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1d4chan>MrPhantom: /* Curriculum */

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	Despite the harsh regime under which progenia have to live, the level of physical and mental training afforded to them makes them some of the most highly educated and fit people in the Imperium.		Despite the harsh regime under which progenia have to live, the level of physical and mental training afforded to them makes them some of the most highly educated and fit people in the Imperium.

	Each progenium, regardless of their final career path will have a functioning knowledge of the [[Administratum]], the [[Ecclesiarchy]] and the [[Imperial Cult\|Imperial Creed]], Imperial History and Philosophy, as well as fluency in High Gothic (presumably, generally useful subjects like first aid, mathematics and geometry including algebra, calculus and applied mathematical fields like statistics, social sciences like psychology and sociology, political and economic sciences and natural sciences like physics, chemistry, biology, geology, astronomy et cetera are also taught, though they would inevitably have a heavy dose of propaganda for good measure).		Each progenium, regardless of their final career path will have a functioning knowledge of the [[Administratum]], the [[Ecclesiarchy]] and the [[Imperial Cult\|Imperial Creed]], Imperial History and Philosophy, as well as fluency in High Gothic (presumably, generally useful subjects like first aid, mathematics and geometry including algebra, calculus and applied mathematical fields like statistics, social sciences like psychology and sociology, political and economic sciences and natural sciences like physics, chemistry, biology, geology, astronomy et cetera are also taught, though they would inevitably have a heavy dose of propaganda for good measure, especially on the social sciences track).

	They will also have rudimentary training in close quarters combat and basic ranged weaponry, so even your schola-trained Administratum drone can be a reasonably even match-up with a normal Guardsman past his basic training.		They will also have rudimentary training in close quarters combat and basic ranged weaponry, so even your schola-trained Administratum drone can be a reasonably even match-up with a normal Guardsman past his basic training.

1d4chan>A Walrus: /* Curriculum */

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	Despite the harsh regime under which progenia have to live, the level of physical and mental training afforded to them makes them some of the most highly educated and fit people in the Imperium.		Despite the harsh regime under which progenia have to live, the level of physical and mental training afforded to them makes them some of the most highly educated and fit people in the Imperium.

	Each progenium, regardless of their final career path will have a functioning knowledge of the [[Administratum]], the [[Ecclesiarchy]] and the [[Imperial Cult\|Imperial Creed]], Imperial History and Philosophy, as well as fluency in High Gothic (presumably, generally useful subjects like first aid, mathematics and geometry including algebra, calculus and applied mathematical fields like statistics, social sciences like psychology and sociology, political and economic sciences and natural sciences like physics, chemistry, biology, geology, astronomy et cetera are also taught).		Each progenium, regardless of their final career path will have a functioning knowledge of the [[Administratum]], the [[Ecclesiarchy]] and the [[Imperial Cult\|Imperial Creed]], Imperial History and Philosophy, as well as fluency in High Gothic (presumably, generally useful subjects like first aid, mathematics and geometry including algebra, calculus and applied mathematical fields like statistics, social sciences like psychology and sociology, political and economic sciences and natural sciences like physics, chemistry, biology, geology, astronomy et cetera are also taught, though they would inevitably have a heavy dose of propaganda for good measure).

	They will also have rudimentary training in close quarters combat and basic ranged weaponry, so even your schola-trained Administratum drone can be a reasonably even match-up with a normal Guardsman past his basic training.		They will also have rudimentary training in close quarters combat and basic ranged weaponry, so even your schola-trained Administratum drone can be a reasonably even match-up with a normal Guardsman past his basic training.

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	=== Drill Abbots ===		=== Drill Abbots ===

	{{Topquote\|No no no! By the Throne, boy, how many times? Depress the loading catch before removing the drum feed, not while removing the drum feed! You'll jam the weapon! smack Oh stop bawling, child. You're ten years old, you should have learned basic autogun procedures by now. Fifty press ups and fifty Pax Imperiums. And certainly there will be no dinner.\|Drill Abbott Kross Vorgt}}		{{Topquote\|No no no! By the Throne, boy, how many times? Depress the loading catch ''before'' removing the drum feed, not ''while'' removing the drum feed! You'll jam the weapon! smack Oh stop bawling, child. You're ten years old, you should have learned basic autogun procedures by now. Fifty press ups and fifty Pax Imperiums. And certainly there will be no dinner.\|Drill Abbott Kross Vorgt}}

	While there are specialist teachers of particular subjects in the Schola Progenium, most of the instructors are Drill Abbots, who are ordained priests of the [[Ecclesiarchy]], but they get excused from all the onerous jobs like leading Friday prayer, taking Sunday mass, performing weddings, and baptising babies.		While there are specialist teachers of particular subjects in the Schola Progenium, most of the instructors are Drill Abbots, who are ordained priests of the [[Ecclesiarchy]], but they get excused from all the onerous jobs like leading Friday prayer, taking Sunday mass, performing weddings, and baptising babies.

1d4chan>McNash: /* Curriculum */

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	*The [[Inquisition]] gets free run of Scholas to pick and choose whichever candidates they like. Though when they come to visit, often the best candidates [[Just as Planned\|will be inexplicably absent on field trips or recovering from injury in the infirmary.]] The Inquisition also takes a deep interest in truants, since it takes a lot of motivation and resourcefulness to escape from the facilities.		*The [[Inquisition]] gets free run of Scholas to pick and choose whichever candidates they like. Though when they come to visit, often the best candidates [[Just as Planned\|will be inexplicably absent on field trips or recovering from injury in the infirmary.]] The Inquisition also takes a deep interest in truants, since it takes a lot of motivation and resourcefulness to escape from the facilities.

	Note: The codexes and RPG rulebooks are contradicted by the 40K novel series' entries, which make no mention of Drill Abbots or graduate Commissars executing anybody. The sixth Cain book takes place in a Schola, and none of this shit happens at all, though his books are framed as a first person autobiography, so he can include or neglect whatever he likes (and any Schola run by him probably wouldn't have that anyway, as his distaste for the "standard" Commissariat conduct is well documented, and every graduate that doesn't get shot by one of his classmates is one more for Cain to hide behind). Also, there are hundreds, if not thousands (or even more), of different scholas across the galaxy and each works according to its own idiom. (That, and the tests of compliance were added in a codex written after that particular book.)		Note: The codexes and RPG rulebooks are contradicted by the 40K novel series' entries, which make no mention of Drill Abbots or graduate Commissars executing anybody. The sixth Cain book takes place in a Schola, and none of this shit happens at all, though his books are framed as a first person autobiography, so he can include or neglect whatever he likes (and any Schola run by him probably wouldn't have that anyway, as his distaste for the "standard" Commissariat conduct is well documented, and every graduate that doesn't get shot by one of his classmates is one more for Cain to hide behind), the novel states cadets still take practice in interrogation and live fire exercise on convicts, and it may simply be that execution tests are optional and it may require cadets performing very poorly, read: it will be extremely detrimental to the Imperium to graduate an incompetent with ample political power over the military. Also, there are hundreds, if not thousands (or even more), of different scholas across the galaxy and each works according to its own idiom. (That, and the tests of compliance were added in a codex written after that particular book.)

	== Alumni ==		== Alumni ==

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	== Alumni ==		== Alumni ==

	''Progenia'' of each Schola are ideal members of just about every upper branch of the Imperium. They make good clerics of the [[Ecclesiarchy]] (need to be able to hold a [[bolter]] when some punk heretic tries to start a theological dispute with a knife), adepts of the [[Administratum]] (only a man who loves the Emperor dearly can bear with writing for a 20-hour workday, let alone be quick on the draw enough to crack down on a dataslave rebellion in the middle of his three-minute lunch break), and especially good [[Adeptus Arbites\|Arbitrators]] for obvious reasons. They are seen as prime candidates for recruiting into the [[Inquisition]]. They often become [[Commissar\|Commissars]] or [[Stormtrooper\|Storm Troopers]] in the [[Imperial Guard]], and only particularly promising and fanatically zealous female graduates go on to join the [[Sisters of Battle\|Adepta Sororitas...]] [[Commissar Raege\|usually.]] [[Severina Raine\|Not always.]] The same applies to [[Crusaders]], just replace “female” with “chivalry and melee ~~autist~~.” The absolute best of the best in specialist combat roles get scooped up by the Officio Assassinorum to <s>flagrantly waste</s> '''process''' in the hope that one tenth will survive the second tier of training to become [[Assassin\|Imperial Assassins]] and thus the best of the best of the best in the whole system at killing the enemies of man dead. The merely “average” or barely passing are still by necessity leagues more capable than the typical [[Imperial Guard\| Guard conscript]] or [[Hive World]] bureaucrat, so thus get sent off with an officer commission or junior minister job lined up somewhere and are expected to rapidly climb ranks to become a planetary governor or imperial commander.		''Progenia'' of each Schola are ideal members of just about every upper branch of the Imperium. They make good clerics of the [[Ecclesiarchy]] (need to be able to hold a [[bolter]] when some punk heretic tries to start a theological dispute with a knife), adepts of the [[Administratum]] (only a man who loves the Emperor dearly can bear with writing for a 20-hour workday, let alone be quick on the draw enough to crack down on a dataslave rebellion in the middle of his three-minute lunch break), and especially good [[Adeptus Arbites\|Arbitrators]] for obvious reasons. They are seen as prime candidates for recruiting into the [[Inquisition]]. They often become [[Commissar\|Commissars]] or [[Stormtrooper\|Storm Troopers]] in the [[Imperial Guard]], and only particularly promising and fanatically zealous female graduates go on to join the [[Sisters of Battle\|Adepta Sororitas...]] [[Commissar Raege\|usually.]] [[Severina Raine\|Not always even when they are very promising and zealous.]] The same applies to [[Crusaders]], just replace “female” with “chivalry and melee autist”, thus making the Sororitas recruits and Crusader recruits a cut above the rest when it comes to fighting (or medicine, diplomacy or sanctification, depending on the Sororitas non-militant order if that is where the young girl is being sent). The absolute best of the best in specialist combat roles get scooped up by the Officio Assassinorum to <s>flagrantly waste</s> '''process''' in the hope that one tenth will survive the second tier of training to become [[Assassin\|Imperial Assassins]] and thus the best of the best of the best in the whole Imperial system at killing the enemies of man dead, just a hair below [[Sisters of Silence]], [[Living Saint]]s, [[Grey Knights]], [[Adeptus Custodes]] or whichever ship captain who knows how to do orbital bombardment is in the star system right now. The merely “average” or barely passing are still by necessity leagues more capable than the typical [[Imperial Guard\| Guard conscript]] or [[Hive World]] bureaucrat, so thus get sent off with an officer commission or junior minister job lined up somewhere and are expected to rapidly climb ranks to become a planetary governor or imperial commander.

	Basically if you are anyone important while remaining mortal, you are either a Schola graduate or survived several decades of war, which isn't easy. That said, if you have to pick one to fight, always go for the graduate. Unless said graduate is also a veteran of kicking the ever-hating fuck out of mind-shattering horrors for several decades on top of fancy academy training, in which case you’re doubly fucked.		Basically if you are anyone important while remaining mortal, you are either a Schola graduate or survived several decades of war (or bureaucracy ''shudders''), which isn't easy. That said, if you have to pick one to fight, always go for the graduate. Unless said graduate is also a veteran of kicking the ever-hating fuck out of mind-shattering horrors for several decades on top of fancy academy training, in which case you’re doubly fucked.

	[[Category: Warhammer 40,000]]		[[Category: Warhammer 40,000]]

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	''Progenia'' of each Schola are ideal members of just about every upper branch of the Imperium. They make good clerics of the [[Ecclesiarchy]] (need to be able to hold a [[bolter]] when some punk heretic tries to start a theological dispute with a knife), adepts of the [[Administratum]] (only a man who loves the Emperor dearly can bear with writing for a 20-hour workday, let alone be quick on the draw enough to crack down on a dataslave rebellion in the middle of his three-minute lunch break), and especially good [[Adeptus Arbites\|Arbitrators]] for obvious reasons. They are seen as prime candidates for recruiting into the [[Inquisition]]. They often become [[Commissar\|Commissars]] or [[Stormtrooper\|Storm Troopers]] in the [[Imperial Guard]], and only particularly promising and fanatically zealous female graduates go on to join the [[Sisters of Battle\|Adepta Sororitas...]] [[Commissar Raege\|usually.]] [[Severina Raine\|Not always.]] The same applies to [[Crusaders]], just replace “female” with “chivalry and melee autist.” The absolute best of the best in specialist combat roles get scooped up by the Officio Assassinorum to <s>flagrantly waste</s> '''process''' in the hope that one tenth will survive the second tier of training to become [[Assassin\|Imperial Assassins]] and thus the best of the best of the best in the whole system at killing the enemies of man dead. The merely “average” or barely passing are still by necessity leagues more capable than the typical [[Imperial Guard\| Guard conscript]] or [[Hive World]] bureaucrat, so thus get sent off with an officer commission or junior minister job lined up somewhere and are expected to rapidly climb ranks to become a planetary governor or imperial commander.		''Progenia'' of each Schola are ideal members of just about every upper branch of the Imperium. They make good clerics of the [[Ecclesiarchy]] (need to be able to hold a [[bolter]] when some punk heretic tries to start a theological dispute with a knife), adepts of the [[Administratum]] (only a man who loves the Emperor dearly can bear with writing for a 20-hour workday, let alone be quick on the draw enough to crack down on a dataslave rebellion in the middle of his three-minute lunch break), and especially good [[Adeptus Arbites\|Arbitrators]] for obvious reasons. They are seen as prime candidates for recruiting into the [[Inquisition]]. They often become [[Commissar\|Commissars]] or [[Stormtrooper\|Storm Troopers]] in the [[Imperial Guard]], and only particularly promising and fanatically zealous female graduates go on to join the [[Sisters of Battle\|Adepta Sororitas...]] [[Commissar Raege\|usually.]] [[Severina Raine\|Not always.]] The same applies to [[Crusaders]], just replace “female” with “chivalry and melee autist.” The absolute best of the best in specialist combat roles get scooped up by the Officio Assassinorum to <s>flagrantly waste</s> '''process''' in the hope that one tenth will survive the second tier of training to become [[Assassin\|Imperial Assassins]] and thus the best of the best of the best in the whole system at killing the enemies of man dead. The merely “average” or barely passing are still by necessity leagues more capable than the typical [[Imperial Guard\| Guard conscript]] or [[Hive World]] bureaucrat, so thus get sent off with an officer commission or junior minister job lined up somewhere and are expected to rapidly climb ranks to become a planetary governor or imperial commander.

	Basically if you are anyone important while remaining mortal, you are either a Schola graduate or survived several decades of war, which isn't easy. That said, if you have to pick one to fight, always go for the graduate. Unless said graduate is also a veteran of kicking the ever-hating fuck out of mind-shattering horrors for several decades.		Basically if you are anyone important while remaining mortal, you are either a Schola graduate or survived several decades of war, which isn't easy. That said, if you have to pick one to fight, always go for the graduate. Unless said graduate is also a veteran of kicking the ever-hating fuck out of mind-shattering horrors for several decades on top of fancy academy training, in which case you’re doubly fucked.

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	Typical of the 41st millennium, there is no standard of basic human rights, so discipline at school can take a multitude of forms, from branding to sleep deprivation, even battering them on the head with a sledgehammer if they think the student needs a firm hand. Handing "live" weaponry to abuse victims is standard Imperial logic at its best.		Typical of the 41st millennium, there is no standard of basic human rights, so discipline at school can take a multitude of forms, from branding to sleep deprivation, even battering them on the head with a sledgehammer if they think the student needs a firm hand. Handing "live" weaponry to abuse victims is standard Imperial logic at its best.

	Drill Abbots can also come from a variety of backgrounds, despite being priests. Many are transferred over from the Imperial Guard, where a number of desirable skills are transferable to the role, making many of them Drill Instructors as well as Abbots. [[Adepta Sororitas]] are assigned as well, being exemplars of faith they are welcomed. Somehow it is doubtful any members of the Argent Shroud are part of it, though. Those one's are genuine altruists and would probably blam anyone that hit a child.		Drill Abbots can also come from a variety of backgrounds, despite being priests. Many are transferred over from the [[Imperial Guard]], where a number of desirable skills are transferable to the role, making many of them Drill Instructors as well as Abbots. [[Adepta Sororitas]] are assigned as well, being exemplars of faith they are welcomed. Somehow it is doubtful any members of the Argent Shroud are part of it, though. Those one's are genuine altruists and would probably blam anyone that hit a child.

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	Later in their schooling, the progenia will be bundled into groups matching their aptitudes; for example those with a talent for investigation are steered towards [[Adeptus Arbites\|Arbites]] training, while those with strong mental fortitude and close-combat skills are sent to the Order of the Cardinals Crimson to become [[Crusaders]]. Those female recruits with truly exceptional scores and faith are picked out by [[Adepta Sororitas]] assigned to the Schola as potential recruits. Eventually culminating in the final '''Test of Compliance''' to prove their suitability:		Later in their schooling, the progenia will be bundled into groups matching their aptitudes; for example those with a talent for investigation are steered towards [[Adeptus Arbites\|Arbites]] training, while those with strong mental fortitude and close-combat skills are sent to the Order of the Cardinals Crimson to become [[Crusaders]]. Those female recruits with truly exceptional scores and faith are picked out by [[Adepta Sororitas]] assigned to the Schola as potential recruits. Eventually culminating in the final '''Test of Compliance''' to prove their suitability:

	*Tempestus candidates are made to undergo a live fire exercise without any prior notice, to prove that they can respond quickly enough to survive as well as work efficiently as a team. These exercises are often performed in a ''Hallucinarium'' which is a labyrinth that exposes the cadets to strange visions and orders. The point of this is to make sure that the cadets will follow orders even when confused or receiving contradictory inputs.		*[[Militarum Tempestus\|Tempestus]] candidates are made to undergo a live fire exercise without any prior notice, to prove that they can respond quickly enough to survive as well as work efficiently as a team. These exercises are often performed in a ''Hallucinarium'' which is a labyrinth that exposes the cadets to strange visions and orders. The point of this is to make sure that the cadets will follow orders even when confused or receiving contradictory inputs.
	*Future Commissars are handed a pistol and told to execute one of their poorly performing classmates in order to make certain that the student will act without hesitation and is loyal to the cause. The schola tries to make it one of their close friends if they can, so that it is not too easy for the cadet if they just didn't ''like'' the target- and more importantly, ensure that their loyalty to the Imperium and willingness to follow orders comes before any kind of personal relationship. If they refuse or take too long, they'll probably end up getting shot by another student on his own way to becoming a commissar instead.		*Future [[Commissars]] are handed a pistol and told to execute one of their poorly performing classmates in order to make certain that the student will act without hesitation and is loyal to the cause. The schola tries to make it one of their close friends if they can, so that it is not too easy for the cadet if they just didn't ''like'' the target- and more importantly, ensure that their loyalty to the Imperium and willingness to follow orders comes before any kind of personal relationship. If they refuse or take too long, they'll probably end up getting shot by another student on his own way to becoming a commissar instead.
	*Despite the common belief that female graduates [[derp\|"usually"]] get shuffled off to the various institutions of the [[Sisters of Battle\|Adepta Sororitas]], the fact is that the Sisterhood ''only'' wants young women of particularly strong faith and are very picky over who joins their convents, so female progenia can end up in other organisations just as frequently as the males. That being said; in the 41st Millennium, fanatical faith is never in short supply so the Sororitas can draw the majority of their recruits from the Schola, as a fanatic who actually knows what they are doing is preferred to one who does not. The Sisters don't exactly have a vast number of power armor suits, anyway. Which also must be taken into account when picking potential recruits.		*Despite the common belief that female graduates [[derp\|"usually"]] get shuffled off to the various institutions of the [[Sisters of Battle\|Adepta Sororitas]], the fact is that the Sisterhood ''only'' wants young women of particularly strong faith and are very picky over who joins their convents, so female progenia can end up in other organisations just as frequently as the males. That being said; in the 41st Millennium, fanatical faith is never in short supply so the Sororitas can draw the majority of their recruits from the Schola, as a fanatic who actually knows what they are doing is preferred to one who does not. The Sisters don't exactly have a vast number of power armor suits, anyway. Which also must be taken into account when picking potential recruits.
	*Candidates for the [[Officio Assassinorum]] just vanish when it gets close to Selection Day. Despite all of the testing and prep work they've already done in the Schola, the true training only starts on the ship back to the Terra, with conditions so extreme that attrition rates of 90%+ are common. ''THEN'' they need to spend a further ten years as an apprentice before they even get considered for their first assignment. In exchange they become deadlier than the rest of graduate class combined.		*Candidates for the [[Officio Assassinorum]] just vanish when it gets close to Selection Day. Despite all of the testing and prep work they've already done in the Schola, the true training only starts on the ship back to the Terra, with conditions so extreme that attrition rates of 90%+ are common. ''THEN'' they need to spend a further ten years as an apprentice before they even get considered for their first assignment. In exchange they become deadlier than the rest of graduate class combined.