Editing Militarum Tempestus (section)

==Overview==
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If the Tempestus provides the rigid skeleton of discipline that holds the Astra Militarum together, it is the Commissars who are the minds of the operation. The Officio Prefectus or just Commissar with a fancy name in tabletop terms, governs and controls the regiments of [[Stormtrooper|Stormtroopers]] and Imperial Guardsmen alike, ensuring that their military force is put to the right use in the Emperor's name. All Commissars are trusted to improvise new orders on the battlefield, a rare privilege in the rigidly-controlled structure of the Imperial war machine. But it is only the most senior of their number, known as Lord Commissars, who are truly independent. Unlike their more trigger happy cousins, they are warriors of great personal charisma which is the closest thing we have to a reasonable Commissar that is not [[Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt]] or [[Ciaphas Cain]] '''*HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!*''', and they will often inspire the men by leading from the front rather than from behind the barrel of a [[Bolt Pistol]].

The Tempestus Scions do not form the main body of the Astra Militarum, for that duty falls to the regular Imperial Guardsmen. Instead, whilst the Guard, Space Marines and Imperial Assassins represent the Hammer, Sword and Poisoned Needle of the [[Emperor]] respectively, the Tempestus and their ilk can be likened to a Knife, a thrusting point of lethal force that is applied with shocking speed into the foes weakest point. Essentially they are in-between that of a Guardsmen and a Space Marine. Many a grinding war of attrition or extended campaign has been brought to a dramatic close by a strike force of Stormtroopers. More often than not, their insertion, mission completion and extraction parameters are all accomplished on the same day.