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Cadet Commissars can advance to full Commissarial rank in numerous ways including immediate promotion following their grauation of the Schola Progenium, cross-promotion from [[Storm Trooper]] deployments or assignment to a Commisssar for further field training, where after which they can then be promoted or assigned to a further developmental role as a '''Junior Commissar'''.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|26}}{{Fn|26}} Full Commissars can be further advanced to senior roles within the Commissariat such as '''Commissar-Captain'''{{Fn|11}}, '''Lord Commissar'''{{Fn|1a}}, or '''Commissar-General'''.{{Cite This}} The exact method of advancement to these positions is unclear.
[[Image:CommissarGuard.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A Commissar executes a [[Guardsman]]{{Fn|19}}]]
Commissars are considered outside the normal chain of command are enabled to take almost any actioned to sanction malfeasance within both [[troopers]] and higher [[officer]]s, including summary execution and unit decimation. However their authority does have limits and commissars who greatly over-step their authority or commit some grave failure in duty can in turn face punishment, typically in the form of a commissarial tribunal were those found guilty may be sentenced to punishments such as drafting into a [[Penal Legion]] or execution. Other less formal forms of rebuke include reassignment to a less prestigous or dangerous posting. {{Fn|9c}}{{Fn|12b}}{{Fn|12c}}{{Fn|13b}}{{Fn|13c}}
Commissars known to have faced sanction include:
*Commissar [[Moerck]] - charged with failing to carry out orders after he and his company were involved in a friendly-fire incident. Found guilty and was drafted into a penal legion along with his entire company of [[Storm Trooper]]s.{{Fn|27}}
*Commissar [['Hero' Green]] - refused an order to perform a suicidal assault on an objective he deemed pointless. Found guilty and was drafted into a penal legion.{{Fn|28}}
*Commissar [[Amberly Vail#Retinue|Simeon]] - suffered a mental breakdown during a artillery bombardment and attempted to execute his entire platoon for failing to salute. Found guilty and was drafted into a penal legion.{{Fn|15b}}
*Commissar [[Ciaphas Cain]] - charged with desertion, cowardice in the face of the enemy and misappropriation of military resources during a campaign on [[Adumbria]]. Vindicated by the tribunal.{{Fn|13b}}{{Fn|13c}}
*Commissar [[Tomas Beije]] - charged with conduct unbecoming to a commissar following an attempt to intefere with Commissar Cain in the execution of his duties. Released without punishment following testimony from Commissar Cain.{{Fn|13c}}
*Commissar [[Pius Kowle]] - informally dealt with. Reassigned to [[Verghast]] [[PDF]] due to the influence of Commissar [[Ibram Gaunt]] following an incident where he ordered two troopers to be flogged to death over minor infractions.{{Fn|9C}}
==Commissarial Ranks==
==PDF Commissars==
[[Image:Commissar Amatheon.jpg|thumb|right|220px|A Commissar]]
In theory, the Commissariat has oversight authority over all branches of the Imperial military (with the obvious exceptions of the [[Space Marines]], the [[Sisters of Battle]], and the soldiery of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]]), which include [[Planetary Defence Forces]]. In practice, however, only a single Commissar is assigned to the PDF of an entire planet, or even several planets in a [[subsector]], and so plays little to no role in these forces' activities. As a result, many of these forces are ignorant that these commissars even exist. Commissars assigned to these thankless postings are usually advanced in age, or have been subject to disciplinary action{{Fn|14}}{{Fn|1515a}}.
Some PDFs maintain their own local Commissariats. Tensions are often strained between these local units and the Imperial Commissariat, especially with issues of jurisdiction{{Fn|9a}}, with Commissariat members even known to execute their local counterparts for overstepping their authority{{Fn|5}}.
*Commissar [[Arden (Commissar)|Arden]]
*Commissar [[Fidel Arden]] - 7th Mordion Regiment and took part in the pacification of [[Flotis III]]{{Fn|3}}{{Fn|7}}
*Commissar [[Tomas Beije]]{{Fn|1313a}}*Commissar [[Ciaphas Cain]]{{Fn|1212a}}
*Commissar [[Viktor Hark]]{{Fn|10}}
*Commissar [[Holt]]{{Fn|16}}
**{{Endn|9a}}: Chapter Eleven
**{{Endn|9b}}: Chapter One
**{{Endn|9c}}: Chapter Fourteen
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Honour Guard (Novel)]], {{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Rebel Winter (Novel)]], {{Cite This}}, pg. 52
*{{Endn|12}}: [[For the Emperor (Novel)]], **{{Endn|12a}}: Chapter One**{{Endn|12b}}: Chapter Two**{{Endn|1312c}}: Chapter Seven*13: [[The Traitor's Hand (Novel)]], **{{Endn|13a}}: Chapter One**{{Endn|13b}}: Chapter Eighteen**{{Endn|13c}}: Chapter Twenty One
*{{Endn|14}}: [[Death or Glory (Novel)]] - [[Ciaphas Cain: Defender of the Imperium (Omnibus)]], ''Editorial Note after Chapter 10'', pg. 116, fn. 1
*{{Endn|15}}: [[Duty Calls (Novel)]] - [[Ciaphas Cain: Defender of the Imperium (Omnibus)]], **{{Endn|15a}}: Chapter 23, pg. 449, fn. 1**{{Endn|15b}}: Chapter 5
*{{Endn|16}}: [[Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40,000]]
*{{Endn|17}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution]]
*{{Endn|26}}: [[Commissar (Novel)]], Chapter Six - ''Integration''
*{{Endn|27}}: [[Kill Team (Novel)]], Chapter Two - ''Vincularum''
*{{Endn|28}}: [[Chapter Approved 2001]], pg. 114
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