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The Imperial Navy also operates '''[[Naval Security]] Battalions''', also known as '''Naval [[Armsmen]]'''{{Fn|6}}. These consist of units of armed soldiers intended to put down mutinies, board enemy ships, and protect Imperial Navy installations. Typically, Naval Security troopers are equipped with black body armour and [[shotgun]]s.{{Fn|4}}
Imperial Navy vessels require personnel from other Imperial factions in order to function. These include [[Navigator]]s from the [[Navis Nobilite]] for navigation{{Fn|13}}, [[Astropath]]s for interstellar communication{{Fn|14}}, and [[Tech-Priest]]s from the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] for higher maintenance{{Fn|14}}. One of the foremost duties of the Navy is to transport the [[Imperial Guard]] to warzones, and as such every Navy vessel no matter how small will sport some means of training deck to accommodate them.{{Fn|11a}}
The lowest level of personnel in the Navy hierarchy are bondsmen, which in truth are little more than slaves. Alongside [[Servitor]]s, these poor souls undertake the most thankless and often most dangerous tasks on a vessel. Bondsmen are acquired from a variety of means, such as rounding up criminals or unsavory elements of Imperial society or simply being born into their status aboard a vessel. Bondsmen duties include cleaning, hauling ammunition into weapons chambers, shoveling fuel, and manual labor. Working long hours and only fed meager rations, Bondsmen are met with brutal discipline should they protest their status.{{Fn|11}}
[[Image:NavyImage3.jpg|thumb|right|Imperial Navy workers load a [[Torpedo]] into its firing tube{{Fn|12}}]]
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