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	**'''[[Officio Prefectus Commissar\|Officio Prefectus]]:''' [[Commissars]] who ensure that Imperial Guard forces continue running efficiently, because the Munitorum obviously can't trust the Imperial Guard to not screw things up.		**'''[[Officio Prefectus Commissar\|Officio Prefectus]]:''' [[Commissars]] who ensure that Imperial Guard forces continue running efficiently, because the Munitorum obviously can't trust the Imperial Guard to not screw things up.
	**'''Administratum Assay Corps:''' the branch who do the auditing to make sure nothing funny goes on when the Munitorum interfaces with other branches of the Imperium. Because the Munitorum obviously can't trust ''other agencies'' to not screw things up.		**'''Administratum Assay Corps:''' the branch who do the auditing to make sure nothing funny goes on when the Munitorum interfaces with other branches of the Imperium. Because the Munitorum obviously can't trust ''other agencies'' to not screw things up.
	**'''Field Enforcement Corps:''' the branch who enforce all Munitorum regulations to prevent corruption, because the Munitorum obviously can't trust ''itself'' to not screw things up. They're basically part military police and part internal affairs investigators.		**'''Field Enforcement Corps:''' the branch who enforce all Munitorum regulations to prevent corruption, because the Munitorum obviously can't trust ''itself'' to not screw things up. They're basically part military police and part internal affairs investigators. Just as the Commissars make the Guard and the Navy shit their pants, the FEC make the Commissars shit themselves.
	**'''Pioneer Corps:''' the division of the Munitorum who scout new locations and plan for the construction of new military engineering projects.		**'''Pioneer Corps:''' the division of the Munitorum who scout new locations and plan for the construction of new military engineering projects.
	**'''Engineer Corps:''' the division who are responsible for constructing military engineering projects.		**'''Engineer Corps:''' the division who are responsible for constructing military engineering projects.

1d4chan>MrPhantom: /* Hierarchy */

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	**Arguably this includes Commissars since they are literally ''officers'' of the Administratum from the <u>Officio Prefectus</u>, meaning they outrank most Adepts, but as with any Prefect the issue becomes moot where those Adepts hold other ranks, so good luck getting an ''Adeptus'' Chapter Master to care about your authority.		**Arguably this includes Commissars since they are literally ''officers'' of the Administratum from the <u>Officio Prefectus</u>, meaning they outrank most Adepts, but as with any Prefect the issue becomes moot where those Adepts hold other ranks, so good luck getting an ''Adeptus'' Chapter Master to care about your authority.
	*'''Master''': These people are the heads of the various offices of the Administratum, below the Master of the Administratum himself. Notably the '''Chancellor of the Estates Imperium''' is ranked "Master", hence lower in the pecking order to the Master of the Administratum, even when he is a High Lord of Terra and "technically" his equal.		*'''Master''': These people are the heads of the various offices of the Administratum, below the Master of the Administratum himself. Notably the '''Chancellor of the Estates Imperium''' is ranked "Master", hence lower in the pecking order to the Master of the Administratum, even when he is a High Lord of Terra and "technically" his equal.
	*'''[[High Lords of Terra\|Master of the Administratum]]''': The single person at the top of the pyramid, and [[Age of Apostasy\|"arguably"]] one of the most powerful people in the entire Imperium. The current incumbent is Violeta Roskavler.		*'''[[High Lords of Terra\|Master of the Administratum]]''': The single person at the top of the pyramid, and [[Age of Apostasy\|"arguably"]] one of the most powerful people in the entire Imperium. The current incumbent is Violeta Roskavler of [[Inwit]], who previously served as Master of the Munitorum.

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Hierarchy

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	**Arguably this includes Commissars since they are literally ''officers'' of the Administratum from the <u>Officio Prefectus</u>, meaning they outrank most Adepts, but as with any Prefect the issue becomes moot where those Adepts hold other ranks, so good luck getting an ''Adeptus'' Chapter Master to care about your authority.		**Arguably this includes Commissars since they are literally ''officers'' of the Administratum from the <u>Officio Prefectus</u>, meaning they outrank most Adepts, but as with any Prefect the issue becomes moot where those Adepts hold other ranks, so good luck getting an ''Adeptus'' Chapter Master to care about your authority.
	*'''Master''': These people are the heads of the various offices of the Administratum, below the Master of the Administratum himself. Notably the '''Chancellor of the Estates Imperium''' is ranked "Master", hence lower in the pecking order to the Master of the Administratum, even when he is a High Lord of Terra and "technically" his equal.		*'''Master''': These people are the heads of the various offices of the Administratum, below the Master of the Administratum himself. Notably the '''Chancellor of the Estates Imperium''' is ranked "Master", hence lower in the pecking order to the Master of the Administratum, even when he is a High Lord of Terra and "technically" his equal.
	*'''[[High Lords of Terra\|Master of the Administratum]]''': The single person at the top of the pyramid, and [[Age of Apostasy\|"arguably"]] one of the most powerful people in the entire Imperium.		*'''[[High Lords of Terra\|Master of the Administratum]]''': The single person at the top of the pyramid, and [[Age of Apostasy\|"arguably"]] one of the most powerful people in the entire Imperium. The current incumbent is Violeta Roskavler.

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	It should be noted that the Administratum is an Imperial institution handling Imperial scale affairs often on the scale of hundreds of worlds at best, hundreds of thousands at worst, and efficiency tends to slow when the system is just that massive, even when it isn't staffed mostly by incompetents. Planets generally govern themselves and their local governments have their own bureaucracies to execute the wills of the governor and his associates (As said governors are largely free to set up their systems and are not bound by Administratum rules). this can make things more difficult or more efficient, depending on the planet in question; it also leads to some gear grinding with interactions between the two bodies.		It should be noted that the Administratum is an Imperial institution handling Imperial scale affairs often on the scale of hundreds of worlds at best, hundreds of thousands at worst, and efficiency tends to slow when the system is just that massive, even when it isn't staffed mostly by incompetents. Planets generally govern themselves and their local governments have their own bureaucracies to execute the wills of the governor and his associates (As said governors are largely free to set up their systems and are not bound by Administratum rules). this can make things more difficult or more efficient, depending on the planet in question; it also leads to some gear grinding with interactions between the two bodies.

	The rest of the Imperium routinely despises the Administratum. The [[Adeptus Arbites]] and the [[Inquisition]] feel they are highly inefficient (in fact there's a whole Ordo with the sole role to cut as much red tape as possible). They are routinely inflexible to the point of self-contradiction, for example: such as demanding that planets increase their tithe quotas whilst also raising increasing numbers of guard regiments. The ~~Astartes~~ and Guard are more blunt in their opinions; believing that more than a few wars could be won if they gave each Admin adept a lasgun and sent them to the front lines. As much as they are disliked, all other departments need the Administratum, as they won't know where to go to start ordering basic supplies even if they were desperate enough to try. In the far grim future, the ordering form is a dark and mystical document that requires much ritual and mediation before it can be filled in (Emperor help you if you make a mistake on said form).		The rest of the Imperium routinely despises the Administratum. The [[Adeptus Arbites]] and the [[Inquisition]] feel they are highly inefficient (in fact there's a whole Ordo with the sole role to cut as much red tape as possible). They are routinely inflexible to the point of self-contradiction, for example: such as demanding that planets increase their tithe quotas whilst also raising increasing numbers of guard regiments. The [[Space Marines]] and the [[Imperial Guard]] are more blunt in their opinions; believing that more than a few wars could be won if they gave each Admin adept a lasgun and sent them to the front lines. As much as they are disliked, all other departments need the Administratum, as they won't know where to go to start ordering basic supplies even if they were desperate enough to try. In the far grim future, the ordering form is a dark and mystical document that requires much ritual and mediation before it can be filled in (Emperor help you if you make a mistake on said form).

	==Divisions==		==Divisions==

1d4chan>SaltyMan: /* Divisions */ Appendix is useless fuck the "holy form"

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	*'''[[Officio Assassinorum]]''': The office of Assassins is technically subservient to the Administratum, but good luck getting them to see it that way. The department charged with carrying out assassinations is notoriously independent, to the point that it politely mails the remains of spies from other agencies back to them warnings to keep out of their business. See page for more details.		*'''[[Officio Assassinorum]]''': The office of Assassins is technically subservient to the Administratum, but good luck getting them to see it that way. The department charged with carrying out assassinations is notoriously independent, to the point that it politely mails the remains of spies from other agencies back to them warnings to keep out of their business. See page for more details.

	*'''Officio Medicae''': The department charged with medical affairs of the Imperium. Unless you're a noble, a Guardsman, or a [[Inquisitor]], you won't be getting access to any meaningful medical assistance... Well, kinda. In the Guard one mostly gets a certain amount of medical attention based on rank but not competence, usually some where between Victorian age to Vietnam era medicine depending on your regiment and where you are at the time. (Though exclusively, rank-and-file Guardsmen getting crude bionic replacements do happen, [[Death_Korps_of_Krieg\|a quick mercy-killing before equipment, organs, and blood gets reassigned exists as well]]). Inquisitors, high ranking officers, senior Imperial officials and nobles (and anyone with dosh, really) get drugs and cybernetic enhancements that can reverse aging and greatly extend their lifespans. Regular civilians, it really depends on what planet they live on. 'Civilized' (i.e. close to 2nd millenium Terra) worlds often have relatively decent medical services for their population, but they're more the exception than rule. Death Worlds have no organized medical service period. On a Forge World, you have a good chance to get a nice, shiny cybernetic installed to deal with the problem [[grimdark\|along with the attached 100.000 mandatory work hours required to pay it off]] (and refusing isn't an option). Agri-worlders often have to do with the local veterinarian, simply because the only existing hospital is next to the spaceport on the other side of the planet. Hive-worlders, on the other hand, have to visit a dread-inducing back-alley doc, who is always located in the under[[hive]], smells of Obscura, and whose services cost an arm and a leg. [[Painboy\|Sometimes literally]]. Certain Ecclesiarchal charities and missions do still provide medical treatment for the common citizens of the Imperium, but if they suspect anyone in your area of [[heresy]] a humble medical mission can rapidly turn into a [[Exterminatus\|crusade to burn your district or even your entire planet into ash]]. That said, they are on the front lines for rooting out mutation, so they actually can do pretty important work in conjunction with the Sisters Hospitaller.		*'''Officio Medicae''': The department charged with medical affairs of the Imperium. Unless you're a noble, a Guardsman, or a [[Inquisitor]], you won't be getting access to any meaningful medical assistance... Well, kinda. In the Guard one mostly gets a certain amount of medical attention based on rank but not competence, usually some where between Victorian age to Vietnam era medicine depending on your regiment and where you are at the time. (Though exclusively, rank-and-file Guardsmen getting crude bionic replacements do happen, [[Death_Korps_of_Krieg\|a quick mercy-killing before equipment, organs, and blood gets reassigned exists as well]]). Inquisitors, high ranking officers, senior Imperial officials and nobles (and anyone with dosh, really) get drugs and cybernetic enhancements that can reverse aging and greatly extend their lifespans. Regular civilians, it really depends on what planet they live on. 'Civilized' (i.e. close to 2nd millenium Terra) worlds often have relatively decent medical services for their population, but they're more the exception than rule. Death Worlds have no organized medical service period. On a Forge World, you have a good chance to get a nice, shiny cybernetic installed to deal with the problem [[grimdark\|along with the attached 100.000 mandatory work hours required to pay it off]] (and refusing isn't an option). Agri-worlders often have to do with the local veterinarian, simply because the only existing hospital is next to the spaceport on the other side of the planet. Hive-worlders, on the other hand, have to visit a dread-inducing back-alley doc, who is always located in the under[[hive]], smells of Obscura, and whose services cost an arm and a leg. [[Painboy\|Sometimes literally]]. Certain Ecclesiarchal charities and missions do still provide medical treatment for the common citizens of the Imperium, but if they suspect anyone in your area of [[heresy]], notice features not conforming to the "muh holy hooman form" a humble medical mission can rapidly turn into a [[Exterminatus\|crusade to burn your district or even your entire planet into ash]]. That said, they are on the front lines for rooting out mutation, so they actually can do pretty important work in conjunction with the Sisters Hospitaller.

	*'''Officio Sabatorum:''' Like the Assassinorum this is a smaller agency with a closed focus, specifically with regard to the physical destruction of enemy assets instead of target elimination. There is painfully little fluff on them as everything they do happens behind the scenes, even the connection to the Administratum is assumed rather than confirmed. It is said that although their agents are fully capable of defending themselves with ease, if they actually get into combat then the mission might as well be viewed as a failure. Contrasted to "in-your-face destruction" which is easily performed by the Imperial Guard, Navy or Astartes, means that the Officio Sabatorum doesn't generally have a tabletop niche, though it might be cool if they get a strategem that deals automatic wounds or damages buildings when activated pre game.		*'''Officio Sabatorum:''' Like the Assassinorum this is a smaller agency with a closed focus, specifically with regard to the physical destruction of enemy assets instead of target elimination. There is painfully little fluff on them as everything they do happens behind the scenes, even the connection to the Administratum is assumed rather than confirmed. It is said that although their agents are fully capable of defending themselves with ease, if they actually get into combat then the mission might as well be viewed as a failure. Contrasted to "in-your-face destruction" which is easily performed by the Imperial Guard, Navy or Astartes, means that the Officio Sabatorum doesn't generally have a tabletop niche, though it might be cool if they get a strategem that deals automatic wounds or damages buildings when activated pre game.

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	Life for the average Administratum paper pusher is safer than that of a guardsman or a factory serf toiling away for 14 hours a day in a industrial complex where 'safety codes' are a thing of legend and possibly considered borderline heresy by the nobility, but is not easy or pleasant by any means and to be honest, dying in a war or industrial accident may be considered more favourable than soul crushing administrative work that in the grand scheme of the Imperium won't be read or seen by anyone. Posts are generally hereditary and the standards of living are monastic barring the necessities to make more adepts. Administratum courtships involve both parties making careful inspection of each other's request forms, and is probably the only form of courtship so "not good but also not bad" that [[Slaanesh]] just rolled his eyes and gave responsibility to [[Tzeentch]]. The general policy is that servants of the Imperium should have no loyalty to anything besides the Imperium and frivolities are discouraged as distraction, though there are those who get around it especially among the higher ups. Mostly what Administratum Adepts do is process what papers come their way for twelve hours between eating, washing and sleeping. This is before the fact that there is a complex web of departments, sub departments and so forth, which has in at least one case led to a war when the Administratum '''''ran out of space in a solar system to put all their paperwork''''' and couldn't decide what to do about it. The conflict rages on to this very day.		Life for the average Administratum paper pusher is safer than that of a guardsman or a factory serf toiling away for 14 hours a day in a industrial complex where 'safety codes' are a thing of legend and possibly considered borderline heresy by the nobility, but is not easy or pleasant by any means and to be honest, dying in a war or industrial accident may be considered more favourable than soul crushing administrative work that in the grand scheme of the Imperium won't be read or seen by anyone. Posts are generally hereditary and the standards of living are monastic barring the necessities to make more adepts. Administratum courtships involve both parties making careful inspection of each other's request forms, and is probably the only form of courtship so "not good but also not bad" that [[Slaanesh]] just rolled his eyes and gave responsibility to [[Tzeentch]]. The general policy is that servants of the Imperium should have no loyalty to anything besides the Imperium and frivolities are discouraged as distraction, though there are those who get around it especially among the higher ups. Mostly what Administratum Adepts do is process what papers come their way for twelve hours between eating, washing and sleeping. This is before the fact that there is a complex web of departments, sub departments and so forth, which has in at least one case led to a war when the Administratum '''''ran out of space in a solar system to put all their paperwork''''' and couldn't decide what to do about it. The conflict rages on to this very day.

	This environment can produce a number of amazing administrative savants such that if you dropped one of them with her trusty portable [[cogitator]] and pens in a mob of a million starved refugees with nothing but the clothes on their back, in a year they'd have organized them to the point that they've built a new city better than the ones they fled (these guys come up in The Black Library's books, eventually the "all bureaucrats are morons" jokes get old). The problem is that said environment also produces plenty of sapped office drones who are incapable of doing anything but their likely pointless task, petty tyrants whose only joy in life is lording what power their office might have over others, corrupt jerks who can do their jobs well but will only do so when a few Thrones are slipped under the table, and general morons who might be able to spell their name with only one letter out of place on the third try but nevertheless have positions of power because of nepotism and remain in their jobs because the paperwork to remove them gets lost and forgotten (possibly deliberately by one of the previously mentioned corrupt jerks).		This environment can produce a number of amazing administrative savants such that if you dropped one of them with her trusty portable [[cogitator]] and pens in a mob of a million starved refugees with nothing but the clothes on their back, in a year they'd have organized them to the point that they've built a new city better than the ones they fled (these guys come up in The Black Library's books, eventually the "all bureaucrats are morons" jokes get old). The problem is that said environment also produces plenty of sapped office drones who are incapable of doing anything but their likely pointless task, petty tyrants whose only joy in life is lording what power their office might have over others, corrupt jerks who can do their jobs well but will only do so when a few Thrones are slipped under the table, and general morons who might be able to spell their name with only one letter out of place on the third try but nevertheless have positions of power because of nepotism and remain in their jobs because the paperwork to remove them gets lost and forgotten (possibly deliberately by one of the previously mentioned corrupt jerks). This said, their is a colossal amount of potential to do damage from a desk if you're clever ; in one story, a well placed adept became a giga-serial killer with a kill count higher than some Space Marine Chapters purely by very slightly altering the parameters of some paperwork (having ammo shipments redirected, viral samples being sent to the wrong place) and only got caught when someone saw a minor indiscretion she'd done by accident before she started doing it deliberately.

	It should be noted that the Administratum is an Imperial institution handling Imperial scale affairs often on the scale of hundreds of worlds at best, hundreds of thousands at worst, and efficiency tends to slow when the system is just that massive, even when it isn't staffed mostly by incompetents. Planets generally govern themselves and their local governments have their own bureaucracies to execute the wills of the governor and his associates (As said governors are largely free to set up their systems and are not bound by Administratum rules). this can make things more difficult or more efficient, depending on the planet in question; it also leads to some gear grinding with interactions between the two bodies.		It should be noted that the Administratum is an Imperial institution handling Imperial scale affairs often on the scale of hundreds of worlds at best, hundreds of thousands at worst, and efficiency tends to slow when the system is just that massive, even when it isn't staffed mostly by incompetents. Planets generally govern themselves and their local governments have their own bureaucracies to execute the wills of the governor and his associates (As said governors are largely free to set up their systems and are not bound by Administratum rules). this can make things more difficult or more efficient, depending on the planet in question; it also leads to some gear grinding with interactions between the two bodies.

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	This environment can produce a number of amazing administrative savants such that if you dropped one of them with her trusty portable [[cogitator]] and pens in a mob of a million starved refugees with nothing but the clothes on their back, in a year they'd have organized them to the point that they've built a new city better than the ones they fled (these guys come up in The Black Library's books, eventually the "all bureaucrats are morons" jokes get old). The problem is that said environment also produces plenty of sapped office drones who are incapable of doing anything but their likely pointless task, petty tyrants whose only joy in life is lording what power their office might have over others, corrupt jerks who can do their jobs well but will only do so when a few Thrones are slipped under the table, and general morons who might be able to spell their name with only one letter out of place on the third try but nevertheless have positions of power because of nepotism and remain in their jobs because the paperwork to remove them gets lost and forgotten (possibly deliberately by one of the previously mentioned corrupt jerks).		This environment can produce a number of amazing administrative savants such that if you dropped one of them with her trusty portable [[cogitator]] and pens in a mob of a million starved refugees with nothing but the clothes on their back, in a year they'd have organized them to the point that they've built a new city better than the ones they fled (these guys come up in The Black Library's books, eventually the "all bureaucrats are morons" jokes get old). The problem is that said environment also produces plenty of sapped office drones who are incapable of doing anything but their likely pointless task, petty tyrants whose only joy in life is lording what power their office might have over others, corrupt jerks who can do their jobs well but will only do so when a few Thrones are slipped under the table, and general morons who might be able to spell their name with only one letter out of place on the third try but nevertheless have positions of power because of nepotism and remain in their jobs because the paperwork to remove them gets lost and forgotten (possibly deliberately by one of the previously mentioned corrupt jerks).

	It should be noted that the Administratum is an Imperial institution handling Imperial scale affairs often on the scale of hundreds of worlds at best, hundreds of thousands at worst, and efficiency tends to slow when the system is just that massive even when it isn't staffed mostly by incompetents. Planets ~~mostly~~ govern themselves and their local governments have their own bureaucracies to execute the wills of the governor and his associates. As said governors are largely free to set up their systems and are not bound by Administratum rules, this can make things more difficult or more efficient depending on the planet in question~~. But regardless~~ it also leads to some gear grinding in interactions between the two bodies.		It should be noted that the Administratum is an Imperial institution handling Imperial scale affairs often on the scale of hundreds of worlds at best, hundreds of thousands at worst, and efficiency tends to slow when the system is just that massive, even when it isn't staffed mostly by incompetents. Planets generally govern themselves and their local governments have their own bureaucracies to execute the wills of the governor and his associates (As said governors are largely free to set up their systems and are not bound by Administratum rules). this can make things more difficult or more efficient, depending on the planet in question; it also leads to some gear grinding with interactions between the two bodies.

	The rest of the Imperium routinely despises the Administratum~~; even the~~ [[Adeptus Arbites]] and the [[Inquisition]] ~~admit~~ they are highly inefficient (in fact there's a whole Ordo with the sole role to cut as much red tape as possible). They are routinely inflexible to the point of self-contradiction, such as demanding that planets increase their tithe quotas whilst also raising increasing numbers of guard regiments. The Astartes and Guard are more ~~straightforward~~ in their ~~thoughts, thinking~~ that more than a few wars could be won if they gave each Admin adept a lasgun and sent them to the front lines. ~~However, as~~ much as they are disliked, all other departments need the Administratum, as they won't know where to go to start ordering basic supplies even if they were desperate enough to try. In the far grim future, the ordering form is a dark and mystical document that requires much ritual and mediation before it can be filled in~~- and~~ Emperor help you if you make a mistake on said form.		The rest of the Imperium routinely despises the Administratum. The [[Adeptus Arbites]] and the [[Inquisition]] feel they are highly inefficient (in fact there's a whole Ordo with the sole role to cut as much red tape as possible). They are routinely inflexible to the point of self-contradiction, for example: such as demanding that planets increase their tithe quotas whilst also raising increasing numbers of guard regiments. The Astartes and Guard are more blunt in their opinions; believing that more than a few wars could be won if they gave each Admin adept a lasgun and sent them to the front lines. As much as they are disliked, all other departments need the Administratum, as they won't know where to go to start ordering basic supplies even if they were desperate enough to try. In the far grim future, the ordering form is a dark and mystical document that requires much ritual and mediation before it can be filled in (Emperor help you if you make a mistake on said form).

	==Divisions==		==Divisions==

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	This environment can produce a number of amazing administrative savants such that if you dropped one of them with her trusty portable [[cogitator]] and pens in a mob of a million starved refugees with nothing but the clothes on their back, in a year they'd have organized them to the point that they've built a new city better than the ones they fled (these guys come up in The Black Library's books, eventually the "all bureaucrats are morons" jokes get old). The problem is that said environment also produces plenty of sapped office drones who are incapable of doing anything but their likely pointless task, petty tyrants whose only joy in life is lording what power their office might have over others, corrupt jerks who can do their jobs well but will only do so when a few Thrones are slipped under the table, and general morons who might be able to spell their name with only one letter out of place on the third try but nevertheless have positions of power because of nepotism and remain in their jobs because the paperwork to remove them gets lost and forgotten (possibly deliberately by one of the previously mentioned corrupt jerks).		This environment can produce a number of amazing administrative savants such that if you dropped one of them with her trusty portable [[cogitator]] and pens in a mob of a million starved refugees with nothing but the clothes on their back, in a year they'd have organized them to the point that they've built a new city better than the ones they fled (these guys come up in The Black Library's books, eventually the "all bureaucrats are morons" jokes get old). The problem is that said environment also produces plenty of sapped office drones who are incapable of doing anything but their likely pointless task, petty tyrants whose only joy in life is lording what power their office might have over others, corrupt jerks who can do their jobs well but will only do so when a few Thrones are slipped under the table, and general morons who might be able to spell their name with only one letter out of place on the third try but nevertheless have positions of power because of nepotism and remain in their jobs because the paperwork to remove them gets lost and forgotten (possibly deliberately by one of the previously mentioned corrupt jerks).

	It should be noted~~, however,~~ that the Administratum is an Imperial institution handling Imperial scale affairs often on the scale of hundreds of worlds at best, hundreds of thousands at worst, and efficiency tends to slow when the system is just that massive even when it isn't staffed mostly by incompetents. Planets mostly govern themselves and their local governments have their own bureaucracies to execute the wills of the governor and his associates. As said governors are largely free to set up their systems and are not bound by Administratum rules, this can make things more difficult or more efficient depending on the planet in question. But regardless it also leads to some gear grinding in interactions between the two bodies.		It should be noted that the Administratum is an Imperial institution handling Imperial scale affairs often on the scale of hundreds of worlds at best, hundreds of thousands at worst, and efficiency tends to slow when the system is just that massive even when it isn't staffed mostly by incompetents. Planets mostly govern themselves and their local governments have their own bureaucracies to execute the wills of the governor and his associates. As said governors are largely free to set up their systems and are not bound by Administratum rules, this can make things more difficult or more efficient depending on the planet in question. But regardless it also leads to some gear grinding in interactions between the two bodies.

	The rest of the Imperium routinely despises the Administratum; even the [[Adeptus Arbites]] and the [[Inquisition]] admit they are highly inefficient (in fact there's a whole Ordo with the sole role to cut as much red tape as possible). They are routinely inflexible to the point of self-contradiction, such as demanding that planets increase their tithe quotas whilst also raising increasing numbers of guard regiments. The Astartes and Guard are more straightforward in their thoughts, thinking that more than a few wars could be won if they gave each Admin adept a lasgun and sent them to the front lines. However, as much as they are disliked, all other departments need the Administratum, as they won't know where to go to start ordering basic supplies even if they were desperate enough to try. In the far grim future, the ordering form is a dark and mystical document that requires much ritual and mediation before it can be filled in- and Emperor help you if you make a mistake on said form.		The rest of the Imperium routinely despises the Administratum; even the [[Adeptus Arbites]] and the [[Inquisition]] admit they are highly inefficient (in fact there's a whole Ordo with the sole role to cut as much red tape as possible). They are routinely inflexible to the point of self-contradiction, such as demanding that planets increase their tithe quotas whilst also raising increasing numbers of guard regiments. The Astartes and Guard are more straightforward in their thoughts, thinking that more than a few wars could be won if they gave each Admin adept a lasgun and sent them to the front lines. However, as much as they are disliked, all other departments need the Administratum, as they won't know where to go to start ordering basic supplies even if they were desperate enough to try. In the far grim future, the ordering form is a dark and mystical document that requires much ritual and mediation before it can be filled in- and Emperor help you if you make a mistake on said form.

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	**'''Engineer Corps:''' the division who are responsible for constructing military engineering projects.		**'''Engineer Corps:''' the division who are responsible for constructing military engineering projects.
	**'''Labour Corps:''' the division who deal with civilian and Mechanicus contractors to ensure that military facilities and bases are constructed.		**'''Labour Corps:''' the division who deal with civilian and Mechanicus contractors to ensure that military facilities and bases are constructed.
	**'''Siege Auxillia Corps:''' the division responsible for warehousing, storage, transport, and construction projects necessary for planetary sieges.		**'''Siege Auxillia Corps:''' the division responsible for warehousing, storage, transport, and construction projects necessary for planetary sieges.

	*'''Estate Imperium''': Charged with maintaining the tax records of the Imperium and the monumental task of accounting for the planetary tithes of millions of worlds and distributing it back out according to the demands of the Imperium. The Chancellor of the Estate Imperium can occasionally get a spot on the [[High Lords of Terra]]. Well, were he not doped-up on anti-depressants to deal his raging OCD, anyway (that's fine though as the only thing he does is provide his boss the Master of the Administratum with an extra vote, also mentioning that this is conflict of interest is heresy).		*'''Estate Imperium''': Charged with maintaining the tax records of the Imperium and the monumental task of accounting for the planetary tithes of millions of worlds and distributing it back out according to the demands of the Imperium. The Chancellor of the Estate Imperium can occasionally get a spot on the [[High Lords of Terra]]. Well, were he not doped-up on anti-depressants to deal his raging OCD, anyway (that's fine though as the only thing he does is provide his boss the Master of the Administratum with an extra vote, also mentioning that this is conflict of interest is heresy).

	*'''Historical Revision Unit''': The propaganda branch of the Imperium, charged with making sure Imperial history makes the Emperor and the Imperium look perfect and eliminating all knowledge of traitors. Because the Imperium wasn't grimdark enough, they cut/paste the [[1984\|Ministry of Truth]] into one of their foundational institutions. However, they must have done it with Linux, because they didn't manage to get enough of in to really affect the universe. Although... there has been a shit ton of [[Matt Ward\|'revisions']] to a wide variety of things to make various institutions look so unrealistically good that it defies sanity, and yet it has become 'fact'... Well played [[Games Workshop\|GW]]... On the other hand. This lack of knowledge of the very existence of traitors could be very useful in...other ways (Rebellious types still show up but it's much less likely to spread when most of society thinks that it's ''good'' that society is as fucked as it is.). As of the 42nd Millennium, [[Roboute Guilliman\|a certain Primarch]] has practically given this institution the middle finger and started his own band of remembrancers to fix the mess that they made. They can't complain that much about it cause the other guy could bench press Warhound Titans if he wants to and is literally the son of their god.		*'''Historical Revision Unit''': The propaganda branch of the Imperium, charged with making sure Imperial history makes the Emperor and the Imperium look perfect and eliminating all knowledge of traitors. Because the Imperium wasn't grimdark enough, they cut/paste the [[1984\|Ministry of Truth]] into one of their foundational institutions. However, they must have done it with Linux, because they didn't manage to get enough of in to really affect the universe. Although... there has been a shit ton of [[Matt Ward\|'revisions']] to a wide variety of things to make various institutions look so unrealistically good that it defies sanity, and yet it has become 'fact'... Well played [[Games Workshop\|GW]]... On the other hand. This lack of knowledge of the very existence of traitors could be very useful in...other ways (Rebellious types still show up but it's much less likely to spread when most of society thinks that it's ''good'' that society is as fucked as it is.). As of the 42nd Millennium, [[Roboute Guilliman\|a certain Primarch]] has practically given this institution the middle finger and started his own band of remembrancers to fix the mess that they made. They can't complain that much about it cause the other guy could bench press Warhound Titans if he wants to and is literally the son of their god.

	*'''Imperial Fleet:''' The Administratum oversees nearly all vessels in the Imperium short of the independently operating [[Rogue Traders]], [[Space Marines]], [[Inquisition]] and the [[Black Ships]]. The "Imperial Fleet" operates a number of bases in each segmentum that keep lines of supply, repair and requisition open.		*'''Imperial Fleet:''' The Administratum oversees nearly all vessels in the Imperium short of the independently operating [[Rogue Traders]], [[Space Marines]], [[Inquisition]] and the [[Black Ships]]. The "Imperial Fleet" operates a number of bases in each segmentum that keep lines of supply, repair and requisition open.
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	***'''Curators:''' People tasked with maintaining the written records of the Imperium, even when those records are written in languages that are no longer spoken anywhere. This position is also hereditary because Curator families teach these languages to their offspring, thereby protecting their positions ''(and titles)'' jealously rather than translating those records into languages understood by the Imperium at large.		***'''Curators:''' People tasked with maintaining the written records of the Imperium, even when those records are written in languages that are no longer spoken anywhere. This position is also hereditary because Curator families teach these languages to their offspring, thereby protecting their positions ''(and titles)'' jealously rather than translating those records into languages understood by the Imperium at large.
	***'''Ciphers:''' a unique sub-caste of the hereditary slave group. The Ciphers teach their children methods of self-hypnosis that allows them to memorise long reems of information even when they do not understand what it is they are memorising. They can later divulge this information on command making them trusted messengers within the offices of the Imperium.		***'''Ciphers:''' a unique sub-caste of the hereditary slave group. The Ciphers teach their children methods of self-hypnosis that allows them to memorise long reems of information even when they do not understand what it is they are memorising. They can later divulge this information on command making them trusted messengers within the offices of the Imperium.
	**'''Ordinates:''' Mid level functionaries and minor officials. If a Subordinate is lucky they might get promoted to Ordinate, bringing their family an increase in living conditions.		**'''Ordinates:''' Mid level functionaries and minor officials. If a Subordinate is lucky they might get promoted to Ordinate, bringing their family an increase in living conditions.
	*'''Prefect''' ''(or Prefectus):'' Officers and officials of the Administratum and comes with a variety of sub-grades and forms of address.		*'''Prefect''' ''(or Prefectus):'' Officers and officials of the Administratum and comes with a variety of sub-grades and forms of address.
	**Arguably this includes Commissars since they are literally ''officers'' of the Administratum from the <u>Officio Prefectus</u>, meaning they outrank most Adepts, but as with any Prefect the issue becomes moot where those Adepts hold other ranks, so good luck getting an ''Adeptus'' Chapter Master to care about your authority.		**Arguably this includes Commissars since they are literally ''officers'' of the Administratum from the <u>Officio Prefectus</u>, meaning they outrank most Adepts, but as with any Prefect the issue becomes moot where those Adepts hold other ranks, so good luck getting an ''Adeptus'' Chapter Master to care about your authority.
	*'''Master''': These people are the heads of the various offices of the Administratum, below the Master of the Administratum himself. Notably the '''Chancellor of the Estates Imperium''' is ranked "Master", hence lower in the pecking order to the Master of the Administratum, even when he is a High Lord of Terra and "technically" his equal.		*'''Master''': These people are the heads of the various offices of the Administratum, below the Master of the Administratum himself. Notably the '''Chancellor of the Estates Imperium''' is ranked "Master", hence lower in the pecking order to the Master of the Administratum, even when he is a High Lord of Terra and "technically" his equal.