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*[[The Citadel Journal 18]], pgs. 26-33 - ''Navigators: The Return of the Imperial Navigator''
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[[File:Nostromo Navigator House Emblem.jpg|thumb|200px|Nostromo Navigator House emblem{{Fn|13}}.]]
It has been stated that it would be impossible to catalogue and critique each of the Navigator families, but many can be grouped into broad categories, representing their unique strain of the gene as well as their area of influence and way of life. For example, Navigator Houses in the [[Calixis Sector]] and the [[Koronus Expanse]] are the Navigator Houses there categorised into four prevalent groups:{{Fn|5a}}
*[[Magisterial Houses]] are those most closely related to the original Navigator families. They are the wealthiest and most traditional and will have holdings in the [[Navigator's Quarter]] on [[Terra]]. Due to the maintenance of their bloodlines, they are less susceptible to the symptomatic mutations of being a Navigator.{{Fn|5a}}
*[[Nomadic Houses]] have relinquished their properties and have taken entirely to spaceborne lifestyles; they are perhaps the most skilled of Navigators but have difficulty relating to planetary cultures.{{Fn|5a}}
*[[House Brobantis]]
*[[House Castana]]
===Great Navigator Houses===
The largest and most powerful and wealthy Houses of the Navis Nobilite are known as the '''Great Navigator Houses'''. They are all supported by complex networks of fealties, oaths, tithes and contracts, which has allowed the Great Houses to have almost total control over the movement of goods across the [[Imperium]].{{Fn|15}}
===Known Great Houses===
*[[House Davor-Jarni]]{{Fn|15}}
*[[House Hals-Viati]]{{Fn|15}}
*[[House Locarno]]{{Fn|15}}
*[[House M'edici]]{{Fn|15}}
*[[House Sixtus]]{{Fn|15}}
===The Paternova===
*{{main|Paternova}}
*{{main|Heirs Apparent}}
The [[Paternova]] is the great leader of the Navis Nobilite, who is chosen from the most powerful Navigators of the Great Families. The [[Paternova]] rules from the [[Palace of the Navigators]]. His position is far more than just one of leadership, he is able to somehow control, or amplify, the warp sight of the other Navigators. Without him, Navigators would suffer a considerable reduction in their ability to navigate the warp, with some losing the power altogether. When this happens warp travel becomes far more unstable. As the Paternova never leaves his Palace he, and the Navis Nobilite as a whole, are represented in the [[Senatorum Imperialis]] by the [[Paternoval Envoy]].{{Fn|14}} The current Paternova is [[Francisco M'edici 14th]] of the Great Navigator House [[House M'edici|M'edici]].{{Fn|15}}
Another important position within the Navis Nobilite is the [[Consul Pre-Eminus]].{{Fn|7}}
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War - Part One]], pg. 36
*{{Endn|14}}: [[White Dwarf 140 (UK)]], pg. 59
*{{Endn|15}}: [[The Citadel Journal 18]], pgs. 28-29 - ''Navigators: The Return of the Imperial Navigator''
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*[[Exterminatus Issue 7]], pgs. 4-14
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