Army Combat Veteran Reacts to Bricky's Every Faction in Warhammer 40k Explained FINALE

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[@darkscholar625]

"There's gotta be some checks on that authority, right?" I legitimately laughed out loud at the notion.

[@xanosdarkpaw1]

Yeah, they don't have to check with anyone before blowing a world up. But they are guaranteed to have to answer some very pointed questions from their Lord-Inquisitor about why it was necessary afterwards.

[@durema9720]

@@xanosdarkpaw1 Some inquisitor:So i ordered exterminatus upon many worlds because i believe it would stop the bugs. Inquisition:YOU DID WHAT?!

[@Giganfan2k1]

@@durema9720 Yes, or a chaos insurrection... However I would like so see you pull that out blowing up Armageddon.

[@mariusevander2214]

@@durema9720 *upon many world because I believe it ** was our only chance to stop the bugs feasting and getting exponentially stronger .

[@gokbay3057]

The Inqusition polices itself. Kinda. Is supposed to at least.

[@hermaeusmora424]

My favorite Inquisition quote regarding exterminatus is: "Some may question your right to destroy ten billion people. Those who understand realize that you have no right to let them live!"

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Lol just wild

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

@@CombatVeteranReacts That's 40k for you. And given the pervasive nature of some threats (chaos, and genestealers in particular) it may well be the only choice left in some cases.

[@hasnaouiabderaouf3570]

in this case the planet was invested with a large chaos corruption, the majority of the population became cultists. there was no other choice really kill 10billion now or risk killing trillions in the future

[@Warlundrie]

@@ranekeisenkralle8265 or an ork infestation. Basically impossible to remove, same with genestealers

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

@@Warlundrie Orks you CAN deal with. Just takes a lot of promethium

[@dragonstudios5234]

One of the most hilarious instances of the imperium using assassin's is when the tau (an alien empire) were expanding they authorized an assassination force wich is effectively all four assassin's going after the same target, however the tau were expecting this and intercepted 3 of the four before they could reach there target (basically the supreme ruler of the tau empire) the 4th however was the culuxes assassin and the only reason they didn't get him was that due to being a blank the tau ignored him so hard he became kinda invisible and he simply took a ship straight to the capital got on a bus full of tau who also ignored him walked straight into the palace and shot the his target point blank in the face and walked out, his presence was so hellish they would rather ignore him and pretend he wasn't there then deal with him

[@1Maklak]

Reminds me of a video of a Japanese man explaining why the Japanese would rater ignore foreigners than deal with them. It included a story of a toll booth guy who would just let foreigners into a park without a ticket because he was scared of talking to them.

[@SebsterMS99]

Wouldn’t the Tau have been completely insensitive to the Null in a way that effectively caused them to ignore the Assassin? I’m not sure if the Tau were mentally blocking the horrific nature of the thing - rather they are just so psychically zero that they don’t even register a Null in their presence.

[@dragonstudios5234]

@@SebsterMS99 the tau do have souls but are so miniscule as to to not properly be represented in the warp. I've heard them described as dim candles in the warp hard to notice but once found easy to blow out, an overwhelming presence of a blank or psykic power can effect them, like that one instance of a demon possessing a member of the water cast as an example of the psykic power effecting them.

[@jacksmith-vs4ct]

@@1Maklak That doesn't happen much anymore and its generally not due to real fear it just makes them uncomfortable but these days it happens much less as younger people are taking over and are more open to new things though they do sometimes refuse to speak Japanese with foreigners preferring English even if they themselves don't speak it well.

[@Stormfire1777]

@@1Maklak it’s also partially because the Japanese spent a long time thinking they were better than other people. Like imperial japan killed millions because they treated anyone who wasn’t Japanese as animals

[@collinfulling3223]

The entire purpose of the Eversor Temple is to recreate the Doomslayer.

[@thenecessaryevil2634]

Part of the selection process is finding recruits that are psychopathic killers before the training. They bring in 100 recruits all of whom are remorseless killers already and basically tell them, "There are 100 of you in this room 10 can try to become Eversor Assassins the other 90 will be dead, you have 10 minutes or everyone in the room dies."

[@JainZar1]

@@thenecessaryevil2634 Also they make those mentally unstable persons into literally unstable persons that explode in a shower of toxic acid upon death.

[@Waristheonlyanswer]

@@JainZar1 not to mention all kind of augmentations and gene infusions to make them resistant to pain and damage, to have them go for as long as they can. And if they dont die in the massacre, there are either lethal doses of toxins in them or mini bombs in their brains. They are pretty much one use human bio-weapons.

[@mariusevander2214]

They are also cryogenically frozen until deployment and as other have said they are a weapon more than an assassin, you send them into places bombs can't reach.

[@collinfulling3223]

All of what y’all are saying can just be summarized as having an implant playing the DOOM soundtrack on a 24/7 loop and are let loose until they, or everything else, is dead.

[@Thedarkelfnightshade]

Another great inquisition quote. "There is no innocence. Only varying degrees of guilt."

[@amwoodco3049]

That's the Librarian from Dawn of War 1.

[@Southerly93]

Inquisitorial hierarchy: There are ranks of inquisitors leading all the way up to lord inquisitor. The different inquisitors and lord inquisitors somewhat balance each other out. Inquisitors can also be excommunicated for going to far, but that threshold is pretty vast. Evers or assassins: Bricky kinda drops the ball on this one. The point of an eversor assassin is to Devi state the morale of a target by releasing on them a horrifying killing machine whose only purpose is to find ever more impressive ways of completely brutalizing a target. Ever sora are also programmed. They’re given information on the target and who to kill/ not kill via brain download. They’re not just some dude either, the drugs do more than strip their humanity. They are insanely fast, insanely strong, and will keep killing until physically rendered unable to do so by completely destroying their body or brain. When they die, the volatile chemicals in their body set off an explosive reaction that kills anyone in proximity. A good example of the deployment of an Eversor is when a planet’s nobility decided to rebel. When they had the imperial emissaries killed, a single drop pod was sent to the upper spire of the largest hive city. It was programmed to kill everyone except the silent fence sitting nobles, and it turned the residence of the nobles into a carnage pit of horrors. Needless to say, the fence sitters were no longer on the fence. Also, most Space marine chapters have no problem murdering civilians if they are heretical enough, but they aren’t always around if the threat isn’t that great.

[@syrienangel4137]

"He was excommunicated...by the Inquisition...for being too CRUEL"

[@JainZar1]

@@syrienangel4137 There is the saying: "You either die a Puritan or see yourself become a Radical."

[@LastDemiurge]

They're a terror weapon. Also, they're focused on living targets, with weapons optimized to horribly slaughtering people and equivalent xenos. Which means that they don't cause a ton of property damage. Useful when you want to take a facility mostly intact...

[@ODDnanref]

@@syrienangel4137 Inquisitor Krypman ordered his scorched earth tactics with dubious results. You can't argue that leviathan is no longer a threat now. Unfortunately, he just postponed the problem.

[@thomasp506]

Regarding the Space Marines. That's kind of the point though, right? *Most* Space Marine chapters would kill civilians *if* *they* *are* *heretical* *enough.* Eversor Assassins have no moral limits at all. If you wanted to undertake a more dubious black op, Space Marines might protest to needless slaughter of seemingly uncorrupted civilians. Eversor Assassins wouldn't have that flaw.

[@RogueBlood343]

If you’re really interested in the “In’s and Outs” of the Inquisition I recommend the Eisenhorn Trilogy. The first three books Xenos, Hereticus, and Malleus are all on Audible

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Man, I should start a book club lol

[@PickleMick90]

Just started reading this due to EVERYONE recommending it. So far it's really interesting . And I'm a non space marines player

[@erhantufekcoglu3193]

Also, I really recommend our martyr Lady audiobook and ephraim stern audiobook in audible. Both have saint characters and inquisitors.

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

@@PickleMick90 Astartes only barely feature in that series. Most is about the various mind-games the inquisition has to deal with on a regular basis. If you only just started, then you're going to like the first meeting with the "overseer" on Hubris. It's an early high-point in terms of badassery, inteded to give the reader an idea what exactly an inquisitor is - in the context of the setting. I am specifically referring to Eisenhorn's remark about patience in that conversation.

[@PickleMick90]

@@ranekeisenkralle8265 aw yeh for sure. I realise that. I just mean that as it's part of the imperium lore people that don't play a human faction may be put off reading it but they definitely shouldn't be . Yeh I am on chapter four and they are basically realising the hubris threat is way bigger then first thought. So I'm excited to see where it leads

[@shiftandrew]

You should definitely check out Bricky's part 2! The chaos and xenos stuff is really interesting to hear about.

[@Sventein]

Inquisitors recruit people to work for them and have 'Interrigators' who are Inquisitors in training. A lot come from the Scholasta Progenitum. I really recommend the Eisenhorn series as it is a great look at the Inquisition. Gaunt's Ghosts is also an excellent series about the Imperial Guard fighting in a wide variety of situations.

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

Eisenhorn, followed up with Ravenor. But yes. Very much recommended.

[@camomurf5182]

The Schola Progenium is such an interesting concept for me. Basically, your parents die to some threat that may or may not leave you potentially "corrupted" in some fashion or other, so you're slapped into a school that puts you in very high-risk/skill/intensity work zones, such as Inquisitorial Acolytes, Tempestus troops, Commissars, etc. The only confusion I have about it is where? Where the heck is the Schola Progenium? I always hear about it as a singular institution, which I think is rather odd. There must be more than one branch, but I can't find any info about it. The pictures always seem to show a space station, so that's something, I guess. Can I get a bit of info on that?

[@Eathus]

Also worth noting that inquisitors can technically elevate any imperial citizen to interrigators, Inquisitors can wind up coming from ANY imperial service bar the space marine ones, every inquisitor has free reign to decide how they choose their "apprentices" so to speak.

[@1Maklak]

@@camomurf5182 I'm pretty sure they have their complexes spread throughout Imperial planets.

[@reecedignan8365]

@@camomurf5182 So it’s not so much put into maximum danger areas, it’s actually quite more tame. They are essentially half orphanage/school - in addition you don’t need to be an orphan to be sent there, some high up nobles and families can send their children there purposely like a private school but one that’s more “one way trip” - I.e. you don’t go home you go into whatever job your trained for. As for where is it. Well everywhere. A schola is not a single place but multiple places. You’ll likely find them on planets of importance or worlds of which have history’s and imperial/political/religious significance. You’ll also find that the teachers there are all ex-servicemen who have retired. I.e. your commissar is one who has retired from his work - like Ciaphas Cain did before being recalled to serve during the 13th Black Crusade - or a Veteran Tempest Scion, a old retired canoness, a rusty tech-priest, a old but skilled administrative clerk, etc. It is these people who will then teach the next generation of (insert job here). - Also to note, a schola doesn’t focus on a single group of people, they will focus on multiple all depending on who they have as teachers. Also for Inquisitors it’s a mix of potential Schola taught Interrogators/Acolytes and acolytes who have come up through another inquisitors retinue - these acolytes being anything from guardsmen to tech-priests to a preacher or clerk or even a hive ganger or pleasure world joy girl/boy. Essentially they can come from anywhere. - this is also the reason many inquisitors don’t see the authority of another as “true” as some may see the gift rank of “inquisitors” given to someone they deem unworthy of such a title as false. This also happens as the title of “inquisitors” can be granted upon anyone as long as they have sponsor from one or several inquisitors and a high ranking inquisitor grants them the title

[@antonkukoba3378]

eversor is an analog of tactical nuke. You drop him into the center of crowd, and he will kill until he is killed or there's nobody to kill. It's the assassin which is used for terror, or destruction. They are hypnotically programmed before the mission, some basic intel is given of course.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Sounds like, yea, a less efficient nuke

[@TheGreatDayne1983]

@@CombatVeteranReacts It’s to strike Fear into a rebellious population not just kill a Target

[@ShinigamiSamaH]

@@CombatVeteranReacts Also, he is literally a ticking time bomb. As in there is a bomb in his chest that will detonate and wipe out everything in that area. After all, "We don't want anyone to come back alive" include the Eversor himself. So he is less of an Assassin and more a one-use Berserker used to disrupt and destroy a large pocket of enemies.

[@TheBongReyes]

@@CombatVeteranReacts it’s a display of terror. Yes, the Imperium could Soace Marines and deal with the problem. But there’s times when destroying only the “troublemakers” and displaying gruesome they were dealt with.... to provide a lesson to the rest of the population.

[@capone2826]

@@ShinigamiSamaH The bomb only detonates if he dies, they can be used on more than one mission

[@ARandomCustodian]

Other organizations can request The Custodian's aid but never can command them to aid. They are so high and renowned in the imperium that even high level inquisitors can't tell them what to do. They can ignore orders from inquisitors and they can do nothing about it because they are one of the only few that cannot and will not take orders from them. I have heard that some custodians have disrespected inquisitors to their face and the inquisitor could not do anything. Inquisitors always get what they want so it shocks them that for once they could not order and control something. So basically they can’t command each other. In the book, Carrion throne there is this quote " A rosette(Inquisitional symbol) could halt many things, but not, he guessed, that spear(The guardian spear is the signature weapons of the custodes, a power spear with a boltgun on the end)". The Inquisitor in this quote threatened the Custodes with that symbol and the custodes just laughed at it. "There was something like a laugh then, rumbling up from the heart of that rococo armor- a deep fleeting amusement at the audacity at it."

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Interesting reflection of the dynamic

[@Tullaryx]

The simplest way to decide who actually is higher in the hierarchy between the Inquisition and the Custodes. Only the Custodes has free access to the Emperor. Even the highest ranking Inquisitor must ask the Custodes for permission to even be in the vicinity of the Golden Throne.

[@In.Gy.]

Gaunt's Ghosts hands down, my favorite 40k novel series. It follows the Tanith 'First and Only' Imperial Guard regiment as they kick chaos' ass across several planets.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

That sounds up my alley

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

@@CombatVeteranReacts If you go and give them a read, I'm curious about your take on Ibrahm Gaunt.

[@ricwalker6600]

@@CombatVeteranReacts you really should read those books and than make a "my thoughts about" video for us afterwards where you explain to us how you liked it, what you dont liked or understand.

[@TyConquers]

I’m an army vet and I agree this and Eisenhorn are my favorite series in the black library.

[@Zardoz4Hero]

I'm more of a Ciaphas Kain fan. A little humor sprinkled in makes for a more interesting read. And he gets some bigger views of the situation than Gaunt.

[@PrimeSniper7]

17:45 That's Inquisitor Eisenhorn, I highly recommend reading the Eisenhorn -> Ravenor - > Bequin trilogies, they're some of the best stuff in 40k and they have tons of worldbuilding, great for newcomers too.

[@fredwin]

He should definitely read Eisenhorn. Highly recommend it as well.

[@Bladecharge]

I got the ook that has the trilogy

[@SoRiNaChE89]

Yeah, but when people ask me what books to start with I usually tell them about the caiphus cain stuff first cause it's lighter and doesn't overwhelm with lore.

[@Flight_of_Icarus]

Gotta pick up Eisenhorn, it's great fun.

[@fredwin]

@@SoRiNaChE89 The Eisenhorn trilogy was the very first WH:40k media I consumed and I didn't find it too heavy to get in to. There was maybe a handful of terms I was unfamiliar with at the start, but it works perfectly fine as a self contained story, at least I thought so.

[@Epics00]

I think doing part two would be better, part two is broken up by the different alien factions. So it more easily lends itself to being separated into different videos. Or if you really wanted to, you can go back and forth between the two. Since they both are long and you’re going to divide them up like you did with part one anyway.

[@BigGator5]

Wait, there's a whole other video by Bricky. Are you going to react to that one too?

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

I probably will, I want to do creating a space marine first lol

[@danialharithrozman5312]

Ahh, the Leutin09 video. Good luck, and take it slow and steady; That video is hella long and you'll be delving into quite a lot of biology.

[@BigGator5]

CVR ...Very good. I honestly think that the other Bricky video is much better. Have you considered any of the Generation Films videos?

[@iron_side5674]

@@CombatVeteranReacts Definitely check it out, you´re gonna love the Orks :P Theres also the Chaos Gods of course, still a lot of good stuff up ahead!

[@SebsterMS99]

@@BigGator5 Love the Generation Film/Tech gang.

[@mjtechnoviking44]

The inquisition has a mini hierarchy with its ordos but otherwise answer only to the emperor himself and each other.

[@Valthonis]

What about the Custodes? I have to assume if the Custodes exert their will, Inquisitors will back off...even if they don't want to

[@mjtechnoviking44]

@@Valthonis technically they both have gulliman to answer to now so they shouldn’t but should the inquisition try to arrest or attack a member of the emperors personal guard they would surely be killed without effort.

[@TheAngryMoth104]

They dont need authorisation for calling in an Exterminatus, but too many might land them in trouble with the lord of their Order

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Ah that makes sense.

[@alexandercasey563]

@@CombatVeteranReactsexterminatus' are also somewhat hard to organise Like, cracking the planet needs a fleet of ships with admirals they need to convince to go a head with it, (granted, they can order them but you know, chain of command doesn't mean much when the admiral has a fleet with tens of thousands of people behind him) Virus bombs require complex gene mapping etc So it's not exactly like inquisitioners have an exterminatus button but they are some of the only people that can order it to be done

[@alexandercasey563]

@@CombatVeteranReacts and as for the question about how inquisition gets hired generally the inquisitioners either get trained at the school the other guy said or they get promoted from within an inquitioners retinue Inquisitioners often find people who are strong, knowledgeable, influential, magical enough or what ever that they'll point at them and just say "you work for me now, you're in my retinue" and if they're good enough they one day will get promoted into an inquisitioner of their own (although it is rare since inquitioners are often generalists and their retinue are specialists who do specific things, the tech priests, the psyker, etc kinda like the A team) Interestingly, some inquitioners have aliens in their retinue, this is very rare, against the rules but who's gonna call an inquisitioner on them right? This is often a lesser evil, we both want the same thing, let's kill each other later deal but sometimes is more perminant.

[@flakknightgaming8583]

Just want to point out that Bricky did a terrible job fleshing out the Imperial Assassins. Luetin09 does a much better job covering them if you'd like to see how the Imperium operates in the shadows.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Yea, I will work through luetin vids as well lol

[@maxgaj3015]

This is a great little 5 minute short story about a vindicare assassin in particular. Gives some insight into how the temple operates in the field and has a classic 40k ending. www.warhammer-community.com/2020/01/27/psychic-awakening-the-killing-creedgw-homepage-post-4/

[@paytonkraft7564]

Well, he DID say he wouldn't go full-in from the very beginning.

[@damobeck1]

I mean... yeah obviously. The video is only 30 minutes not 3 hours. He has to gloss over a lot of shit.

[@danialharithrozman5312]

6.48 minute mark; Ahhh, I can see the pain in CVR's mind in trying to comprehend the Eversor Assassin... Basically, the Eversor is a giant sentient DELETE button; you put him down on an area where absolutely NOTHING needs to be alive; Not even the Eversor itself.

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

You are very much stretching the meaning of "sentience" there though... After all an Eversor is limited to but a fraction of the emotional spectrum....

[@HeyImJerry]

On the note of Reading 40k stories, Caiaphas cain's books are a great read and actually at times funny and light hearted, while still being the typical Grimmdark. I still think to this day that Caiaphas Cain despite call himself a coward and not very bright, is the bravest and most intelligent Commissar in the whole Impirial army. He basically does everything to save his own skin and inadvertently gets into more trouble than before

[@wulferikgebhardt5312]

Ooh, those brought me into the 'verse. Can highly recommend them!

[@avroarchitect1793]

Cai! Cai! Caiaphas Cain! Hero of the Imperium!

[@pappajudas9267]

That's because Caiaphas Cane is 40k Blackadder.

[@SamuraiHonor]

Ciaphas cain is if shaggy from scooby doo, would be a master swordsman in command of a regiment.

[@pappajudas9267]

@@SamuraiHonor always thought he was closer to last season Black Adder.

[@MrTroves]

...Surprisingly, there actually is a branch of the Inquisition who's purpose is to investigate Exterminatous cases in order to see if it was actually justified or if the Inquisitor jumped the gun a bit.

[@jamesphan8164]

The Inquisition: Grandmaster, see that building full of dissenters? Grandmaster: Yeah? Inquisition: I don't want to. Grandmaster: *sighs and pushes the big red eversor button *Sound of maniacal screaming in the distance starts getting closer and closer

[@aristosachaion_]

Underrated

[@eXpriest]

"Where did he even get a van?"

[@warbacca1017]

Scp 096 is just an eversor assassin

[@willhull7713]

As for the Evesors, you dont need to worry about them going berserk en route or during downtime because they are put into a chem induced coma (more like a nightmare coma) loaded into a drop pod while still unconscious, and fired into the AO. (which at this point will be somewhat chaotic, as these are not the kind of assassins you send in when things are nice and quiet) Only during the orbital drop, will sedative feeds be shut down, replaced with Frenzon and other Sci-fi super drugs like Psycho and Jet. Once conscious their heads up display will give them the most basic of objectives, like flashing the faces of HVTs with the words Purge or Kill. Eversor assassins aren't really assassins, there more like ODSB's (Orbital Drop Suicide Berserkers) just like the drop pods they use, they are entirely expendable and pretty much one-time use.

[@jonathanwoodard958]

I would say Eversors are more terror weapons than assassins. They are strictly sent into places to kill as many people as possible and scare the hell out of anything that survives. The best part is Eversores explode when they die, so even the people that kill them don't get to celebrate. That is a gift that keeps on giving.

[@aldenwalkley8550]

19:30 Recruits for most of the Inquisition come from the Schola Progenium. The Schola is a bunch of schools for the orphans of high-ranking Imperial officials who died in the line of duty. They also provide recruits for the Adeptus Sororita and Assasinorum as well as Commissars.

[@danialharithrozman5312]

And Tempestus troopers; Lesser folks when compared to everyone else, but still noteworthy nonetheless.

[@aldenwalkley8550]

@@danialharithrozman5312 thank you

[@thestabbybrit4798]

One of the RPGs made mention of how senior Inquisitors develop quirks (eg: go stark raving mad) over time because of the things they see, and what they have to do in the name of protecting the Imperium. As a result, I've always assumed that one of your duties as an Inquisitor is to keep an eye on your mentor and quietly take him behind the shed when he starts trying to virus bomb a planet because its governor spelt his name wrong.

[@stevesmith7208]

Exterminatus is actually very rare, an Inquisitor got kicked out of the Inquisition because for how many planets he blew up

[@deamonmindgaming2054]

The assassin's are all on a ship where from day one you are in training and who ever makes it to the temple is accepted. Because during travel you and everyone on that ship will die due to the harsh trading regime you are immidatly put under.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

That seems ineffective lol

[@deamonmindgaming2054]

@@CombatVeteranReacts well yes because mainly they are all children, orphans. Some examples of what happens om the ship is, draining oxygen out of a area, bolter and gunfire into random rooms, radiation, starvation etc. Btw most that come out of the temples are only within the hundred or so due to how effective they are. But again this is a prelude to the real training coming up for the survivors.

[@DaemonKeido]

@@CombatVeteranReacts In 40K, efficiency is sacrificed on the altar of "who cares, strap another gun on the damn thing"

[@Zach_Walker]

I think Every Faction Explained Part 2 would be good. It will help provide the basics of the Xeno and Chaos factions and that could help you decide where to go from there.

[@frokghug]

(Referring to the hairline) Paul: “..you see that and you think, ‘bad guy’.” Me: *Looks the Emperor’s hairline* *Looks at Horus’s hairline* *Looks at Sanguinius’ hairline* *Looks at Lorgar’s hairline* “...my god he might be on to something...”

[@SebsterMS99]

Sanguinius was a pretty chill dude, all things considered.

[@sjmcc13]

Vulkan??? Also Konrad Cruze and Fulgrim had decent hair lines

[@falah6398]

@Velstadt Hekkleson I heard you, what is it?

[@reasonableastartes]

*Looks at Vulkan's hairline* ...now hol'up

[@razezillian]

Correct me if I'm wrong but the Average assassins have the information of their main target programmed into their heads. They're expected to hunt down and kill this target by any means available. It's just that they kill anything in the way between them and the target.

[@TheBongReyes]

Yeah. Humanizing an Eversor is kinda missing the point. Their sole job is to kill the target(s) and provide a very public display of the Imperium’s power. That no one is safe. The Officio still maintains control of Eversor, they just don’t care about collateral deaths.

[@arly803]

When he referred to the assassins as a jack of all trades in the tabletop, he wasn't exactly wrong, but he failed to tell you why. In the tabletop game, every Imperium faction can for for the same cost as taking an assassin plus a secondary cost can use a "strategem" called "Operative Requisition Sanctioned". What that does, is let you add any 1 of the 4 assassin types into your army roster, at the beginning of the game (once you know what your opponent's army is). So you kinda get a toolbox aspect if you run assassins.

[@Wraithfire27]

5:28 That's why they just drop em into an area instead of simply releasing them to their own devices. Also, you are GREATLY underestimating the drugs. And the nuke attached to their heart.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

A ...nuke?

[@mastershangchi3410]

@@CombatVeteranReacts Yeah like a small atom bomb. Also eversor assassins are meant to not kill 1 target really but like 300 high value targets all with their own small armies in like a state wide city area. Took an eversor like 1 week to do that. These things are not to be messed with.

[@mekhane675]

You know, that thing at the beginning about people believing in the emperor could potentially work if you convinced enough Orks that he's gotten off of the throne.

[@Asmith218]

I mean Yarrick is still alive because the Orks collectively think he can't die so i'll never die of old age. How does a human co opt ork power claw and ocular implants and able to use them? The orks believe that old humie can kill them with a glare and crush them with one hand. Yarrick is so pumped full of waaargh energy i'm suprised the inquisition hasn't burnt him yet haha.

[@packnheatpaladin]

The Ciaphas Cain books by Sandy Mitchell were a great introduction to the universe for me. Cain is a Commissar who reluctantly becomes a heroic figure in the imperium. From his own perspective he's just a coward trying to survive and in spite his best efforts to avoid conflict finds himself in one hellish situation after another. Probably about as light hearted and comical as it comes in the grimdark 40k universe.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Honestly, risk averse leaders who also don't want to get in trouble for failing their mission make some of the best tactical leaders. They look for low cost, low risk solutions to tactical problems

[@joshtompkins1538]

Ci-Ci-Ciaphas Cain! HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!!!

[@joshbull623]

Inquisition vs Space Marines is like the dynamic of a 0-1/0-2 vs E-8/E-9 in the military.

[@codyraugh6599]

Someone who gets that example, thankyou. Ive had other actual vets not get it.

[@lukejones2731]

the eisenhorn trilogy and ciaphas cain books are pretty good. The former has an inquisitor as the main character and the latter is about a commissar of the imperial guard. The ciaphas cain books are also pretty funny at times.

[@DoctorM42]

If you have Culexus walking on a hive worlds you'd have most of the psykers he'd "detect" killing themselves before you can catch them. What Imperium really uses to catch psykers is other psykers trained in detecting their kin, as each psyker leaves around a ripple in the Warp other psykers can sense.

[@MrExistien]

As an Inquisitor you more or less hold supreme power. So what you said with calling a nearby battlefleet do bomb a planet to dust is pretty accurate. The only real "check" on their power is that other inquisitors might suspect you of heresy etc. and start gunning for you. As for recruiting Inquisitors: Every inquisitor has personal "underlings" called interrogators (there actually is PnP Game where you play as a group of interrogators) which are handselected by the inquisitor from whereever, some might be ex-guard, adeptus mechanicum, others just "normal" people with useful skills, etc. Some of those interrogators go on to become iquisotors after that.

[@Belgarion9989]

The Ciaphus Cain novels are my favorites so far

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

I will put it on the list!

[@pollardmchdea]

A good book that shows some aspects of the inquisition in terms of it's high echelon is a Vaults of Terra The Carrion Throne from Chris Wraight. It is more political in terms of it's tone and shows aspects of recruitment and how the many organisations can work to either help or hinder the protagonist as they find out what is going on a good read for beginners and veteran's alike.

[@larryargent503]

This has been great. I've loved listening to your take on the fiction, fascinated by your analysis and questioning and the comment section and your interactions has given me a good giggle. Have a good one and thanks for the entertainment.

[@jacktobias6513]

Also what bricky did not mention, is that the inquisition has two quote on quote 'factions', the puritans are more conservative in their methods, E.I not using chaos weapons/daemonhosts/xeno weapons. while the radicals are more pragmatic in their methods, and they both have a bunch of sub-factions but I don't want to go in detail about it.

[@georgethompson1460]

not to mention infighting between the orders themselves.

[@Telruin]

Isn't that just describing the different inquisitors methods. I believe there are 4 major parts in the Inquisition. Ordo Hereticus (rebels), Ordo Xenos (Aliens), Ordo Malleus (chaos), and Ordo Minoris. (Had to look up the name of this one.) It's a bunch of minor things. I belive one of the "offices" within it are the internal investigators. Those who investigate Inquisitors.

[@jacktobias6513]

@@Telruin Also what they believe, and how they would act.

[@aaronstrever8517]

For the inquesition, a lot of cases is that you are part of their crew and help them. Then eventually you can get the rank of inquesitor. Also, you can become one by another inquisitor recommending you to the order. There is some training and selection process but it is more that an existing one brings you in. To my knowledge

[@Elmithian]

Most of those picked also tend to have extremely rigorous and tough mentality. Those that tend to get the position (from competent inquisitors) usually showcase extreme level of drive and willpower on top of having at least one outstanding thing they are amazing at (or lot of things they are good at all around).

[@gargoylesplinth867]

Bricky did get Eversor Assassins a bit wrong here. They do have targets 'programmed in' whilst they are frozen, and they can tell friend from foe. They are used to clear entire bunker networks, or large horde units in one go. A story example in their Codex had one with a mission to wipe out an entire ruling (but heretical) family, all 200 or so, from the elders to the infants. And he ended up using everything as a weapon, including a silver dessert spoon... Another sting in their tail is that their pulse is the only thing stopping the highly volatile cocktail of combat drugs and stimulants from settling, because if they do (by the Assassin dying) then they start to react and the Assassin explodes with the same force as a small bomb... This is by design...

[@evilanno3394]

I would love seeing a video of you going thru the history of warfare and pointing out the most important strategies of each time period.

[@Dragonspirit223]

You send Eversor when you don't want one man dead. You send them when you want a organization dead, with one specific person to kill first. And even if they kill the bugger (which is difficilt as they have duplicate organs for toughness), they have additional drugs that literally cause the assassin to combust that makes landmines look like child toys. 17:58 that inquisitor actually uses Daemons, and he's fighting against Xenos. Now, the Daemon is 'controlled' but still... As far as they connection to Secret Police goes, specifically CIA and FBI is the idea of them originally being secret police, I believe the CIA launched a raid on Cuba a while before the Cuban Missile Crisis. And yes, Space Marine fight against the Inquisition A LOT. Look at the Black Templar that use the Codex Astartes as literal toilet paper or the Space Wolves who'd gladly punch a Inquisitor if they crossed them, mostly due to history on that one (glances at the Months of Shame). Inquisitors aren't raised, they're more recommended by already existing members of the Inquisition, I believe a Sister of Battle is currently a Inquisitor. And generally more senior members of the Inquisition are in charge, and I believe it requires more than one to declare exterminautaus unless there is VEEY good reason to not wait around for it (Tyranids are eating it currently or are going to in two days, for instance *cough Inquisitor Cryptman cough* ). As far as execution of Exterminautaus, only soecific ships can, and they're generally big and slow, or a fleet of 'small' ships.

[@jacktobias6513]

Well, the inquisition DOES have a hierarchy, but it's more like titles and stuff, not like an actual hierarchy.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Interesting

[@danialharithrozman5312]

The title of inquisitor alone, is both blessing and curse.

[@TheBongReyes]

Technically, every Inquisitor possess the same authority. Some Inquisitors have acquired more power and influence than others... i.e. Inquisitor Lords. Some inquisitors are solitary. Others are politically “connected”. Others led a small retinue. Some command personal armies.

[@bobdob3411]

Sandy Mitchell's Caiaphas Kane series, has a little bit of everything also be kind of interesting to hear your take on it.

[@MrPostaldude2]

Bricky mostly glosses over the specifics of Eversors, which is okay since his video is just supposed to be a basic introduction of their core concepts. He's not wrong that Eversors are drug-fueled, angry cyborg murdermachines, but they are far from mindless. They're augmented for speed and reflexes more than any other Temple, but also receive extensive guerilla warfare training via natural selection and hypno-indoctrination training programs similar to those Space Marine Neophytes undergo. Furthermore, all of them are engineered in a specific manner so that the volatile combat drug cocktails they carry around in themselves explode like an anti-tank bomb when they die or trigger a specific mental command when near their target/s. Eversor deployments happen from specialized stealth ships and drop pods, with the assassins receiving all pertinent intelligence briefings and orders for their mission via REM sleep hypnotic conditioning using neural implants, simultaneously as they are being woken up from cryosleep. Eversors *are* also capable of working together in teams and even with other Imperium personnel, but only if said personnel are logged as 'friendly' on their mental IFF by the aforementioned hypno-command briefings. Eversors are the most pure and expendable black-ops Temple, the assassins you send in when you need something in a fortified bunker complex dead with no witnesses, be they friend or foe. They typically get sent to take out superhuman targets like rogue Space Marines or high-priority Ork Warbosses in chaotic warzones, where the other Assassin Temples are much less likely to guarantee a successful kill within a very short timeframe for deployment. Sometimes, the Eversors complete a mission and are intact enough to be recalled, whereupon they go right back to cryospleep until their next deployment. But more often than not, they are deployed with the expectation of never coming back, which is just fine, since they are the Assassinorum asset most easy to replace. I remember reading about an Eversor who was inducted into the Temple after being captured by Imperium authorities, who went to investigate why an entire orbital habitat housing a couple thousand people went quiet. Turns out, a sociopathic teenager became a serial killer and meticulously killed every single person on his home habitat after sabotaging the communication equipment so they couldn't call for help. Then went on to sabotage and booby trap things like life-support so he could split up the internal security personnel into groups he could handle, followed by leisurely slaughtering the civillians in similar ways. Most people naturally saw that kid as a monster that should be put down, the Eversor Temple recruiters saw a talented new initiate. That's 40K for you.

[@jacktobias6513]

'checks on their authority' only the emperor (and other inquisitors) have authority over inquisitors.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Wow

[@TheBongReyes]

Probably the only other organization that the Inquisition can’t order around, aside from a Primarch..... the Adeptus Custodes. Technically, the Inquisition & the Custodes only answer to the Emperor.

[@leatfingies574]

The eversor literally have to have sedatives administered to them from their suits to make them drowsy enough for them to be picked up and refrozen. They keep them frozen specifically because of how volatile they are

[@CorwinTheOneAndOnly]

Memes aside, exterminatus is actually taken very seriously within the inquisition. Ex-inquisitor Kryptman was actually excommunicated from the inquisition because he used exterminatus as part of a battle strategy *instead* of a last-resort, multiple times. To be fair, it *did* work, as he was fighting against Tyranids, which is why it's so important to highlight that, because even tho it worked, the inquisition still found it worth judgement and excommunication over.

[@Telruin]

As I understand it, it's also a decision that can take a long time to make. Many meetings to be had. Partially because the also need to figure out what is the best way to do it. Burn the planet? Turn all life into soup... then burn it? Send in the Grey Knights? I don't know what regulations there are for Deathwatchs Kill-ships. I imagine a lot of their work is classified and shredded instead of stored. I know of one instance where Ad-Mech performed an exterminatus on one of their forgeworlds, before they had the time to even address the issue that caused it. (It had no repercussions, because it would have been a diplomatic nightmare... can't have some of the outer planets starting to claim the "real" Omnissiah was there)

[@noahmochalski4066]

One of my favorite 40k series is Gaunts Ghosts! Within that series you’ll get to see commissars, space marines, demons, and even the inquisition! Plus it’s probably one of the only imperial guard regiments that is more worse off than Cadia!

[@jeamon1437]

While the Inqusition does not have a lot of hierarchy per se (except for a few offices, but not like a military ranking system) teh normal members find their own rankings and establish themselves in that system. It is mostly dealing whom do you know, how well, do you have any favors to call in, what great deeds have you done, that gives an Inquisitor his 'rank'. Hope this helps. Also Bricky mentioned it when he started talking about the Officio Assassinorum (in the part before this one) that the special school also educates Inquisitors to some extent i believe. But if i remember correctly the 'normal' way to become an Inquisitor is teh following: In general every Inquisitor has his/her own entourage of highly skilled and specialized helpers and associates. And it is very common that the Inquisitors at some point take one of said entourage into tutelage or maybe even look for a possible successor and let them gather experience in that entourage. Here is where my memory gets fuzzy. I think that the mentor at some point presents the protege with an individual seal that every Inquisitor has and he then becomes a full-fledged Inquisitor. These mentor-protege relationships that built over years are also the cornerstone/beginning of the newly minted Inquisitor's social network/inner ranking. Hope this helps, please correct me if I stated something wrong.

[@Seleevan]

Hey Paul, combat veteran, MMA fighter, KZbinr! Love the show! I think what bricky means by jack-of-all-traids on tabletop is that you bring all four assasins to a match, and before deployment you can choose witch one you field because they cost the same, and it states it in their rules.

[@plmokm33]

Inquisitors have a retinue that they collect over the years. Among these they usually have acolytes, which are basically junior inquisitors that they train personally. Essentially, the selection process is that inquisitors find people and give them a COOP placement.

[@noobishwarlord3734]

Your assumptions on the use and volatile nature of eversor assassins is on point.

[@imperialinquisitormordecai9688]

Eisenhorn, the inquisitor you said looked evil in the video, has a good book series about him called, well "Eisenhorn". It makes you have a lot more understand of what the inqusition does in general as most of them are only trying to do their best in a universe filled with absolute horrors. Also, maybe do the Luetin video next, and then come back for bricky for some xeno knowledge?

[@xazelnighthaunterfanboy975]

Inquisitors do have sort of Hiearchy, more senior Inquisitors have a rank of the Lord Inquisitor and the highest rank got the leaders of the Ordo's. Their experience and reputation ( also which clique in the Ordo they support) determines their standing among other Inquisitors. They make conlaves where they appoint leaders or a debate various problems or it can work as a seminar, for example new xeno drugs and their effects on resisting interrigation or something like that. They sometimes work more like scientific community. There are several schools of thought among Inquisitors. Generaly they are divaded to Puritanical Inquistors and Radicals. Radicals are those who think that using chaos artifacts to defeat chaos is sometimes necessary, they also end up being executed by their fellow Inquisitors. If Inquisitor does something that seems heretical he is hunted and brought before the court of his pears (other Inquisitors) who determine his guilt and deal with him.

[@Masra94]

Inquidditors usually go through the Schola Progenium who train orphans but more often just hand pick their own students to serve as kind of like squires or apprentices, learning on the job for years before becoming full Inquisitors.

[@Telruin]

The Inquisitors aren't above Space Marines. Space Marines and the Adeptus Mechanicus are part of but not directly underlying the Imperiums command. Grey Knights are directly underlying the Inquisition, but they are a special case. (Deathwatch used to be, but this lore has been changed) "Lexicanum" is pretty good Wikia page for 40k information. There are others, and they all have some issues with not being updated. (I suspect some "correcting" in the old information again if they are). The page "Imperium of Man" has an organizational chart over the Imperium. It disagrees with me about the Ad-mech, but you can see the dotted line for the Astartes (Space Marines).

[@TheDrow79]

"If The Most Human People Are The Secrect Police...Well Damn..." That quote right there sums of 40k very well

[@ruedigerleibrandt8394]

Eversor Assassins are weapons of Terror. They are, as far as I remember, really more used on soft targets, like the proverbial village feeding terrorists, that as actively killing direct combat capabilities. There will be terror sown along the lines of "When you support these, you and your family will die. Messily" The military value comes solely from the fact that you don't want such a psycho roaming your supply base area, so you have to pull back troops to scour the area. When they appear to thinly, the Eversor Assassin will mop the floor with them, resupplying using their equipment.When they appear in large clumps, he might slip between them unseen and keep on doing his stuff.

[@UristMcFarmer]

Two important videos for understand W40K from Luetin09: "40K - CHRONOSTRIFE WAR - Is it actually M42??" and "40K - ZOMBIE FORMS -XENOLOGY". The Chronostrife video helps you really understand why there is so much disorder in everything, the short version is that the warp, being near it, and traveling through it, has a time bending property such that no one knows, really, what time/year it is relative to anywhere else. The Zombie Forms really helps you understand why psychers are so dangerous and why exterminatus is sometimes the best option.

[@SirMarshalHaig]

Legal and practical authority over an institution. "We hacked up that snooping inquisitor and donated him in dried up bits as food rations to the Death Korps of Krieg"

[@LegatusLucius1994]

LOL the Inquisition when the straight guy in the group of crazy people happens to be the same guy who just finished murdering 40 thousand planets

[@CrispyChaos38]

Watched earlier but forgot to comment so here’s more info. For the evisor (crazy guys with skull helmets) they technically can still reason and strategize but are generally used as a one man, no questions asked cleanup team. They undergo extensive physical and psychological training to make them adept combatants. Their pumped full of adrenaline, steroids, etc and undergo medical changes meant to make them better fighters. However the extreme modifications make them chemically (and thus mentally) unstable. They can fight enemies leagues above humans but they exert themselves so much that the long and short term effects are life threatening. As a result they’re used as expendable fire and forget weapons often used against rebels and cultists though they may also be used against other threats. And since a crazy dead man isn’t likely to ask questions they won’t hesitate to kill. As for the inquisition I can’t say I know for sure how they recruit but from what little I know I believe members seek out potential candidates who are entered into a special academy. As for their chain of command they do have one. Due to the sheer size of the imperium they largely operate independently but will send reports monthly to a superior. But they ultimately do submit to a higher authority within the organization.

[@josephmckenna5760]

Many high-ranking Imperials are recruited from the Schola Progenium, which are a series of schools that mainly consist of children of orphaned soldiers. Commissars and such are recruited from these schools, and naturally, existing Inquisitors often headhunt, finding strong-minded individuals with a similar code of ethics to their own, so you could say that the main way a person (usually) becomes an Inquisitor is through apprenticeship to a senior Inquisitor. Being a large galaxy, not every Inquisitor thinks alike and there are books (and games) where they actually go after each other, and its a bit of a nebulous area as they both have the same authority and attempt to declare the other heretics or outlaws. In the lore, there are numerous Inquisitorial philosophies which demonstrates the dichotomy. A Horusian Inquisitor would see a powerful weapon of Chaos as something that could be used against its creators, while a more conservative Amalathian would be horrified by this act. A Thorian Inquisitor might consult with aliens about ressurection/rejuvenation technology that might heal the Emperor, while a xenophobic Monodominant would try to kill such aliens and eliminate all evidence that they ever existed. And you're right, while they do outrank everyone, there is some push/pull about this authority. Certain chapters such as the Space Wolves and Dark Angels have secrets they wish to preserve, and Inquisitors who push those chapters too deeply about such secrets tend to wind up dead.

[@Nightshade_Daylight]

If there is anything in the imperium that is made to die it is the eversore Assassins. They are crazy in melee and have an auto explosion that does mortals wounds to every model in the explosion radius. If you field an eversour you send them into deep combat into as many models as you can and and kill as many as possible before blowing up and whipping half an army off the board. The drop pod thing is represented by picking a place on the board then you put him in a radius around that place when you want him on the board. And if you kill a model in melee you attack again. I love fielding eversore because he is just a nuke with claws and feet. It is so fun.

[@arly803]

one other thing that is noteworthy with the Eversor temple assassins is that the cocktail of combat stimulants and inhibition removing drugs they are on is an overdose that will kill them, and that they're rigged to explode when they die.

[@persephonebonner5733]

Fidus Kryptman was an Ordo Xenos Inquisitor who performed Exterminatus on a series of worlds to essentially make a "fire break" that would stop the Tyrandi's advements and turn them because the worlds would have no biomass to feed the Tyranids. His superiors did not take too well to his use of Exterminatus in this way, but as I recall, he punishment was just getting booted from the order (because what did actually DID work and like saved billions of lives). So there is oversight on the Inquisitors use of Exterminatus, but it is generally after the fact.

[@BigSeth1090]

Others have said it, but you really need to check out the Gaunt’s Ghosts series. It’s a much more human perspective than many of the other novels, and with a lot more emphasis on the life of a regular guardsman.

[@lordcommissar7813]

A good example of extermimatus is when the tyranids first appeared in the universe they were eating and draining entire planets of all life and bioforms and using it to make more of themselves so the inquisitor decided it would be better to destroy the planets themselves to prevent the tyranids from spreading and benefiting from it

[@silentark6023]

If I'm remembering right, exterminatus can be denied to lower ranked inquisitors if it is considered too valuable a planet, something like a major forgeworld or a space marine citadel world. Also its less mass bombardment and typically a single shell that either ignites the atmosphere or causes seismic ripples that tear it to pieces. Otherwise there's pretty much no other process to ordering an exterminatus, though it is often reviewed afterwards, lorewise there's really only one noteable case of someone being dismissed from too much exterminatus, and it's arguable as it was to deny a mass of tyranids food, and it did work to a degree.

[@ryanong3517]

Inquisitors are accompanied by acolytes, who they recruit from all walks of life. Inquisitors have the authority to conscript anyone into their service (although there are practical issues if they try to conscript a space marine, or something). The acolytes also learn from the Inquisitor. Those who have potential and survive (a very VERY tiny number) can eventually become Inquisitors themselves, with their former master becoming their mentor. Most acolytes don't last a year.

[@nessesseda]

The Souldrinker Books can be recommended. It's a story about a Space Marine Chapter, that thinks it's doing the right thing, after they have taken a certain, drastic decision, but they don't immediately realize what they have done. A good story about being blind to your own corruption.

[@Surya-uj7re]

Regarding recruitment to the Inquisition, there are several methods. One is the Schola Progenium, what Bricky calls "Orphan School", this is a popular source for many branches of the Imperial government because being orphans, they have no preexisting loyalty to any particular faction, and at the same time the Schola gives them a really top-class education. Another source are the Inquisitorial Acolytes. Acolytes can come from any background, they are people that an existing inquisitor has handpicked to be part of their retinue due to some combination of vital skills and loyalty, and after an Acolyte has served long enough and shown the right skills and temperament, they may be promoted to full Inquisitors. Also, there has to be a ton of politics involved in the recruitment process. Given their enormous power, I'm sure every branch of the Imperial government and aristocracy constantly lobby to have some friend/family member get accepted by the organization, and I'm sure, given the right combination of resources, some of them do succeed.

[@Svenssontobbe85]

For most inquisitor usely start out as a helper to a real inquisitor in their retinue(basicly their support staff). They are usely some form of specailist like a interrogator,sage,spy,,enforcer,diplomat or investigator. Depending on the inquisitor their retinue can include hundreds of people all that report to the inquisitor or a trusted advicer. Over the years a inquisitor could go though many retinue members as the fall in service to the emperor,the once that show promise can be eleveted to work directly for the inquisitor and if he/she so judge that they worthy haveing the necesery skills then that person would become a apprentice inquisitor. If the apprentice is not killed in the line of duty or fall under chaos/heretical/alien influnce then they can become a inquisitor in their own right once their mentor belives that they are fully trained. For a reading tip check out "Eisenhorn" or "Ravenor" both are about inquisitors and their work and yes while they are secret police their have more humanity in them then what Bricky let on in the vid.

[@pensador6953]

here's an interesting thing i just remembered about exterminatus, as soon as there's something worth disturbing the imperium at large, the higher ups start *at* commanding an exterminatus, then they reduce from there, and ,depending of the threat you can get the inquisition, the astartes, the astra militarus, it depends if is worth saving your planet/system/sector, all in all the scale of damage is picked by how many planets or sectors affected, is the response system of the imperium, how much damage was taken before sending resources, callous sure, but given the ludicrous distance, logistics, personnel, special forces, and equipament needed, kinda has to be like that, callousness, becomes needed, welcome to 40k

[@signor_zuzzu]

I'm really enjoying reading about the Alpha legion. They are the guy specialised in cover operations, infiltration, sabotage, etc. We are one is a short story about them. Here on YT you can even find an audiobook of it.

[@utes5532]

I just love that he paused on eversor and started explaining why a drug-fueled hyperviolent person would be a terrible assassin, and his explanation is spot on to what Eversors are *supposed* to do

[@pieterlion6450]

25:43 I liked the Gaunt's Ghosts Series alot, still need to read them all, but definitely recommend!

[@GoroScornshard]

Inquisitors are recruited from the Schola Proginium, orphans there are put through brutal training to maximize their skill and faith before joining the inquisition, commissariat, officio assasinorum etc, whatever their particular abilities indicate is best.

[@bryonayres]

A fantastic starter book would be alpharious: head of the Hydra, it's from a primarchs POV, another great one that's from a normal human pov is ciaphas cain, for the emperor. Lastly if you want a highly acclaimed book from a necron POV check out the infinite and the divine, all are absolutely fantastic books.

[@Dartchone]

I will divide this in two parts, For assasins what u have to understand is that those are both deployable as team, yes even eversors which in that case will have a special implant that will restrain them, and as individuals basicly any faction in imperium may call them in if they face specific threat this is why they are considered jack of all trades because no matter which speicifc problem u encounter as imperial commander, they will send a perfect answer for. Most often however since they have the most power in imperium, they work for inquisitor to solve problems that require a specific amount of subtle, and yet final approach, for isntance if inquisitor wants a certain political figure who is suspected corrupt but too shall we say well connected to be outright erased without annoying consequences. If inquisitor wants him dead without anyone noticing who did it, or outright pointing the fault at someone else call in callidus. If inquisitor wants him dead without people knowing for sure it was an inquisition doing the removing but also wants everyone to know this specific behaivour will be punished form on high - vindicare If inquisitor wants everyone to know this type of behaviour is outright banned and wants it to be made as clear and as horrifingly painful lesson for everyone involved - Eversore Culexus assasins are mostly send against eldar or psykers with high political position. Note: there are 4 more temples, Venenum - uses poisons, vanus uses informatio to arrange accidents and i eman accidents they will arrange some drunk to be there or by other emans remove target without geting their hand dirty, secretum kills people in such a way not evne their family will notice or remeber they existed in the first place, and the last one was deleted by other tmeples and inquisiton because they tried to make better eversors by using aline hybrids... their first finished product immiedietly broke free from control and scared sense and fear into khronate berserkers. nuff said. Second part: Inquisitors were first recruited from most loyal and single minded people Malcador(Emperors one and only true friend), and after that from their teams which may consist of tehcpriests, guardsmen who are recruited as enforcers space marines, psykers , sister of battle, whoever_they_recruited_who_probably_has_nowhere_to_go_back_to_or_cant_leave, those companion of inqusitors from now on referred to as interrogators can after receiving recommendation from three inquisitors or one lord inqusitor, can become an inqusitor themselves. As for exterminatus any inqusitor with resources to perform exterminatus may perform exterminatus at any moment he deems it neccesary, the reason this is allowed is simple, most inqisitors are not trigger happy with extemrinatus and u dont play around with chaos corruption, a chaos corrupted world may turn into daemon world at a moments notice, a daemon world will then either blink out of existenceinto warp , or stay around which means u have now a permanent enemy position way behind your forntlines that is a two way portal to enemy main base, u cant use it to storm said base not that u would want it, and u cnat remove it, Daemon worlds are known to resist exterminatus either disableing the primary means (cyclonid torpedo turns into fake rubber replcia haalfway through athmosphere,lifeeater virus refuses to infect anything) and cna attack back(A planet may grow gigantict tendrils that will drags ships down straight into sea of dameons cultist and corrupted spacemarines), hence why despite how stupid and horrible exterminatus is its neccesary. Often inqusitors will at tleast make a token effort to cleans ethe planet wihtout using exterminatus but, if it fails no more chances are given its better to kill it, as fo hierarchy inquistors form conclave gorups ususally with one selected inqusitors perd ordo at the head, that discuss and politick about what si going on in sector, and there is the highest authority of sorts which is the inqusitorial representative to high lors on terrA(posistion that is also a seat of a high lord, held by an inqusitor lord chosen from inqusitors present at tinqusitorial fortress at north pole of terra for a time and then replaced)

[@shizuoheiw]

In fairness to the inquesition, the world they live in includes the possiblilty that "heresy" results in a spontanious demon invasion, and that demon invasion can come in 1 of 4 flavors each requiring drastically different tactics to stop, it does contextualize why they are so brutal

[@blackmark2899]

Eversors that have been fully..."trained" are frozen. The only time they are awake is when they are killing. The area that an Eversor is deployed in is deemed killable so they just let them go to town on everything. Most times they fully expect the Eversor to die and then exploded due to the adjustments they made to their body. But many do survive the assassination and they are then captured and refrozen to redeploy at some point. There are some Eversors that aren't like that. Those only get partial "training" and then become sleepers to be activated at a specific time. They aren't as combat effective as the frozen members but they trade that for stealth and blending in. Inquisitors are recruited, trained, and outfitted by other Inquisitors. People from all over can become an Inquisitor from some random off of some back water planet to even a Space Marine. The training and intelligence thresholds depend on the individual Inquisitor and how they choose to train up their successor or would be college. Of course that protege will need to go before the rest of the Inquisition to be verified and confirmed. And they can deny a protege's promotion to Inquisitor, for any number of reasons. Some noble, some due to bribes and grudges. The only way this is bypassed is if an Inquisitor dies and names his direct successor. So while they may seem like a lot of Inquisitor running around, the system as bad as it is does keep itself in check so the actual number is relatively low. Also no there is no one to green light an Exterminatus. But if it is done on a world that didn't deserve it, other Inquisitors will investigate and bring the offending one to heel. Because planets are a finite resource. But yes they have a hierarchy as some Inquisitors have large authority and clearance than others but there is no one to act as a check to the autonomy of an Inquisitor and if order by one to kill a planet, that's all it takes.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Seems like a less efficient type of bombing

[@blackmark2899]

@@CombatVeteranReacts to be honest it really is. They have a niche in which they are deployed but it escapes me at the moment. But the Eversors are some of the best combat specialist in the Imperium.

[@ruick411]

The few times I’ve read about exterminatus in books is when there is an active gash in the warp and demons are literally spewing out of it and the population is pretty much lost already. There’s a book about the grey knights and how they work with the inquisition. Basically a squad is assigned to a single inquisitor that dictates the direction of the mission.

[@yeoldchief7711]

Say you and some others started a trade union, that's when you send an Eversor Assassin to make a statement. Space Marines have been known to shove an Inquisitor out of airlocks when they've "insulted" the Chapter. It's old, but I think that " Inquistion War" could be a good place, lot's of good introductions to the galaxy. It was originally 3 books.

[@theflamewithin12]

In terms of inquisitorial recruitment its fair to say inquisitors let the other imperial factions do most of the legwork and than use their authority to recruit the cream of the crop out of those organizations and than impart inquisitorial knowledge and training as needed for those recruits. Some examples would be: 1. Recruiting a hive ganger who was savvy enough to build a large gang and thrive. 2. A psyker from the Astra Telepathica. 3. A ministorium priest who was part of a crusade and had experience fighting demons. 4. A Bureaucrat from the administratum who specializations in data management and cutting red tape bureaucracy. Inquisitors themselves have varied backgrounds and typically get the title after learning under another inquisitor as a interrogator. This learning time varies and typically their mentor decides when they have learned enough to be a inquisitor and formally recognize them. Depending on your reputation and renown and that of your former master depends on how much practical power you have within the inquisitorial circle. Inquisitors can be advanced to the rank of lord inquisitor by their peers or appointment by the high lords to watch over a sector although their actual power may not change a whole lot. Something Bricky didn't mention is that it is that their is ideological factions within the inquisition and ordo's and they do come into conflict with each other such as the Puritans (very devout, all xeno and alien must be destroyed vibe) and Radicals (will use dark magic/ Chaos and xenos if the benefit is deemed good enough) Its possible for a group of inquisitors to call a conclave if they believe another inquisitor is grossly out of line or fallen to Hersey or their is a major threat one inquisitor can't handle alone. A conclave is assembled out of all the nearby inquisitors who choose to attend and basically they become a congress of sorts that discusses the reasoning for the conclave and if action should be taken against that inquisitor or issue being discussed after all the evidence they have is presented.

[@sincenobodyasked3123]

I have said it before, The Founding is a good way to go for you in terms of books. The Tanith 1st have a very unique story for an Imperial Guard regiment and part of their struggle is to show they can solve problems unconventionally and not waste their men in order to be respected as a scalpel rather than the blunt instrument of the Imperial Guard. The Uriel Ventris series is good Ultramarines Captain who pushes the limits of vanilla tactics as the Ultramarines are the vanilla lords od the Space Marines, but lauded for being for being liquid nitrogen finest vanilla bean ice cream of the crop due to their primarch Roboute Guilliman being the guy who wrote the book (Codex Astartes) on standard Space Marine best practices. Ventris though is unconventional but always comes through with his giant buddy Pasanius. For a single books not part of a series, Space Marine Battles books are lit. Rynn's World is up there, and Armageddon which features the main book Helsreach and a short story after that will tickle your Inquisition fancy with lots of evil *uckery. I can give you a Promo code for steam that unlocks 12 Warhammer games, you should try space marine and join me for exterminatus of orks. It came with a copy of White Dwarf Magazine, but you are welcome to the code as I bought more than 1. You would also might like Warhammer Total war which comes with one of its expansions Horus Heresy series is excellent and too huge for me to talk about because the next thin

[@marcuskorson8]

Thinking on the inquisition. I'm reminded of a fun little Inquisitor saying this after murdering several hundred innocent lives. "It is better that thousands of innocence be executed. Than to let 1 heretic escape."

[@gunwolfalpha]

there is also the occasional "accident" when an Inquisitor goes to a space marine's ship or sector and fly's out an air lock. I mean the space marines might try and worn the Inquisitor about the "mistake" he is about to do, but this does happen every once in a wile.

[@SomeoneSomewhere-x6b]

Regarding inquisitor recruitment: All of them start out as an agent in some other Inquisitor's retinue. When an Inquisitor finds a promising candidate, they recruit them into their crew and put them on missions to test their performance. If they do well enough, the inquisitor will put them up for promotion, and if two other inquisitors agree, the candidate will become a new inquisitor. This way, only people with proven experienced are recruited.

[@ARandomCustodian]

Here is how the Custodans are different from space marines. Remember they are completely different and separate organizations so do not think they are part of the space marines. Armor- Their armor is better in every way. Their armor is made up of Auramite (the emperor's armor is also made up of this) which is tougher and stronger than Ceramite(the stuff that normal space marine armor is made up of.). They have better tracking systems and is custom tailored and sized for the individual custodian. Take this analogy Space marine armor is like the store bought shirts you can get one your size but it will never fit you perfectly. Custodian armor is like a bespoke suit with a master craftsman taking every measurement and making sure the suit fits absolutely perfectly which combined with the custodian's superior creation makes the custodian so fast that space marines when sparring with them says they even struggle to land a single hit while the custodian is putting not too much effort into it. They also have personal energy shields around them. Weaponry- They have something called the guardian spear which is like a bolter power spear hybrid(power weapons have a sheen of energy over the blade that literally destroys the molecular bonds that it touches so that is literally Cleaves through even space marine armor.) They are also the only ones that have the last of the Adrathic Weapons which are disintegration weapons that have crazy power. No other force even have them because the custodes get the best stuff. Vehicles- Their vehicles are made of Auramite. They have some of the last examples of jet-bike technology(think of star wars speeder bikes but stronger and on steroids and crack). During the Great crusade the space marine legions had them but in the 41st millennium except for Grand Master Sammael of the Dark Angels they are all but extinct except for the Custodes. I would say that the custodes are the least ignorant and most knowledgeable organization in the imperium. They are not bound by religion and superstition(as they are the last few who know that the Emperor hated religion) so they didn't go into the state of ignorance and therefore can maintain the super advanced tech that everyone else lost. These jetbikes are more powerful than what could be issued to Astartes. They are so sensitive and responsive that a small flick could be enough to make the thing do a 180. They could even do supersonic turns almost 90 degrees on the dime. On the battlefield these things wreak havoc with Extremely high maneuverability with high damage and armor.

[@zdron07]

Inquisition uses apprenticeship to recruit. Each individual inquisitors making their own judgement on who they bring in.

[@thatflux9418]

Inquisitor Kryptman, that name that popped up for a second while he was talking about the Exterminatus, was actually declared a traitor for extensive use of those weapons. He was stripped of his title and rank. This was during the Third Tyrannic War for reference. However there was still imperial forces loyal to him, the Imperium is a empire of a "million" worlds, so punishing someone who had that much power is quite hard. He would eventually blow up a moon and start the Octarius War to "save" the Imperium, by directing the Tyranids into the Orks. The Ordo Xeno didn't like that and called it "an unholy mess to clean up" due to the fact that whoever won the Octarius War would be much stronger than previously before, due to the nature of Tyranids and Orks.

[@ashardalondragnipurake]

the inquisition generally has two ways of getting new recruits one is from the schola progenium, the orphan school where they raise people from toddlers up to all kinds of roles depending on what they are best at from sisters of battle to administratum the schola is a pretty efficient institution, finding a persons talent and hyperfocussing them on it when they see an extremely talented person they tend to be picked up by the inquisition to become an interrogator, basically the official inquisitor recruit the training is extremely harsh from then on and takes many years the other option is an inquisitor picks you up and decides to make you his apprentice when they say they have complete authority, they mean it, including letting in new people they usually have a retinue of people they pick up along their travels, finding talented people to be their investigators, hackers, spies and footsoldiers or even ship captains on rare occasions they decide one of those is worthy of going all the way up to inquisitor

[@sabertoothray]

Definitely hope yu do Pt2, really helps get a general picture of all factions and not just the Imperium.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

I will, just want to do Space Marine Creation next

[@sincenobodyasked3123]

Eversor assassins are best deployed in conjunction with a diversion so that the enemy are responding to the other situation while the Eversor murders a path to their target from a different direction. I believe I read that the drugs affect their sense of time and they perceive time as slower and their body reacts as if it were so.