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Guard wrote:During this time, the Commissariat was formed to be the bulwark against the influences of Chaos and its traitors. The Commissar was given power to ensure a regiment's continuing loyalty, and was charged to do anything necessary to prevent the corruption or spread of Chaos."

That got me thinking... why is there on Commissar equivalent in Space Marine chapters? Of course, pansy human soldiers are much more likely to turn heretic than genetically modified and religiously indoctrinated Marines, but if I recall correctly there have been issues with chapters going renegade, Chaos or whatever And a Marine Chapter is much more expensive and valuable than a Guard regiment. Why doesn't the Imperium keep an eye on them as they do with their army?

That is the...

duty of the chaplain.

Those marines in black have more to do than add some rerolls...

Spiritual guidance is the chaplains duty and they also are part of the recrut selection ( to sort out the tainted ).

1hadhq got it right...this time.

Either the Chaplain or the Inquisition if things really start to turn sour.

The Astartes are held more independently from the rest of the Imperium than most Imperial forces, so they generally don't have members of another organization overseeing them.

The New Romance wrote:

Guard wrote:During this time, the Commissariat was formed to be the bulwark against the influences of Chaos and its traitors. The Commissar was given power to ensure a regiment's continuing loyalty, and was charged to do anything necessary to prevent the corruption or spread of Chaos."

That got me thinking... why is there on Commissar equivalent in Space Marine chapters? Of course, pansy human soldiers are much more likely to turn heretic than genetically modified and religiously indoctrinated Marines, but if I recall correctly there have been issues with chapters going renegade, Chaos or whatever And a Marine Chapter is much more expensive and valuable than a Guard regiment. Why doesn't the Imperium keep an eye on them as they do with their army?

Because the Space Marine Chapters were created by THE EMPEROR while the IG and Navy were made by the High Lords, and EMPEROR+PRIMARCHS>High Lords

Like the last few people have said, a Chaplain performs those duties for the SM's.

Emperors Faithful wrote:...this time.

This implies something....someday i'll find out.

Astartes have for control:

Chaplains = spiritual guidance, training
Librarians = psyche, psi powers, chaos taint?
Apothecary = fitness, compatibility with geneseed

and there is the tithe to the magos biologis to check the geneseed. Maybe the only non-chapter organization with in-depth info.

So the apothecary is the buff gym-trainer?
And the chaplain is the space pope?
And Librarians of the future have PSYCIC POWERS?!?
Of course! How else would they know who took out which books. (God help you if you're overdue)