inquisitorial storm troopers fluff

[wizard12]

right. out of my deep cuiosity for all things I have started to look for information on inquisitorial storm troops

 

from what I can find this is what I have

 

They are recruted from the Schola Progenium, which are schools for ophaned officers kids run by the Ecclesiarchy

They are armed to the same standard as (old) imperial guard storm troopers

they do work on the Black Ships which transport phykers around the place.

 

but what I would like to know is how they work eg. ranks

Do they have ranks like the imperial guard as in a cormel commands a fortress?

and how many man one of so called fortressess?

 

thank you for any co-operation

[gil galed]

being a military unit i'd imagine that yes they use the same rank structure as the rest of the IG, they are just specialists.

[Reclusiarch Darius]

being a military unit i'd imagine that yes they use the same rank structure as the rest of the IG, they are just specialists.

 

Nah. I think they'd probably be organised into squads and then be seconded as fortress garrisons, under the authority of Inquisitors. Any Inquisitorial fortress would have a ranking Inquisitor running the place (this is mentioned at least in the GK novels), so no need for a seperate command structure. As you said, they're special forces, like commandoes. It's important to remember that the rejects from the Inquisitional stormtrooper recruits end up becoming 'normal' Stormtroopers seconded to regular IG regiments, so any who actually end up as IST's are the elite of the elite. Pity the rules don't reflect this, but anyhow...

 

Squad level authority (ie Sergeants, their second) is probably all thats needed. They're designed for use by the Inquisition, in cases where the Chamber Militant is either unsuited, overkill or unavailable. When they're not fighting alongside an Inquisitor in the field, they're guarding a fortress or an Inquisitorial ship, again under the authority of an Inquisitor.

[Cpt_Reaper]

So a Stormtrooper regiment cannot be permeantly attached to an Inquisitor's battleforce and become ISTs?

[Reclusiarch Darius]

Well yeah, an Inquisitor could do that, but they wouldn't be IST's. They'd just be the local cannon fodder, inducted to do whatever dirty jobs the Inquisitor needs done. I think he'd probably go for more IST's though, as they're better quality troops and much more reliable (unlike regular Stormtroopers, who have regimental or even planetary/national loyalties to consider). If an Inquisitor needed bolter bait to tie up the enemy's ground forces so he could complete his mission, he'd probably just use regular Guardsmen or (if really pressed for time/resources) the PDF.

 

Remember, the Schola Progenium sends the very best candidates into the ranks of the IST's (each Ordo presumably then provided additional training/mind-wiping, as per their preferences ie Ordo Malleus puts a lot of effort into making their mortal servants as incorruptible as possible), and everyone else who didn't make the cut gets assigned to regular IG regiments as their special forces. The rules don't really reflect this, but IST's are meant to be better than Kasrkin (which are the local Cadian variety of Stormtrooper, specialised as guardians of the Cadian fortresses, hence their moniker). In fact, the Inquisition hand-picks the very best Kasrkin to become IST's (like with any world with a Schola Progenium), and I believe those individuals make up the Cadian Interior Guard.