Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25507520-20150514150104/@comment-8881468-20150517162339

86.174.46.239 wrote: Not all Imperial Navy are press ganged and not all Imperial Guard are Conscripted as a etc.

Not all Imperial Commanders (of the various fractions they may belong to) are callous, plenty of examples of forces holding the breech for others, defending civilian transports fleeing, retiring troops given land holds on worlds in terms of settlement. Albeit not continents but enough to have a life

You probably can work your way up in some regards in that situation, even if just to be gang leader etc if you are good enough. But we have already established that not all worlds are Hive worlds and I think our example would be a slum in Africa or such (for safety/development opportunity/personal freedoms etc).

Some (the majority) would be rised within areas where they can thrive if they put the effort in. E.g. A British (lots of opportunity as developed worlds, similar to what 'civilised worlds' are generally regarded as from GWS) child born to parents who were a teacher and firefighter and themselves became a medic*. Happens but some of their class will become criminals and some millionaries (potentilly in theory).


 * Not my life story, don't worry lol

The manpower on Imperial Navy shiops that actually moves the guns or works in the enginarium is press ganged and merely human fuel.

the imperial tactics as a whole is: throw numbers at the problem  or to quote the Guard article


 * "Men, we are the first, last and often only line of defence the Imperium has against what is out there. You and that fine piece of Imperial weaponry you hold in your hands is all that is keeping humanity alive. Most of you will probably not live to see your second year in the Guard and most of you will probably never see your homeworlds again, but I can guarantee you that when you do fall, with a prayer to the most high and mighty God-Emperor on your lips, you will have earned the right to call yourself a man!"

. The Imperial Guard is often referred to as the "Sledgehammer of the Emperor"; the sheer amount of force that the Imperial Guard can bring to bear on the enemy is devastating, but is not as direct or as precise as their Space Marine allies, who are described as the "Scalpel of the Emperor."

alas for the right of conquest: it pretty much leads to those retiring regiments becoming a ruliung elite on the planet with the commander becoming governor. (as we see f.e. in the hh novels or in that imperial army guy article that was publiushed here 2-3 days ago