Editing Nobledark Imperium Imperial Society and Culture (section)

== Imperial Codenames ==
The practice of keeping files under obscuring names or giving them a reference name has been common to almost every race of the Imperium since they developed even the basics of information warfare. Sometimes they are weak, sometimes they are strong, and sometimes... sometimes they are just plain weird.

The Adeptus Arbites has set the standard with a multi-part scheme: Certain classes of information are given a randomized three word subject structure (Metal/Color/Flower is used for files that deal with other Imperial organizations, while Color/Sector/Predator is used for criminal organizations), with a randomized adverb-noun combination. For additional security, the adverb-noun parts are passed around between unrelated files with a Two-digit + Letter ID attached.

The Imperial Guard and Navy prefer a more direct Adverb-Noun structure for operation names, and otherwise use a modified Arbites method which removes the information classes but assigns particular words in the first position for different subjects (which led to the 4th defense of Armageddon being designated as COBALT COBALT COBALT (Cobalt Cobalt 27Co) Operation BLUE METAL).

The Inquisition is a mixed bag, with each Inquisitor providing his own codenames. Many use the Arbites method in its entirety, while others prefer more... ''esoteric'' combinations. One Inquisitor used very direct names, on the premise that nobody expected it. Another named their files entirely in insults (she applied "Operation Fuck the Fucking Fuckers" many times, and yet remained a virgin for almost her entire career). Yet another named every file after pornstars (which led to great consternation when the file marked JUBILEE BREEDER was presented as evidence against a cult).