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|colspan=2 align="center"|'''Navis Nobilite'''                   
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|cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|'''Parent Agency'''
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|cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|[[Imperial Fleet]]{{Fn|4}}
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|cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|'''Headquarters'''
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|cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|[[Palace of the Navigators]], [[Terra]]{{Fn|22}}
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|cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|'''Leader'''
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|cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|[[Paternova]] (represented by the [[Paternoval Envoy]]){{Fn|23}}
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|cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|'''Armed Forces'''
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|cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|Various Security Forces{{Fn|13}}
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|cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|'''Established'''
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|cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|[[M30]]{{Fn|10}}
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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 [[Navigator]]s who have the unique ability to navigate spacecraft through the [[warp]].  The Navis Nobilite are part of the [[Adeptus Terra]] and [[Imperial Fleet]].{{Fn|4}}
 
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 [[Navigator]]s who have the unique ability to navigate spacecraft through the [[warp]].  The Navis Nobilite are part of the [[Adeptus Terra]] and [[Imperial Fleet]].{{Fn|4}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
The [[Navigator Gene]] was first developed by [[Humanity]] in roughly [[M22]]. The development of the Gene was instrumental in allowing for humans to colonize the [[Galaxy]] via [[Warp Travel]]. As such, the new Navigator class grew into a powerful organization independent of any government or cartel. The Navigators eventually coalesced into Great Families which in turn formed a broad union known as the '''Navis Nobilite'''. The Navis Nobilite was able to weather the [[Age of Strife]] and eventually merged into the [[Emperor]]'s [[Imperium]].{{Fn|10}}{{Fn|11}}
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The [[Navigator Gene]] was first developed by [[Humanity]] in roughly [[M22]]. The development of the Gene was instrumental in allowing for humans to colonize the [[Galaxy]] via [[Warp Travel]]. As such, the new Navigator class grew into a powerful organization independent of any government or cartel. The Navigators eventually coalesced into Great Families which in turn formed a broad union known as the '''Navis Nobilite'''. The Navis Nobilite was able to weather the [[Age of Strife]] and eventually merged into the [[Emperor]]'s [[Imperium]].{{Fn|10}}{{Fn|11}}During the Age of Exploration, the Navigator Houses began to survey the systems that would later form the Imperium.{{Fn|8a}}
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==Status==
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The Navigator Houses hold a unique position within the Imperium; they are not answerable to Imperial authority, but tend to toe the 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 [[Techpriest]]s' services, serving the [[Imperial Navy]] and [[Merchant Fleet]]s.{{Cite This}}  A Navigator can also be rewarded with a [[Free Charter]], which allows them to lease their services to whom ever they choose to.{{Fn|18}}
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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.{{Cite This}}
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The Navis Nobilite has been known to act violently when its status is threatened. During the [[Horus Heresy]], the [[Paternova]] dispatched agents to destroy the [[Dark Glass]] artifact due to the threat it represented to the Navigators' monopoly on Warp Travel.{{Fn|9}}  
  
 
==The Navigator Houses==
 
==The Navigator Houses==
 
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.{{Cite This}}
 
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.{{Cite This}}
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Each family is very close and often very large, and different families are often allied by marriage, while others are rivals.{{Fn|21}} The families are organised into Houses and have their own unique traditions and positions dependent upon their own histories. For instance, House Belisarius is led by an individual referred to as the Celestarch and has its own standing military trained by the Space Wolves.{{Fn|2}}
  
 
[[Image:Nostromo Navigator House Emblem.jpg|thumb|200px|Nostromo Navigator House emblem{{Fn|3}}.]]
 
[[Image:Nostromo Navigator House Emblem.jpg|thumb|200px|Nostromo Navigator House emblem{{Fn|3}}.]]
These '''Houses''' have four broad categories:
 
*'''Magisterial Houses''' are those most closely related to the original Navigator families, they are the wealthiest and most traditional and will have holdings in the [[Navigator's Quarter]] on [[Terra]].  Due to the maintenance of their bloodlines, they are less susceptible to the symptomatic mutations of being a Navigator.{{Fn|10}}
 
*'''Nomadic Houses''' have relinquished their properties and have taken entirely to spaceborne lifestyles; they are perhaps the most skilled of Navigators but have difficulty relating to planetary cultures.{{Fn|4a}}
 
*'''Shrouded Houses''' have somehow lost their status in relation to other houses and exist in a state of decline; sometimes referred to as ''Beggar Houses'' by other Navigators.  Individual Navigators have little support from their own families, making them quite resourceful, while their '''Warp Eye''' often becomes more perceptive.{{Fn|10}}
 
*'''Renegade Houses''' are those families that have been rejected by the [[Paternova]] either by turning from their ancient traditions or have been exiled due to conflicts with other houses.  They are unable to maintain their genetic purity and often suffer the most mutation but can also benefit from new strains that might occur.{{Fn|10}}
 
  
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It has been stated that it would be impossible to catalogue and critique each of the Navigator families, but many can be grouped into broad categories, representing their unique strain of the gene as well as their area of influence and way of life. For example in the [[Calixis Sector]] and the [[Koronus Expanse]] are the Navigator Houses there categorised into four prevalent groups:{{Fn|10a}}
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*[[Magisterial Houses]] are those most closely related to the original Navigator families. They are the wealthiest and most traditional and will have holdings in the [[Navigator's Quarter]] on [[Terra]]. Due to the maintenance of their bloodlines, they are less susceptible to the symptomatic mutations of being a Navigator.{{Fn|10a}}
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*[[Nomadic Houses]] have relinquished their properties and have taken entirely to spaceborne lifestyles; they are perhaps the most skilled of Navigators but have difficulty relating to planetary cultures.{{Fn|10a}}
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*[[Shrouded Houses]] have somehow lost their status in relation to other houses and exist in a state of decline; sometimes referred to as ''Beggar Houses'' by other Navigators. Individual Navigators have little support from their own families, making them quite resourceful, while their '''Warp Eye''' often becomes more perceptive.{{Fn|10b}}
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*[[Renegade Houses]] are those families that have been rejected by the [[Paternova]] either by turning from their ancient traditions or have been exiled due to conflicts with other houses. They are unable to maintain their genetic purity and often suffer the most mutation but can also benefit from new strains that might occur.{{Fn|10c}}
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===Known Houses===
 
Known Houses include:
 
Known Houses include:
 
*[[House Achelieux]]
 
*[[House Achelieux]]
*[[House Belisarius]]{{Fn|2}}
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*[[House Alosa]]
*[[House Benetek]]{{Fn|6}}
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*[[House Andrasta]]{{Fn|15}}
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*[[House Balevolio]]
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*[[House Barthus]]
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*[[House Belisarius]]
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*[[House Benetek]]
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*[[House Benetek]]
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*[[House Bleeth]]{{Fn|20}}
 
*[[House Brobantis]]
 
*[[House Brobantis]]
*[[House des Champ]]
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*[[House Castana]]{{Fn|8b}}
*[[House Ferraci]]{{Fn|2}}
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*[[House Cedd]]
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*[[House Corval]]
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*[[House D'Kark]]
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*[[House Der'cel]]
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*[[House Ferraci]]
 
*[[House Gibran]]
 
*[[House Gibran]]
 
*[[House Granicus]]
 
*[[House Granicus]]
*[[House Grigoris]]{{Fn|7}}
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*[[House Grigoris]]
*[[House Helmsburg]]{{Fn|2}}
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*[[House Heraclius]]
*[[House Heraclius]]{{Fn|5}}
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*[[House Laryx-Nor]]
*[[House Jenassis]]{{Fn|1}}
 
 
*[[House Locarno]]
 
*[[House Locarno]]
 
*[[House MacPherson]]
 
*[[House MacPherson]]
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*[[House Minodoya]]{{Fn|18}}
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*[[House Modar]]
 
*[[House Ne'iocene]]
 
*[[House Ne'iocene]]
*[[House Nomikos]]{{Fn|8}}
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*[[House Nostromo]]
*[[House Nostromo]]{{Fn|3}}
 
 
*[[House Numa]]
 
*[[House Numa]]
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*[[House Pytheas]]
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*[[House Ofar]]
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*[[House Omincara]]
 
*[[House Ptolemy]]
 
*[[House Ptolemy]]
*[[House Ofar]]
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*[[House Pytheas]]
*[[House True]]{{Fn|2}}
 
 
*[[House Rehata]]
 
*[[House Rehata]]
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*[[House Ranieli]]{{Fn|16}}
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*[[House Rekkendus]]{{Fn|17}}
 
*[[House Rey'a'Nor]]
 
*[[House Rey'a'Nor]]
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*[[House Su-Nen]]{{Fn|19}}
 
*[[House Yeshar]]
 
*[[House Yeshar]]
 
*[[House Zegenda]]
 
*[[House Zegenda]]
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*[[House Zuma]]
  
 
===The Paternova===
 
===The Paternova===
 
{{Main|Paternova}}
 
{{Main|Paternova}}
 
{{Main|Heirs Apparent}}
 
{{Main|Heirs Apparent}}
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]].
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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]].{{citethis}}
  
Another important position within the Navis Nobilite is the '''Consul Pre-Eminus'''.{{Fn|12}}
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Another important position within the Navis Nobilite is the [[Consul Pre-Eminus]]{{Fn|12}}
 
 
==Status==
 
The Navigator Houses hold a unique position within the Imperium; they are not answerable to Imperial authority, but tend to toe the 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 [[Techpriest]]s' services, serving the [[Imperial Navy]] and [[Merchant Fleet]]s.{{Cite This}}
 
 
 
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.{{Cite This}}
 
 
 
The Navis Nobilite has been known to act violently when its status is threatened. During the [[Horus Heresy]], the [[Paternova]] dispatched agents to destroy the [[Dark Glass]] artifact due to the threat it represented to the Navigator's monopoly on Warp Travel.{{Fn|9}}  
 
  
 
===Security Forces===
 
===Security Forces===
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==Sources==
 
==Sources==
 
{{cite}}
 
{{cite}}
*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Bleeding Chalice]] by [[Ben Counter]], {{Cite This}}, pg. 18
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Bleeding Chalice]], {{Cite This}}, pg. 18
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Wolfblade (Novel)]] by [[William King]], {{Cite This}}
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*{{Endn|2}}: [[Wolfblade (Novel)]], {{Cite This}}
 
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Ten - The Badab War - Part Two]], {{Cite This}}
 
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Ten - The Badab War - Part Two]], {{Cite This}}
 
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook]], pg. 139
 
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook]], pg. 139
*{{Endn|5}}: ''[[Black Dawn (Short Story)]]'' by [[C.L. Werner]] - [[Victories of the Space Marines (Anthology)]], pgs. 53-54
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*{{Endn|5}}: [[Black Dawn (Short Story)]] - [[Victories of the Space Marines (Anthology)]], pgs. 53-54
 
*{{Endn|6}}: [http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_content/rogue-trader/pdf/timeline.pdf Rogue Trader Timeline], pg. 3
 
*{{Endn|6}}: [http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_content/rogue-trader/pdf/timeline.pdf Rogue Trader Timeline], pg. 3
 
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Deathwatch: The Achilus Assault]], pgs. 83-84
 
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Deathwatch: The Achilus Assault]], pgs. 83-84
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Farseer (Novel)]], Chapter 5
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*8: [[Farseer (Novel)]],  
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**{{Endn|8a}}: Chapter Four
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**{{Endn|8b}}: Chapter Five
 
*{{Endn|9}}: [[The Path of Heaven (Novel)]] Chapter 20
 
*{{Endn|9}}: [[The Path of Heaven (Novel)]] Chapter 20
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Rogue Trader Rulebook]] pgs. 176-177
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*10: [[Rogue Trader Rulebook]]
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Galaxy in Flames (Novel)]] pg.410
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**{{Endn|10a}}: pg.  176
*{{Endn|12}}: [[White Dwarf 2019]] - Indomitus Crusade Fleets
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**{{Endn|10b}}: pgs. 176-177
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Rogue Trader: Battlefleet Koronus]] pg.49-50
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**{{Endn|10c}}: pg.  177
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**{{Endn|10d}}: pg.  179-181
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*{{Endn|11}}: [[Horus Rising (Novel)]], Timeline
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*{{Endn|12}}: [[White Dwarf 2019]] - ''Indomitus Crusade Fleets'' {{citethis}}
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*{{Endn|13}}: [[Rogue Trader: Battlefleet Koronus]], pgs. 49-50
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*{{Endn|14}}: [[Knights of Macragge (Novel)]], Part 1, Chapter 10
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*{{Endn|15}}: [[Heart of the Conqueror (Short Story)]] — [[Legacies of Betrayal (Anthology)]]
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*{{Endn|16}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr]]
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*{{Endn|17}}: [[The Oath in Darkness (Short Story)]] by [[David Annandale]]
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*{{Endn|18}}: [[The Inquisition (Background Book)]], pg. 61 - ''Teodor Minodya''
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*{{Endn|19}}: [[The Horusian Wars: Resurrection]], Chapter Eight
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*{{Endn|20}}: [[Awakenings (Novel)]], Chapter Eleven
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*{{Endn|21}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader]], pg. 150
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*{{Endn|22}}: [http://es.games-workshop.com/especialista/inquisitor/bestiario/fleet.html Inquisitor: Navis Nobilite (Games Workshop website)] (dead link)
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*{{Endn|23}}: [[Codex Imperialis (Background Book)]], pg. 14
  
 
===Uncited===
 
===Uncited===
 
{{Uncited}}
 
{{Uncited}}
*[[White Dwarf 140 (UK)]], [[Jervis Johnson]], [[Andy Jones]], [[Simon Forrest]] & [[Rick Priestley]]
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*[[White Dwarf 140 (UK)]],
*[[Codex Imperialis]]
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**pg. 52
*[http://www.specialist-games.com/assets/Navigators.pdf Specialist Games]
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**pg. 53
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**pg. 58
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**pg. 59-60
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*[[Codex Imperialis (Background Book)]],
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**pg. 6
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**pg. 14
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*[[Exterminatus Issue 7]], pgs. 4-14
  
 
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Latest revision as of 23:17, 20 March 2024

Navis Nobilite
NavisNobleSymbol.jpg
Parent Agency Imperial Fleet[4]
Headquarters Palace of the Navigators, Terra[22]
Leader Paternova (represented by the Paternoval Envoy)[23]
Armed Forces Various Security Forces[13]
Established M30[10]

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]

History

The Navigator Gene was first developed by Humanity in roughly M22. The development of the Gene was instrumental in allowing for humans to colonize the Galaxy via Warp Travel. As such, the new Navigator class grew into a powerful organization independent of any government or cartel. The Navigators eventually coalesced into Great Families which in turn formed a broad union known as the Navis Nobilite. The Navis Nobilite was able to weather the Age of Strife and eventually merged into the Emperor's Imperium.[10][11]During the Age of Exploration, the Navigator Houses began to survey the systems that would later form the Imperium.[8a]

Status

The Navigator Houses hold a unique position within the Imperium; they are not answerable to Imperial authority, but tend to toe the 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] A Navigator can also be rewarded with a Free Charter, which allows them to lease their services to whom ever they choose to.[18]

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]

The Navis Nobilite has been known to act violently when its status is threatened. During the Horus Heresy, the Paternova dispatched agents to destroy the Dark Glass artifact due to the threat it represented to the Navigators' monopoly on Warp Travel.[9]

The Navigator Houses

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]

Each family is very close and often very large, and different families are often allied by marriage, while others are rivals.[21] The families are organised into Houses and have their own unique traditions and positions dependent upon their own histories. For instance, House Belisarius is led by an individual referred to as the Celestarch and has its own standing military trained by the Space Wolves.[2]

Nostromo Navigator House emblem[3].

It has been stated that it would be impossible to catalogue and critique each of the Navigator families, but many can be grouped into broad categories, representing their unique strain of the gene as well as their area of influence and way of life. For example in the Calixis Sector and the Koronus Expanse are the Navigator Houses there categorised into four prevalent groups:[10a]

  • Magisterial Houses are those most closely related to the original Navigator families. They are the wealthiest and most traditional and will have holdings in the Navigator's Quarter on Terra. Due to the maintenance of their bloodlines, they are less susceptible to the symptomatic mutations of being a Navigator.[10a]
  • Nomadic Houses have relinquished their properties and have taken entirely to spaceborne lifestyles; they are perhaps the most skilled of Navigators but have difficulty relating to planetary cultures.[10a]
  • Shrouded Houses have somehow lost their status in relation to other houses and exist in a state of decline; sometimes referred to as Beggar Houses by other Navigators. Individual Navigators have little support from their own families, making them quite resourceful, while their Warp Eye often becomes more perceptive.[10b]
  • Renegade Houses are those families that have been rejected by the Paternova either by turning from their ancient traditions or have been exiled due to conflicts with other houses. They are unable to maintain their genetic purity and often suffer the most mutation but can also benefit from new strains that might occur.[10c]

Known Houses

Known Houses include:

The Paternova

Main article: Paternova
Main article: Heirs Apparent

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.[Needs Citation]

Another important position within the Navis Nobilite is the Consul Pre-Eminus[12]

Security Forces

The Navigators maintain their own heavily armed security forces, mostly designed to protect the Navigator Houses and guard the Navigator's Quarter on Terra. In times of war the great wealth of the Navigator's allows them to gather mercenary armies that can rival a Planetary Defense Force or System Defense Fleet.[13]

Sources

Uncited


Modern Imperial Organizations
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