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{{AstraMilitarumPortal}}{{clear}}{|hspace=5 VSPACE=5 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=4 style="margin:7px; border:1px solid #090909"|colspan=2 align="center"|'''Officio Prefectus (Commissariat)''' |-|align=center colspan=2 style="font-size:85%;font:85%"|[[ImageFile:PrefectusSymbol.jpg|thumb|right|Symbol of the Officio Prefectus60px]]The |-|cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|'''CommissariatParent Agency''', also known as the |cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|[[Departmento Munitorum]]|-|cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|'''Officio PrefectusHeadquarters'''{{Fn|cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|3}}, is a faculty of the [[Departmento MunitorumTerra]] overseeing the activities of the |-|cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|'''Armed Forces'''|cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|[[Commissar]] officer corps within the s|-|cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|'''Established'''|cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|014.[[Astra MilitarumM31]].(as the '''Command Prefectus'''{{Fn|14}}|}
The '''Commissariat attaches Commissars to most ''', also known as the '''Officio Prefectus'''{{Fn|3}}, is a branch of the [[RegimentDepartmento Munitorum]]s of overseeing the Imperial Guard to inspire its men, boost morale, and if necessary take control when its commanders or soldiery are demonstrating a lack activities of zeal or competency. The Commissariat also recruits potential Commissars from the [[EcclesiarchyCommissar]]'s officer corps within the [[Schola ProgeniumAstra Militarum]] then trains them for their duties within the Guard.{{Fn|1}}
==Overview==The Commissariat has its origins as the '''Command Prefectus''', a security organization formed from [[Imperial Army]] personnel in the final stages of the [[Horus Heresy]]. Created on the eve of the [[Siege of Terra]] at the order of the [[Imperial Fist]]s [[Huscarls|Master of Huscarls]] [[Kestros|Archamus]], it was designed to maintain security within the [[Imperial Palace]] and other loyalist strongholds on [[Terra]] during the [[Chaos Space Marines|Traitor]] assault. Its members wore black trench coats with red trim.{{Fn|4}} By the [[41st Millennium]], the Commissariat attaches Commissars to most [[Regiment]]s of the Imperial Guard to inspire its men, boost morale, and if necessary take control when its commanders or soldiery are demonstrating a lack of zeal or competency. The Commissariat also recruits potential Commissars from the [[Ecclesiarchy]]'s [[Schola Progenium]] then trains them for their duties within the Guard.{{Fn|1}} ===Fleet Commissariat===
The [[Imperial Navy]] also operates a corps of Commissars, known as the '''Fleet Commissariat'''. These officers perform the same function as their Imperial Guard counterparts.{{Fn|2}}
==Trivia==
[[Image:RTCommissar.jpg|thumb|right|180px|[[1st Edition]]-era Commissar artwork{{Fn|5}}]]
The [[Horus Heresy|Heresy]]-era uniforms of the precursor to the Commissariat, the Command Perfectus, are described as consisting of black trench coats with red trimmings and belts.{{Fn|4}} This is a reference to the earliest artwork of Commissars from the [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader|1st Edition]], which had them in similar uniforms.{{Fn|5}}
==See also==
*{{Endn|2}}: [[White Dwarf 352]], pg. 32
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Astra Militarum (6th Edition)]] - ''The Schola Progenium''
*{{Endn|4}}: [[The End and the Death: Volume I (Novel)]] - 1:xxiv*{{Endn|5}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Compendium]], pg. 19
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