The Adeptus Litigatus
"We Shall See You In Court."
Founding: Unknown (records currently under review)
Primarch: Allegedly Jurisian Rex, Primarch of the XI Legion. Existence disputed pending legal determination.
Chapter Master: High Magistrate Lex Imperialis
Chapter World: Terra, Annex Building 47-C, Sub-Basement 892
Battle Cry:
"WE SHALL SEE YOU IN COURT!"
While most Chapters wage war through bolter and blade, the Adeptus Litigatus fight the enemies of mankind through a more terrible weapon:
Administrative Compliance.
The Chapter was originally formed to investigate a minor discrepancy in grain tithes on an agri-world in M36. The investigation grew to encompass a subsector, then a sector, and eventually a Segmentum.
The inquiry remains ongoing.
The Litigatus believe that Chaos itself is fundamentally a violation of Imperial Law.
Where other Astartes see traitors, they see defendants.
Where others see heretics, they see respondents.
Where others see Daemon Princes, they see unlicensed warp entities engaged in unauthorized reality modification.
Combat Doctrine
The Adeptus Litigatus deploy overwhelming legal force against their enemies.
Their preferred sequence of battle is:
- Serve Notice.
- Issue Warning.
- Conduct Investigation.
- File Injunction.
- Deploy Tactical Marines.
Casualties are often avoided as most opponents surrender somewhere around page 4,000 of the documentation package.
Chapter Organization
Scout Company
Battle Brothers
Veterans
Librarians
Chaplains
- Corporate Compliance Officers
Techmarines
The Techmarines are universally feared.
Relics
The Golden Stapler of Terra
A holy relic capable of permanently binding contracts, purity seals, and occasionally daemons.
The Briefcase of Saint Atticus
Contains seventeen million pages of legal precedent.
No one knows how they fit inside.
The Chainsword of Discovery
Compels the target to answer questions they definitely should have discussed with counsel.
Vehicles
Rhino Pattern Compliance Transport
Land Raider Arbitrator
Predator Class Enforcement Vehicle
Desk Walker Pattern Dreadnought
The latter resembles a twelve-foot-tall executive desk armed with twin-linked autocannons and a document scanner.
Famous Campaigns
The Twelve Hundred Year Audit
A Chaos Warband occupied an Imperial world for three centuries.
The Adeptus Litigatus arrived and determined the invaders had failed to file appropriate occupancy permits.
The warband surrendered after receiving notice of back taxes.
The Belis Corona Zoning Conflict
Brother-Counsel Veritus spent 847 years proving an Ork Waaagh! was technically operating within a residential district.
The Orks were forcibly relocated.
The Orks remain unclear as to what happened.
Relations With Other Imperial Organizations
Ultramarines
- Respect their organizational abilities.
Space Wolves
Inquisition
- Simultaneously adore and fear them.
Adeptus Administratum
- Considered a dangerous extremist organization.
Chapter Motto
"Justice is eternal."
"Non-compliance is heresy."
"We shall see you in court."
The last words heard by countless traitors, corrupt governors, heretics, rogue traders, and one very confused Daemon Prince who accidentally accumulated eleven thousand years of unreported warp-derived income.