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The Navis Nobilite is an ancient organization predating even the Imperium by several thousand years, and is comprised of a unique form of mutant called Navigators who have the unique ability to navigate spacecraft through the warp. The Navis Nobilite are part of the Adeptus Terra and Imperial Fleet.^[4]

The Paternova

The Paternova is the great leader of the Navis Nobilite, who is chosen from the most powerful Navigators of the Great Families. The Paternova rules from the Palace of the Navigators. His position is far more than just one of leadership, he is able to somehow control, or amplify, the warp sight of the other Navigators. Without him, Navigators would suffer a considerable reduction in their ability to navigate the warp, with some losing the power altogether. When this happens warp travel becomes far more unstable. As the Paternova never leaves his Palace he, and the Navis Nobilite as a whole, are represented in the Senatorum Imperialis by the Paternoval Envoy.

The Great Families

The Navis Nobilite consists of several Houses or Great Families, consisting of a large group of related Navigators who reside in a literal House. This house is generally a large fortress-mansion presided over by the Great Family's leader, or Novator. There the Novator lives with his immediate family and retainers.^{[Needs Citation]}

Nostromo Navigator House emblem^[3].

Known Houses include:

• House Granicus
• House Ptolemy
• House MacPherson
• House Jenassis^[1]
• House Belisarius^[2]
• House Ferraci^[2]
• House Helmsburg^[2]
• House True^[2]
• House Nostromo^[3]

Status

The Navigator Houses hold a unique position within the Imperium; they are not answerable to the authority of the Imperium, but tend to toe the Imperial line because of the mutual benefits each side receives. Furthermore, members of the Navis Nobilite are compelled by ancient and binding oaths to serve with the Adeptus Mechanicus for a set duration in return for the Techpriests' services, serving the Imperial Navy and Merchant Fleets.^{[Needs Citation]}

This autonomy does not however, protect the Navigators from the agents of the Inquisition. The Ordo Malleus has been assigned jurisdiction over the Navigators, to ensure the taint of Chaos is not able to take hold. Given the slightest reason, the Inquisition will ruthlessly purge any offending parties; goods and assets are seized, midnight raids on Navigator palaces are followed by arrests and a purging of those seen as tainted; their fate to be burnt as heretics or locked away in Inquisition torture chambers. As such, the Navis Nobilite are all too willing to tackle this problem internally.^{[Needs Citation]}

Sources

• 1: The Bleeding Chalice by Ben Counter, ^{[Needs Citation]}, pg. 18
• 2: Wolfblade (Novel) by William King, ^{[Needs Citation]}
• 3: Imperial Armour Volume Ten - The Badab War - Part Two, ^{[Needs Citation]}
• 4: Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook, pg. 139

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• White Dwarf 140 (UK), Jervis Johnson, Andy Jones, Simon Forrest & Rick Priestley
• Codex Imperialis
• Specialist Games