Enforcer (Security Force)
Enforcers are an Imperial Planetary Governor's heavily armed security forces, which are charged with maintaining law and order on their homeworld.[1]
They will rarely act in the pursuit of justice, though, and are far more often an extension of their Governor's will. In order to keep the Imperium's grip on a world secure, Enforcers will discipline, capture and execute those who go against the Governor's proclamations, using a heavy hand to crush any rebellions or seditious elements they learn of. They are distinct and separate from the forces of the Adeptus Arbites, however, who are concerned with any violations of the Lex Imperialis. Enforcers, meanwhile, only have as much authority as they are granted by their Planetary Governor.[1]
Local Enforcers will gather suspected Rogue Psykers in specialised prisons where they are held until the psykers are harvested by a visiting Black Ship.[8a]
The Adeptus Mechanicus has its own version of Enforcers, known as the Astynomia.[2]
Known Enforcer Security Forces
- The Palanite Enforcers of the Hive World Necromunda
- The Praecental Guard of Ultramar.
- The Varangantuan Enforcers of the Hive World Alecto
- The Astynomia of the Adeptus Mechanicus
- The Hyperezia of Legio Metalica
- The Macharian Vigilites
- The Magistratum Enforcers of Hive Tertium
Images
Detective Siduro of the Hive Aidon Enforcers on Charybdion[8b]
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Miniatures
Necromunda Enforcer Precinct Squad (Necromunda 2nd edition)[4]
Palanite Enforcers Squad (Necromunda 3rd edition)[3]
See also
Sources
- 1: Wrath & Glory Core Rulebook, pg. 413
- 2: Flesh and Steel (Novel), Chapter 1
- 3: Warhammer Community: REVEALED at the UK Games Expo 2019 (posted 31/05/2019) (last accessed 27 September 2020)
- 4: Warhammer Community: Adeptus Arbites Exaction Squads Are Simply Too Good for Regular Police Work (posted 10/02/2023) (saved archive)
- 5: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, Commodore's Vestures
- 6: Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, Book Event - Imperial Justice
- 7: Imperium Maledictum: The Blazing Seraph, pg. 45
- 8: Wrath & Glory: Dark Tides: