short Story)]]*[[Sentinel (Timescape)]] partook in a joint operation with them.{{Fn|2}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Dark Heresy: Ascension]], pg. 171
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Black Crusade Core Rulebook]], pg. 321
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Inquisition(6th Edition)]]- ''Ordo Chronos''*{{Endn|4}}: [[Dark Imperium (Novel)]], Chapter 9*5: [[White Dwarf November 2019]]:**{{Endn|5a}}: pg. 24**{{Endn|5b}}: pg. 43*{{Endn|6}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20171214223217/https://regimental-standard.com/2017/07/05/enriching-activities-for-idle-hands/ The Regimental Standard: Enriching Activities of Idle Hands (posted 05/07/2017)] ''(archived page, dated 14 December 2017, last accessed via Wayback Machine 11 April 2026)''*{{Endn|7}}: [[Avenging Son (Novel)]], Chapter 27*{{Endn|8}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20190820013831/https://regimental-standard.com/2018/02/07/know-your-inquisitors/ The Regimental Standard: Know Your Inquisitors (posted 07/02/2018)] ''(archived page, dated 20 August 2019, last accessed via Wayback Machine 11 April 2026)''
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