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|cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|'''Established'''
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==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}}
==See also==
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Astra Militarum (6th Edition)]] - ''The Schola Progenium''
*{{Endn|4}}: [[The End and the Death: Volume I (Novel)]] - 1:xxiv
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