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Officio Assassinorum

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Despite their hard and often short lives, Assassins can rise in the organisation by successfully completing missions. Upon achieving '''Sicarius Primus''', they gain the right of refusal to any sector-level mission and even take assignments intended for other Temples. This is the stepping stone for advancement to the central Temple on Terra, where they can become high-ranking masters of the organisation.{{Fn|27a}} Indeed, the Grand Master himself is a skilled assassin who has advanced to the Officio's highest position.{{Fn|28}}
The temples, with the exception of the Culexus Temple, are located on Terra but their specific locations are a closely guarded secret. Each Temple also operates sub-temples on the [[Segmentum]] and then [[Sector]] level. These are in turn coordinated by the [[Temple of Assassins]] on Terra, which is home to the [[Grand Master]] of Assassins and the central command of the organisation. The Central Temple on Terra maintains several sub-departments to oversee Officio activities, such as the '''Office of Missions''' and '''Office of Operations'''. The heads of these departments answer in turn to the Grand Master himself.{{Fn|27a}} There are also '''Master Adepts''', who can organize and sometimes even lead assassination operations.{{Fn|32}}
The Officio is also home to many non-assassin employees as for every assassin that is deployed, thousands of clerks and bureaucrats oversee the logistical work of the agency. These officials determine where the operatives should go, who they should kill, and how their equipment is produced and maintained.{{Fn|27a}} The ranks of the Officio Assassinorum also include ancillary staff, including intelligence operatives who are deployed across the Imperium to conduct reconnaissance and analysis,{{Fn|27}} along with [[Astropath]]s, [[Navigator]]s, and other such servants. Though these individuals are not Assassins themselves, they live entirely within the organisation and have no contact with the outside world.{{Fn|2}}
Assassins may be deployed to a battlefield to covertly 'help' an Imperial force, including [[Space Marine]]s, [[Sisters of Battle]], and the [[Imperial Guard]], but rarely join any squad, as they work best alone. When Temples do decide to work together on a single mission, it is in an [[Execution Force]].{{Fn|27a}}
*{{Endn|30}}: [[Dark Millennium (game system)]]: '''Hope's Twilight''' — [https://web.archive.org/web/20240504112735/https://www.ccgtrader.net/card/112070/xx-00-operative XX-00 Operative] (archived 04 May 2024, last accessed 04 May 2024)
*{{Endn|31}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: The Ultimate Guide]], pg. 133
*{{Endn|32}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20250923192338/https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/mkh26zdt/meet-the-lords-of-war-venturing-to-the-warhammer-40000-grand-narrative-this-week/ Warhammer Community] saved page original link: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/mkh26zdt/meet-the-lords-of-war-venturing-to-the-warhammer-40000-grand-narrative-this-week/ (last accessed 23/9/2025)
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