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***The [[Estate Imperium]]
***The [[Imperial Fleet]]
****[[Imperial Navy]] - Space warfleet of the Imperium
****The [[Navis Nobilite]] - The self-ruling body of [[Navigator]]s who pilot Imperial vessels through the [[Warp]].
***[[Governor]]s of individual Imperial worlds
**The [[Adeptus Astra Telepathica]] - The Imperium's network of [[astropath]]s, responsible for transmitting faster-than-light messages through the Imperium.
***The [[Sisters of Silence]] - Psyker hunters
***The [[League of Black Ships]] - Psyker-gatherers
***The [[Scholastia Psykana]] - Trains [[Sanctioned Psyker]]s
*The [[Inquisition]] - A secret police and internal affairs organization, they are responsible for investigating any potential threat to mankind or the Imperium. Its agents hunt down [[heretic]]s, traitors, alien infiltrators and even daemons. They necessarily exist beyond the Adeptus Terra's authority, as part of the Inquisition's role involves rooting out corruption and gross incompetence from the Imperium itself. They answer only to the Emperor and to themselves.
**[[Ordo Hereticus]] - Confronts the [[Heretic|Threat Within]]
***[[Sisters of Battle]] - Chamber Militant of the Ordo Hereticus
**[[Ordo Xenos]] - Confronts the [[Xenos|Threat Without]]
***[[Deathwatch]] - Chamber Militant of the Ordo Xenos
**[[Ordo Malleus]] - Confronts the [[Chaos|Threat Beyond]]
***[[Grey Knights]] - Chamber Militant of the Ordo Malleus
**[[Ordo Minoris]]
*The [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] - Technicians and scientists who build and maintain Imperial equipment, vessels, and weapons of war, headquartered on [[Mars]].
**[[Schola Progenium]] - Orphange & civil servant training institute
**[[Shrine World]]s
 
===Military===
As the largest single known polity in the Galaxy, the Imperium maintains a wide array of military forces. At any given times there are countless billions fighting for the Imperium of Man. Similar to its political organization each branch of the Imperium’s military is independent, with their own duties, rituals, chain of command, tactical acumen and gear of war. Though diverse, the forces of the Imperium often work in conjunction with each other, and the larger the battle, the more likely it will be to see multiple Imperial factions engaged in the same war. Massive conflagrations, such as the [[Chaos]] invasions known as the [[Black Crusade]]s or a major war zone such as the one surrounding the planet [[Armageddon]], will attract representatives from all of Mankind’s military institutions.{{Fn|13}}
 
The military forces of the Imperium consist of:
*The [[Imperial Guard]] - The largest military arm of the Imperium, consisting of vast armies of unaugmented human [[Guardsmen]].{{Fn|13}}
*The [[Imperial Navy]] - The military branch of the [[Imperial Fleet]]. Consists of large warfleets of spacecraft tasked with not only space combat but also transporting the [[Imperial Guard]].{{Fn|13}}
*The [[Space Marines]] - Elite genetically modified warriors divided into independent armies known as [[Chapter]]s.{{Fn|13}}
*The [[Sisters of Battle]] - The all-female military arm of the Imperial church, the [[Ecclesiarchy]].{{Fn|13}}
*The [[Collegia Titanica]] - Operates Legions of titantic warmachines known as [[Imperial Titan|Titan]]s which fall under the control of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]].{{Fn|13}}
*The [[Legiones Skitarii]] - Cybernetic soldiers that act as the standing armies of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]].{{Fn|13}}
*Other miscellaneous smaller and specialized [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] armed wings including [[Knight House|Knight Houses]], the [[Electro-Priest|Electro-Priesthood]], [[Legio Cybernetica]], [[Ordo Reductor]], [[Auxilia Myrmidon]], [[Centurio Ordinatus]], and [[Basilikon Astra|Fleet]]. These are often deployed together in formations known as [[Cult Mechanicus Battle Congregation|Battle Congregations]].{{Fn|15}}
*The [[Sisters of Silence]] - [[Psyker]]-hunters of the [[Adeptus Astra Telepathica]] and guards of the [[League of Black Ships|Black Ships]].{{Fn|13}}
*The [[Adeptus Custodes]] - The elite guardians of the [[Emperor]]. For most of the Imperium's history they have remained at the [[Imperial Palace]] but recently have ventured forth on [[Crusade]]s.
*The forces of the [[Inquisition]] - Besides the [[Inquisitor]]s and their direct resources, the Inquisition's forces include the [[Grey Knight]]s (the [[Chamber Militant]] of the [[Ordo Malleus]]), the [[Deathwatch]] (the chamber militant of the [[Ordo Xenos]]), and the [[Sisters of Battle]] (the chamber militant of the [[Ordo Hereticus]]). The Inquisition also operates naval vessels and standard troops known as [[Inquisitorial Stormtrooper]]s.{{Fn|13}}
*The [[Arbitrator]]s - The armed wing of the [[Adeptus Arbites]], the Imperium's police force. Heavy armed and equipped, they often see combat during issues of planetary invasion and rebellions.{{Fn|14}}
*The [[Officio Assassinorum]] - Agency which deploys specialized deadly assassins.{{Fn|13}}
 
==Imperial Domain==
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Dark Heresy Core Rulebook]] pg. 124
*{{Endn|11}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/05/16/new-warhammer-40000-the-dark-imperium-may16gw-homepage-post-4/ Warhammer Communuity]
*{{Endn|12}}: [[Dark Imperium (MovelNovel)]]*{{Endn|13}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition Rulebook]] pg.56-57*{{Endn|14}}: [[Dark Heresy: Book of Judgement]] pg.7*{{Endn|15}}: [[Codex: Cult Mechanicus (7th Edition)]] - ''Cult Mechanicus Battle Congregations''
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