Editing Lost and the Damned (section)

===The Other Hand is Just as Rough===
The above is an accurate summary of experiences for those regiments who start on their particular path to damnation firmly for, shall we say, [[Heresy|"religious reasons."]] However, the fact that Games Workshop has rebranded them as "Renegades and Heretics" should give a glimpse into the notion that guard regiments may have more secular or material reasons to rebel against the Imperium. It's not hard to figure out why, either - the Imperium literally spans a galaxy and running an organization that large with that many people can leave some [[Grimdark|"a little neglected,"]] especially when facing alien factions against whom the Imperium threw into a fight with them, what with their whole empire building and all... although at this point it's more empire repair. Not to mention that war is '''CONSTANT''' in the Imperium, not just against aliens or heretics, but against other polities on the planet or on other planets in that particular solar system, all jockeying for favour and resources for their own pet projects. Oh, and if none of those problems materialize for the planet, then another Imperial faction you've also probably never heard of from half the goddamn galaxy away has taken issue with you for any of the most inscrutable reasons and dispatched themselves to your homeworld to straight up wreck you and take all your shit! Remember that for most imperial citizens, there is little difference between a castigation by the Black Templars or being declared Purgatus by the Inquisition and an invasion by the Black Legion. Then there's civilian life, notoriously horrid in the Imperium: working daily double-digit hours at a minimum under certainly unsafe conditions, minimal education loaded with propaganda and outright misinformation ''and'' disinformation, eating rations made from reprocessed waste if they get any at all, where living in a literal cubicle is a luxury and if they are even perceived as stepping out of line or more likely happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time, they will be lucky to die quickly from the incident, executed by the strongman breathing down their neck. At least if you live in the lower parts of a Hive World or anywhere on a Forge World. Otherwise, your life is pretty much the same as it was while the Emperor was walking around in 30K.

So let that set the stage: you're alone in a galaxy that's either wholly indifferent or actively hostile against you and the billions of people on your planet, the only reason you're there is because [[High Lords of Terra|some guy you will never meet with the sort of political power you cannot begin to imagine]] thought it would be beneficial to found a colony there and most likely did ''not'' afford enough resources to adequately start one, the bulk of which will get sucked up anyway by [[Planetary Governor|said guy's esteemed acquaintance]] [[Ecclesiarchy|or their favourite bootlickers]] while you get tasked with fighting a proxy war against [[Xenos|literal fucking monsters]] that at any moment can become a planet-wide total war while billions of your fellow man around you live under the most horrid conditions possible. Is it any wonder that, in the absence of [[Space Marines|some]] [[Adeptus Titanicus|serious]] [[Battlefleet Gothic|military]] [[Inquisition|authority,]] that so many planets rebel? Well, yes, actually, since each world has a high degree of independence and just about everything they rebel over is actually under the control of their own planetary governments scheming to increase their personal power, not the Imperium.

However, as the previous section poignantly notes, a rogue PDF can only go so far on its own - farther if they happen to enjoy the patronage of a nearby forgeworld or are on one themselves. Beggars can't be choosers in this particular depth of desperation so they solicit the help of literally anyone who can assist - often times, you have the usual suspects like renegade and heretic astartes or daemons, but allegiance to either certainly won't help in throwing off the yoke of oppression inasmuch as it's just trading yokes. Same goes for any support from Xenos although [[Tau|some are]] [[Eldar|more helpful]] [[Necrons|than]] [[Dark Eldar|others,]] [[Orks|or]] [[Tyranids|most.]] Indeed, carving out a territory in this frankly rather crowded galaxy only means continued participation in the ceaseless resource war in which the galaxy is embroiled and may inevitably lead to a continuous cycle of breaking and forming alliances to fight former allies or new threats. And on top of all that? The people of the planet, the reason for which you may have taken up this otherwise noble project of sedition, will likely be plunged into the same misery they enjoyed whilst you were still loyal to the Imperium in order to keep your now independent war machine rolling. Usually under far worse conditions and far higher casualties due to being cut off from the Imperium's protection, resources, and industry. Thus, planetary insurrection in the Imperium is usually relatively short-lived, though the ones that are most successful are either [[Genestealer Cult|totally subsumed]] [[Daemon World|by a previous benefactor]] and/or require resources to retake that the [[Segmentum#Ultima Segmentum|Imperium has dedicated elsewhere]] long enough to actually enjoy some temporary peace and stability. Most likely though, insurrection in the Imperium is nasty, brutish and thankfully short <s>compared to the agonizing, millennium-spanning, soul-crushing servitude as a pawn in the Imperium's everlasting quest to dominate the galaxy.</s> {{BLAM}} {{BLAM|Heresy!}}