Editing Imperial Regiments of Gethsemane (section)

=History=
Before being discovered by the XX Legion, the Hive World of Gethsemane had a long and proud tradition of military service being performed by members of the upper classes and members of nobility. The hallmark tracked vehicles would be used for the various hives to wage war against each other. When the hives of the planet were not at war, they would turn their focus inwards and grind down the constant rebellions and outbreaks of gang violence in the Underhive areas.

As time would have it, when the the Light of the Imperium found Gethsemane, the massive cultural divide was used against its leaders, and a new Lord Governor was placed in their stead. After all of the Regiments of the Noble Guard went into the service of The Emperor, the planetary tithes were still not yet met. In an effort to both curb some of the problems from the Underhive and maintain Imperial Tithes the Lord Governor started a draft. All Regiments past the 166th were to be made up of these draftees. They were issued lesser equipment and denied the vehicular advantages of their upper-class counterparts in an effort to keep the Nobility happy and shipped off to war.

During the Heresy, Gethsemane itself and the Noble Guard stayed loyal to the Emperor. They had little role in the Heresy as they were busy suppressing riots and attempts to overthrow the Nobility by numerous members of the Underhive, who had grown to view Rogerius Merrill as a sort of liberator of the disenfranchised. Many of the Gethsemane Rifle Regiments followed the rogue Primarch, and much of their fighting force was lost during the Heresy and Scouring. In an attempt to prove their loyalty in the Scouring, the Noble Guard rode in the vanguard of multiple major battles, hunting their lost Sister Regiments almost until their extinction.

In the 41st Millennium, the Gethsemane Rifles have been removed from all accounts in history. The officers are volunteers from the upper classes, and the common soldiery draftees from the Undercity.