ADEPTUS ARBITES: I AM THE LAW! | Warhammer 40k Lore

[@thegrimskull2055]

Fun fact: the reason the administratum uses parchment over a data slate is because they don't want to show favoritism to the mechanicus.

[@GearShotgun]

lol, that reminds me of an admin guy from Ciaphus Cain. He was fine with dataslates, but made people think be used lots of parchment because the admin is really conservative

[@Valsorayu]

@@GearShotgun Book 6: Cain's Last Stand.

[@JohnDoe-ut7cq]

Imma need a source for that besty. Sounds cool tho

[@mistared4021]

​@@JohnDoe-ut7cq Iirc it was in the book where Cain is teaching a scholam(basically orphan school) and at one point we find out that the admin guy and the sororitas lady who teaches there are sleeping together.

[@GearShotgun]

@@Valsorayu yup

[@HeraldOfTheRiddermark]

"Quick Rogal, make it illegal to make new laws! Time is of the fucking essence Rogal GOGOGOGOGOGOGO..." "I am go"

[@hulksmckenzie9571]

I miss that series 😭

[@GamerGrovyle]

@@hulksmckenzie9571 We need a reaction series of DK reacting to it. He does V-Tubing right?

[@mkvenner2]

SpeakerD

[@Mr.Crow1984]

"I AM THE LAUH DROP YOUR WEABBONS" -Arbite Stalone

[@NyarlathotepWelfare]

LAAAAAUUUUUUH -Arbite Rico

[@voidfinder12]

Dorn: "This is my outdated copy of the Book of Judgement. I sometime use it as a support beam."

[@Carrisonfire1]

I swear Bricky is trying to see how many times he can mention the War of the Beast before actually covering it.

[@Dracobyte]

The teased!

[@josephdominick1157]

Speaking of Word Bearers: There is a new meme going around of the mental gymnastics of the Word Bearers going from "Monarchia was unjustified" spiraling down to "Calth was an act of self-defense" Doing an episode on Calth would be fun 😂

[@chronovac]

"Machine spirit, please begin to recite the ancient hymn 'I am the Law' by Anthrax"

[@MrThademon]

Query: And you will not fuck around no more?

[@stevetrent4638]

Man I love that song. Plays in my head every time arbites are mentioned.

[@bruhhhhhh1]

RESPECT THE BADGE! He earned it with his blood!

[@gabrielcanejo187]

​@@bruhhhhhh1"I'M THE LAW!! You Won't Fuck Around No More."

[@YoBen100]

"We determine the guilty. We decide the punishment."

[@raycearcher5794]

We need a story where Chaos invades a planet and the Arbites are totally stoked because arresting an Aspiring Champion would be the biggest bust any space cop has ever managed

[@austagtheglorious4534]

Your punishment is tickles

[@austagtheglorious4534]

Of death.

[@consolescrub4031]

@@raycearcher5794 There was a Night Lord Warband who raided a prison colony run by the Arbites. If memory serves one raider told the Arbite facing them to take their best shot, unaware that the cop was armed with an inherited volkite rifle (which are relics from the Age of Strife and often very difficult to reproduce.) There's also a series of books about an Arbites captain who gets up to all sorts of shenanigans including a tech priest house of horrors and Rogue Trader inheritance disputes.

[@Dracobyte]

Reminder that in the very old times, Games Workshop made 2000AD / Judge Dread miniatures.

[@bjornancraite2266]

I believe they'd probably refer to their weaponry for riot control as "less lethal" not "non-lethal." That's how modern SWAT teams refer to things like tear gas and bean bag rounds- getting shot at near point blank with a bean bag round can still potentially injure or kill you.

[@Meatsquadron]

Oh yeah, you dome someone within 5-10 yards, guarantee at minimum TBI. You definitely deleting someone under 5 yards.

[@woodlefoof2]

Same with tasers too. If they stick the wrong spot they don’t get back up. I think they also started using it to make sure the officers were also aware of the dangers. After all even if they knew in the back of their mind, call it “NON- Lethal” long enough you can forget

[@CalciumCD]

You can just imagine a report from the arbites that goes something like "Due to our officers careful application of less lethal tactics, only 37% of the suspects were killed during the pacification operation, allowing the rest to have the Emperor's mercy applied extensively to them"

[@LordIsrafel]

The weapon does 6d10 damage. The target has 61 health. Therefore, the weapon is non-lethal.

[@Dracobyte]

Yup.

[@morionusnovus3211]

05:57 the fact that people still think of Judge Dredd as Sylvester Stallone and not the marvelous Karl Urban in Dredd (2012) still fills me with sadness

[@Ian501st]

Yeah

[@ogreevans]

It's an age thing.

[@morionusnovus3211]

@@ogreevans nah, i'm older than both DK and Bricky

[@harjacgamimg2526]

There was no Stallone Dredd film

[@lordofinnistrad8757]

It’s just because of the memes.

[@_NIKOS9_NIKOS]

ATTENTION CITIZEN! Spam TTS jokes in the comments! IT'S THE LAW!

[@adenkyramud5005]

The codex astartes supports this action!

[@iamthereddemon20]

Didn't we outlaw jokes already?

[@elpaya7775]

​@@iamthereddemon20I don't know, I was thinking about poo

[@justindalton8701]

Remember the little roar in tts when the arhities tried arresting the inquisitor

[@nathancurnutt8074]

"Father your sweet heart was I, Rogal Dorn"

[@felipehonoriobs]

"This is clearly non-lethal. I couldn't kill an ork with it."

[@chaosof99]

How fitting. I am currently putting together the Arbites Kill Team. Unfortunately it is also kind of a hassle to build them in a way so that they are also viable in 40k while preserving all the options. Had to fall back to trying to find the Miniature of the Month from over a year ago to make that work. Also, "fun" fact: Because the kit is currently reboxed for the new Kill Team edition, it is not available from GW. The kit is used for 3 of the 26 datasheets in the Agents of the Imperium Codex that released in the Summer, which means means that 11% of the Army, or rather 15% when also counting the Navy Breachers of the very same reason, is unavailable because GW can't plan their released properly.

[@GamerGrovyle]

Day One of asking Bricky to tie DK to a chair and make him do a react series to Emperor Text To Speech.

[@Senor_Penor]

Oh god poor DK

[@espenmunnecke9644]

Make him watch the entirety

[@ITISHAAHAA]

I second this

[@bossbeartherock6034]

69th this

[@Nicolatteaur]

The Codex Astartes supports this action.

[@Notbatman374]

"Inquisitors can even boss around astartes sometimes..." Chaos gate comes to mind. Iquisitors show up and tell the Grey Knights they're working for the inquisitors now, and aren't immediately shoved out an airlock.

[@Kingdorugha]

To be fair, the new commander (player) was probably simping her, so that explains a lot.

[@Mare_Man]

The Grey Knights are directly under the Inquisition, so they're a bit different

[@Dracobyte]

Yeah...

[@raycearcher5794]

Flayed one waifu cries because nobody will hold her gigantic, razor-sharp hand

[@wilholloway2924]

I'd hold it, as long as I can slightly dull down the blades

[@rimanahbvee]

I can take her

[@clarenceweaver1820]

Another perfectly crafted podcast to listen to during the hurricane, fantastic!

[@702Jamy]

Godspeed you floridian bastard

[@Tampenismall]

Oooof, stay safe

[@clarenceweaver1820]

@@Tampenismall Thanks Chief. I’ll be fine though, ain’t no hurricane beat me yet

[@BrotherBoot97]

Warpstorm Milton inbound, the Emperor protects. 🧡

[@clarenceweaver1820]

@@BrotherBoot97 The Emperor Protects

[@wesleymiles8756]

I'd love to imagine that Konrad Curze had a hand in writing much of what would become the book of judgement that the Arbites would follow. It fits thematically as Curze was able to bring his horrific crime world to order, and the writings literally being on sheets of human flesh would definitely check out.

[@khylerbane4523]

TTS Emps: DAMN IT CURZE. WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS?

[@Flummoxed_Buffoon87]

Arbites sees 40K version of a dog abuser. "I'm turning off my body cam auspex."

[@sebastianls412]

ATF 40.000 don’t stand a chance.

[@mikhaelgribkov4117]

"Order In The Chaos" from DREDD 2012 starts playing. Peak movie.

[@toospooky051]

"As for you MaMa...... Judgement time."

[@Dracobyte]

It deserves a sequel.

[@jakebailey1636]

It's been a hot second- but time for some bonus lore! The fact you may not live long enough to see a crime and your potential pardon for it does not change much in the eyes of the law; It is more than possible for crimes to be inherited if the generation who was accused has passed. Far from the nicest thing to inherit in a will

[@hansarp2066]

Played my first game with imperial agents. Whenever I took my turn, i played bad boys off my phone.

[@GearShotgun]

lol, my friend and i had a game years ago that turned into a police chase as my raveneing bikers chased his dark eldar raider with a melta gun

[@Lancersilva]

Based

[@SpetsnazStevens]

Yeesh

[@a.gravemistake3061]

Magistratum Mundanus is the most accurate portrayal of Imperial Law you can find on KZbin.

[@somerandom3257]

I can’t wait for the second season

[@LenaMaia-o9o]

@@somerandom3257 Wait, they are making a second one? o.O

[@Netninja543]

@@LenaMaia-o9o Tex recently announced he was writing up the plot for S2. Prepare for madness.

[@LenaMaia-o9o]

@@Netninja543 Oh fuck the hells yes. Will have to rewatch season 1 in preparation

[@somerandom3257]

There’s no telling what madness it’ll be but it will be a great ride

[@jonathanwatson4484]

I AM THE LAW

[@sir_tacothe1st]

I AM THE LAW

[@clarenceweaver1820]

@@jonathanwatson4484 I AM…. THE LAW

[@heavystalin2419]

_I AM THE LAWN_ ...Uuuh

[@Bluecho4]

"I didn't break the Law! I AM THE LAW!"

[@GambeTama]

LAWWWWWWWWWW!!!!! 😬

[@SixshotRevan]

The only Arbites story I've ever heard (outside of TTS) turned out to be an Alpha Legion story in disguise. We were following an Arbite who was investigating and interrogating a number of saboteurs. TLDR, the Arbite was an Alpha Legion plant, and the 30 or so saboteurs he interrogated each gave him a single word of his activation phrase to restore his memory.

[@goobie_goober]

I’m bout to get hit with a cat 5 hurricane thank you guys for good content I can watch before i get hit by a warpstorm

[@BrotherBoot97]

ATTENTION CITIZEN

[@Dracobyte]

Abide to the law!

[@ranulfthevast2180]

For a fun miniseries in a similar vein as Guardbros All Guardsman Party; Black Pants Legion did a 40k police roleplay called Magistratum Mundanus. I recommend a listen!

[@Tac-Tactikus]

Damn you for making me say "IAM THE LAW" in the most dry and coughy voice i have as soon as i read the title!

[@mikehuey3399]

No clue why but my audio interface pitched everything down an octave and I thought bricky was reading dk's part until bricky spoke. In summary if you pitch DK's voice down he becomes a bricklet

[@Schwalbe1728]

> "The SS" Schutzstaffel wasn't what you were looking for there, Brickster. It was the Gestapo.

[@urbani8231]

Halo ODST reference :D. And the painfully slow and complicated administratum is the most comically horrifying thing about 40k.

[@aldrinmilespartosa1578]

Imagine an arbetes trying to arrest Gulliman because of the bombardment and full destruction of Monarchia

[@AWPtical800]

The Adeptus Arby's: we have the meats because thanks to this shotgun, we took one of your lungs and put it ON THE FLOOR.

[@Dracobyte]

And we have good meme marketing.

[@lumif3564]

Warhammer Crime does a good job with the Arbites. I forget which book it was that one showed up and was basically cleaning shop with his shotgun.

[@zacdye7922]

Remember how Shy keeps saying, "The Imperium persists in spite of it's flaws and flawed institutions, not because of them"? But the Imperium still needs the Knights, and the Inquisition, and the Administratum, and the Arbites, because it's going to crumble without them. It's like in the Simpsons when Mr. Burns goes to the doctor and finds out he has every disease. All of them are too busy fighting each other to kill him, which he thinks makes him immortal, but it's really not the same.

[@collecter343]

Agreed, the Imperium is constantly dealing with balancing the Pros/Cons of each of its institutions. Despite all the stories we have of Inquisitors doing heinous acts, they do deal with threats so that they never resolve into bigger issues (mostly). While the Administratum is an organizational nightmare, it does sort out the logistics in the end. The Arbites may be the walking symbol of harsh justice, they do keep things under control. Despite how horrible all these institutions are to the people, they ensure the Imperium survives. Are there different ways to survive, sure but it's too late to try those methods in a Galaxy like 40K.

[@RvEijndhoven]

@@collecter343 Ok so that's last sentence is where you've lost the point. GW has been very, _VERY_ clear that the Imperium is not justified in its actions.

[@collecter343]

@@RvEijndhoven Not saying it's justified, just saying that for all of the evil/stupid stuff it does, these institutions help it survive(somewhat). What form it survives in is the issue and unfortunately The Emperor/Primarchs denied any path that would have ensured survival under actually good circumstances.

[@RvEijndhoven]

@@collecter343 I mean, contrary to what the Imperium itself claims in its propaganda, the survival of humanity does not automatically require the survival of the Imperium.

[@topcat59]

Honestly papa Smurf can only dismantle certain things but anything that is a large organization that has a lot of power and has control over territories of the imperium would be extremely hard to dismantle without crippling the imperium.🐱

[@OneNationUnderPug]

Adeptus Arbites always make me think of the Lego Space Police except the Space Police arguably more evil.

[@JohnDoe-ut7cq]

Local DK suffers

[@DetectiveLance]

As the Lex dictates.

[@gearhooves5996]

the Arbites Kill Team was the first set of models I've ever bought

[@TeaganJones-zh5or]

I AM THE LAWN!

[@zackthemaniac5754]

I've got something like 80 hours in Necromunda Hired Gun and I can confirm I found the dialogue like pulling teeth, but the actual story was kinda engaging. But the GAMEPLAY is like DOOM on a crack addiction. Grapples, rushes, extra jumps, different recharge weapons like grenade stacks, shield break, and Dead-eye. The pacing isnt amazing but it takes you through active warzones, on the cool massive trains, and through very large maps with some pretty cool sights. The real draw is the weapon customization through a simple system with a lot of options and the really cool enemies that you get to feel like you evolve and grow to overpower with finess and brute force. Its sick, would recommend.

[@Arcanyum]

I'm reading The Avenging Son and there's a character from the administratum who sees the decay of the Imperium and thinks it is like the Emperor ordained

[@timconner7693]

Having seen a Mastiff IRL can confirm they're easily the size of an average sized black bear.

[@Dracobyte]

I did not know that they were THAT Big! They must eat a lot.

[@Bluecho4]

It's interesting to consider the degree to which, from a law/bureaucracy angle, the Imperium survives in part because the Arbites are basically allowed to make judgements on the fly. They represent the Lex Imperialis, sure, and the Book of Judgement informs that. But the Book of Judgement is simply impractical to actually use in cases, because of how gigantic and labyrinthine it is. The Arbites, meanwhile, were formed during the Unification Wars, when the Emperor was just trying to consolidate power on Terra. They had to be invested with the authority to make rulings, because the Law at the time wasn't very robust. A privilege that probably was never removed, even as the Great Crusade brought a galaxy's worth of worlds under the Imperium, and the body of the Lex expanded exponentially. No one ever told the Arbites "no, you can't just make judgement calls on the fly, based on your own interpretation of _part_ of the Lex, you need to process cases properly". Because if the Arbites had to actually follow the full Book of Judgement, the Imperium would have collapsed thousands of years ago due to inescapable bureaucratic gridlock. The Imperium would have ground to a halt, as increasingly more resources poured into processing criminal cases, until the entire apparatus imploded. The Arbites being Judge & Jury is, itself, a release valve for the colossal administrative pressure felt at all times by the Imperium's criminal justice system. It's a grand irony that the Adeptus Arbites can only maintain the rule of Law by _ignoring most of it,_ and just working on vibes.

[@sergiogp12]

Brickman tries to tell me how to say Are-Bites while he still says bala-tro instead of ball-lah-tro 😡 what next, uh-Bad-on instead of abba-don?

[@floridamanwentwild4411]

At the time of Listening to this hurricane milton hit in Florida and I’d like to say one thing before my internet goes out “nah I’d win”

[@thievesofd]

I wanna see the Arbites insignia with the added “Death and Taxes” on either side of the scale. Really hammer home the IRS vibe.

[@pattyspapers9440]

Flesh and Steel is a pretty fun detective story, would reccomend.

[@ArchangelAzriel1223]

41:39 Good reference. Love that game.

[@vitordelima1496]

58:10 they are practically describing Karl Urban's Dredd from 2012

[@Dracobyte]

That movie deserves a sequel.

[@Tampenismall]

Diabetes

[@khylerbane4523]

For context on the Book of Judgment and the amount of laws it has… an Centurion has a copy of the Book of Judgment made of human skin and is so big he sometimes uses it as a support beam. That copy was also an *outdated* copy. Legends say that just before the coup against Guilliman, the soul of Rogal Dorn manifested into reality just to outlaw making new laws to the High Lords themselves just as they tried outlawing “clown goblins”. Allegedly by order the Emperor himself. I Am the -Lawn- Law! -Provost Marshal.

[@MyManMako]

I have taken a break from asking you to make a 40k cuisine episode, so, time to return!

[@OkamiThunder]

The Mechanicus high lord being the human equivalent of the ENIAC is an awesome concept that I immediately wish to know more about him.

[@Lord_Wateren]

I would actually recommend reading the Calpurnia books, they're pretty good. The first one in particular (Crossfire) focus a lot on Arbites work. The second (Legacy) gives a good view into Rogue Traders as well, and the third (Blind) takes place in a tower full of Astropaths. so a lot of the "minor" parts of 40k that are rarely focused on.

[@HarryDunn-m9b]

You guys should do a dedicated episode to hive worlds and talk about the different layers of the city and how a day to day life their is like

[@Cnfhd]

"I AM THE LAW, eugh what are we doing?"

[@xanmontes8715]

Text to Speech time next!

[@nsgarci8047]

i assume what bricky meant by "x, y and z don't fall under the arbites' jurisdiction" is that that's for local, planetary law enforcement to handle

[@MNM-lq9te]

The thithes got a episode that has arbites and god damn are they awesome! Say what you will on the custodian but seeing arbites against nids was just sooo cool! Its episode 2 btw.

[@CosmicRejectsVideo]

Respect the badge! He earned with his blood.

[@Chiptooth20]

Another good episode but I feel that you skipped over the fact that the Arbities have the authority to requisition almost anything they deem nessiary to do their duties. While most Arbites precincts use Rhinos and Chimeras for rapid deployment and crowd control, the precinct on the planet Pavonis had 3 Leman Russ tanks they kept and used when the world had a cue attempted by the local PDF. This was covered during the events of the first Ultramarines series book with Uriel Ventris. If I remember correctly, the main reason the Arbites had those tanks was because the planet they were on manufactured them.

[@cinderheart2720]

Day One of asking Bricky to give DK quizzes on previous topics. If he gets a failing grade you have to redo the episode.

[@drizzmatec]

Instead of redoing an episode, DK has to do a reaction video of the episode.

[@khylerbane4523]

Master of the Administratum: Should we Outlaw laxatives for everyone but us(the High Lords)? Lord Militant: Perhaps we should ban counting again? Fabricator General: “What were talking about, banging the breathing of Air for everyone who is not us(the High Lords)?” We must ban Clown Goblins. Provost Marshal: What’s today? Decius: *facepalm* “I’m surrounded by idiots.” -Archive records of the High Lords discussing new laws.

[@jerzyksudak945]

High Lords of Terra : ( points at Decius) " Bhahahahahahaha banana hat."

[@khylerbane4523]

Decius: *defeated* “yes, hat jokes. Great fun, thanks wrinkle mongers.”

[@harmonlanager2670]

I’d love a Die Hard style book that follows an Arbites stuck in a governor’s spire during a Genestealer/Chaos cult uprising

[@FA-4112]

Arbites non-lethal force: using shock-maul to smash your knees in Arbites lethal force: using shock-maul to smash your skull in

[@ananonymousnerd.2179]

I think the term you were thinking of regarding the pre-Guilliman Custodes was the Legio Custodes.

[@Scorpshee]

Thanks for finally covering one of my favorite factions!!!!!

[@MindlessWarlok]

Dear god, i had a moment i was like yea doge vandire cool, and then he corrected himself i went went "Fuck! I've been Corrupted!"

[@markwendt3496]

For some reason when combing through the Book of Judgment was mentioned my mind immediately went to the one scene from Spaceballs: "combing the desert". "Found anything yet?" "We ain't found $#!*" It's actually quite appropriate lol.

[@mixolydius4134]

I like how the scale could just as easily represent the imperial tithe as it does justice

[@Fibonochos]

This makes certain parts of "All Guardsmen Party" even funnier

[@LamentedSun]

Caphias Cane when he investiagtes the brothel with the arbites and finds the genestealers

[@Dracobyte]

Which novel is that?

[@LamentedSun]

@Dracobyte Caphias Cane Sector 13. Aborder prince on KZbin has a story reading video

[@EE-iv5ej]

I often pronounce it as "Ar-Beh-tees" but to hear them say it as "Ar-beetees" like 'bee gees' cracks me up.

[@ZeroWinterVideo]

I always read it as "Ar-bites"

[@zaxxo2808]

dude I was just building my kill team arbites this week and then I thought when are they gonna make an episode out of these, well my prayers have been fulfilled

[@RougeMephilesClone]

It's a darn good thing that being the exact same thing as Judge Dredd automatically makes you brutally cool, cuz' I was surprised to hear how little else these guys have going for them personality-wise. Makes the Ultramarines look like a diverse bunch (cuz' they really are in comparison, but I digress).

[@ThatDMan87]

They already did Die Hard in 40k. It was a Ciaphas Cain short story. And when I say they did Die Hard, I mean its author straight-up uses lines from the movie.

[@thisrandomchannelonyoutube7731]

Glad to see non-playable factions getting attention, hope this keeps coming!

[@QuestGiver]

Adeptus Arby's, We are the laws.

[@Dracobyte]

And good meme marketing.

[@bryananderson2931]

Yall really need to check out the Inquisitor Erasmus Crowl books, all 3. Inquisitors, arbites, enforcers, certain giant gold daddy’s, scenes of Terra in current ish lore, all the way to vaults. Really really good stuff

[@kai_plays_khomus]

The nazi _SS_ wasn't a secret police - this role was occupied by the GESTAPO. And just as I'm typing it Bricky got it right himself. 😅

[@Lazrael32]

The Calpurnia trilogy is a pretty good way to see the day and life of an arbites.

[@Matwho]

I was trying to remember what these dudes were called this morning... wow, that's coincidental.

[@Balrog4242]

"Now you're just saying words."

[@MidnightClad8]

If you guys wants a good book and it has Arbites in action read Nightbringer

[@Dracobyte]

Thanks for the recomendation.

[@Shin-e2w]

We learn from a mechanicus novel that schock mauls can very much deliver enough energy to fry an orks nervous system.

[@BiggestIron45-70]

Am I the only one who sees the Arbites episode before the Soul Drinkers episode in the playlist?

[@alienpizzawafflz]

You guys should do a video on Nova Marines! Hopefully something in there worth going over, i only just learned of them thanks to Space Marines 2

[@Slomoshun4u]

I love imagining that DK thinks "Hall of Judgment" is literally a hall like you pass theough it on the way to take a Taco Bell shit

[@smileyzuro]

Wait I forgot who I am....Oh yeah I AM THE LAW!!

[@mathiasnielsen4583]

they should be a story about a citizen who had a "get out of jail free card" from Monopoly, only for The Arbites to relentlessly read through his pages for the citizen to be gone.

[@Zakvadr1995]

*”I AM THE LAW!”*

[@tumage8592]

8:37 the SS was a military Organisation. You mean Gestapo

[@callsignkit6930]

I want an episode where Bricky's forehead grows like a tree, but super slow throughout the presentation.

[@commanderkei9537]

The Adeptus Arbites shot my dog

[@Meatsquadron]

ACAB!!

[@Dracobyte]

That's rough buddy.

[@vlaandhael]

they are not Military Police, they are Police Military

[@tonnycalvins]

My faith in the God emperor has been rewarded. I've long prayed for an arbites episode.

[@MLGHazrad]

Out of all the stuff James Workshop steals to their 40k lore, adeptus arbites is really on the nose down to their designs

[@jollyjager5408]

LOL I don't need a shock maul"quick the forget me stick!!!!"