Adept
"How can a man be happy if he does not serve his lord with his whole heart?"
Adeptus, Adepta, or Adept is a title given to servants of the Administratum and Adeptus Terra.[3a]
"Adept" covers a large list of different titles, grades, and specialties.[3a] The title is much respected and Space Marines, Imperial Guard Commanders, and some high ranking Imperial Guard members are entitled to use it also.[1] On Terra, the title separates the employed and settled servants of the Adeptus Terra from the often destitute non-adept.[3a] Non-adepts can gain the title by becoming Menials.[1] Some Adepts gain their title through skill, but many others are granted the title hereditarily.[3a]
Example ranks of Adept
- Archivist[3a]
- Chiurgeon[3a][5]
- Comptroller, Logister Comptroller, and Sage Logister[3a]
- Harbour Master of a Space Station, and their functionaries[4a]
- Inditor[3a]
- Lexographer, Loremaster Lexographer, and Loremaster Magister[3a]
- Rejuvenat[6]
- Scholar[3a]
- Scribe[3a]
- Scriviner[3a]
Use by other branches of the Imperium
A similar and analogous title of the Adeptus Mechanicus is that of Tech Adept.[3b]
Navigators and Astropaths have also been known to use the title Adept.[4b][5]
Trivia
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- The term "adept" describes someone who is well-trained, skilled, or proficient at something. This term is used widely throughout the Imperium.
See also
Sources
- 1: Codex Imperialis (Background Book), pg. 48
- 2: Imperial Armour II - Ork, Eldar and Dark Eldar Vehicles for Warhammer 40,000, pg. 12
- 3: Dark Heresy Core Rulebook:
- 4: Rogue Star (Novel):
- 5: Star of Damocles (Novel), Chapter Seven
- 6: Codex: Elucidian Starstriders, pgs. 15–16
- 7: Imperial Munitorum Manual (Background Book), pg. 6