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Explanation: The Adeptus Arbites is the adepta of the Adeptus Terra that serves as the galactic police force of the Imperium of Man, responsible for enforcing Imperial Law (the Lex Imperialis) on all Imperial-controlled worlds. The Adeptus Arbites have been granted the right by the High Lords of Terra to serve as judge, jury and executioner for any Imperial citizen they discover having broken Imperial Law. Unfortunately for many Imperial citizens, the concept of due process is not one that generally applies in the Imperium.
Fun Fact: Inspired by Judge Dredd, the Ciaphas Cain novels reference a holodrama called Arbiter Foreboding, with the title character being known for carrying a big gun.
GhostBear3067
They turn off the bodycam to show compassion without getting in trouble.
TheFastpaws
So they are American cops?
L0rdinquisit0r
and then the inquisiton find you a touch too much chaos in nature and delete you
AdventurerJared
Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe I remember reading that Games Workshop had a partnership with 2000 AD to make a tabletop version of Judge Dredd and therefore made a bunch of Judge models & when that ended they had a bunch leftover so they created the lore for the Arbites and folded them into 40k. Since then they've altered the models and lore to distance the two IPs but it's not a coincidence they're so similar.
Feonir44
As a fun aside sometimes Arbites will get so bogged down in judicial flow that the people they took in will often times die of old age, or bolt shell this is 40k after all, and so their heirs will have to stand trial if and when the going through the multi centuries of law and decisions there in finally lets them judge the progeny of the now deceased.
3Davideo
Authoritarian bastards.
Flodos
#1 it ah.. continues to elude me too. Anyone willing to explain?
Thizicis
Rogue Trader game by Owlcat your navigator Cassia paints with human blood as she navigates the warp.The paintings are of what she saw during that journey so basically crazy gibberish to normal people.
HonHomes
Due process? That sounds like HERESY!
Athol
'Due Process' is just the name of a bolt pistol
malakim
Arbites are not the police. They are not judge dredd. That's for planetary forces. Arbites deal with the tithe and cults.
KommanderKayriel
Only partially true. They used to be Hive cops, at least back in Necromunda before the reboot.
malakim
Before the necromunda retcon yes. In the current setting, see above.
ShadeMeadowsArt
E V I L
EvilKillaruna
Here!
ShadeMeadowsArt
🤣
RHodeidra
Someone explain the painting to me pls
Mrmisfit
It seems to be a reference to the Wh40k:Rogue Trader RPG, the Arbites and his dog are from the ....2nd DLC? The Lady Navigator is one of the main story path companions the player picks up and she has a very sheltered and high-art upbringing and idea of life, painting her visions and moments into terrible, confusing paintings of warped colours and concepts. Apparently its above the Arbites to understand it.
RHodeidra
Ty, that it was a meme or something could be seen if you squinted or something
DazzlingCockroach
Th-That's it? A power-asshole beats another dude to death? That's the comic?
lemmerustlethosejimmies
Allow me to introduce you to Warhammer 40k. It's 90% that, and sometimes funny Egyptian robots and/or daemons show up!
LincLoud
And orks
swedeonamoose
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
No your fucking not. You're an americanised bastarisation.
swedeonamoose
It did give us this gem tho
axelfive
Judge Dredd came out 10 years before the first edition of Warhammer 40k.
docweird
I think he meant the American movie vs the original UK 2000AD comics...
GreaseMonkeyOfLove
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
More like it
IUpvoteFuturama
Do you play Darktide OP?
Taxian
Not OP, but i will say I pumped a LOT of time into that game. haven't tried the new class yet, though. Any good?
IUpvoteFuturama
I just have the base game so far, I'll wait until the steam winter sale to pick up any dlc. I have seen people playing Hive Scum, seems like a fun class.
GreenFionan
It is good. I’ve over 1000 hours and play for fun not the really hard core levels. Arbiter is one of the more powerful classes. Can play with or without a dog. Amusing that the one after that is the Hive Scum.
LincLoud
I have, but only a little with a friend. It's not bad, but not outstanding either.
IUpvoteFuturama
There was a free weekend on steam a week or so ago, I bought it not long after on sale. I've been enjoying it.
JustHereForTheMemes0321
Missed the sale, will end up buying full price, for the Emperor
IUpvoteFuturama
Steam winter sale starts the 18th I think
LincLoud
Glad to hear it. Hopefully it keeps holding your attention. I bought the Mechanicus game a while ago, still need to play it. I'm also looking forward to the new game coming out, I think from the same people who made Rogue Trader.
IUpvoteFuturama
I just finished a match trying out a different Psyker build, I get to electrocute people, wield a claymore, and make heretic heads explode.
laserfork
Arbites enforce the Lex Imperialis for planets. They aren't interested in street crime, they ensure the Imperial Tithe is paid and keep an eye on things to ensure no heresy, xenos consorting, or whatever else threatens the Imperium's grip over the world. It's the enforcers who stomp on ordinary citizens for crimes real and imagined. To arbitrators, interfering with petty crimes is itself a crime of misusing Arbites resources.
CrimsonKnight06
But it's common on many worlds for enforcers to be called Arbites even if they aren't officially part of them, whether because the enforcers want to sound scarier or the population doesn't know the difference. Plus, while the average planet only has one or a few arbiters oversighting the planet, major hive worlds have entire sector houses full of arbiters per hive city just to ensure order over the billions of hivers and the tithes being collected on time.
laserfork
Very old novels like the Eisenhorn ones will feature arbitrators as street-level law enforcement because they were written before enforcers were created. Back when Arbitrators were very much a loving not-so-subtle homage to Judge Dredd, a property GW had worked on previously. But it's not the case that enforcers commonly call themselves arbitrators. I can't even think of a single example. Necromunda, they're palanites. On Verangantua (from Warhammer Crime) they call them probators.
cuzitsthere
The Eisenhorn novels are old?
laserfork
Xenos was published in 2001.
cuzitsthere
...... Holy shit.... 2001 is old... My back hurts.