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This thread reminds me that I have 12 Frateris Militia in storage that would make excellent dioramic pieces for Games Day entries

Apologies in advance for thread necromancy. I have been living in NYC for two months and didn't have access to my library until yesterday.

Kanluwen wrote:Frateris assisting with the defense of a shrine aren't civilians. The Frateris are also referred to as "Frateris Militia".

The point, however, is that civilians in combat are the exception--not the rule.

Codex Witch Hunters, pg. 10:

When the Ecclesiarchy declares a War of Faith, it must follow the dictates of the Decree Passive, meaning that it is the exclusively female Adepta Sororitas that provide the standing fighting forces. Joined by the Frateris Militia (bands of civilians, lay people, or seconded planetary defense forces) the Sisters persecute the enemies of the Imperial Creed.

Yeah, but could that be adapted for other races?

I was actually going to raise this thread myself,but the question I wanted to ask was this: is it easy for civilians to move planet to planet or system to system, or is that just for the military?

as far as I know the closest from moving system too system would be If a hive fleet or a major WAAAAAAGH!! happened to the civvies might be Evaced out.

Yep they have worlds dedicated to different things in the Imperium. There are agri-worlds that feed the people. There are forgeworlds that make the machines of war and such. There are hive worlds where the population of people is super large and they are usually also forgeworlds as well. Their are deathworlds where the strong survive such as the Catachans and Valhallans. Also this should be noted most civillians on forgeworlds and hive worlds really aren't civillians but are in hive gangs and really are fighting for survival. So actually service in the Imperial Guard is better usually for them.

Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:I was actually going to raise this thread myself,but the question I wanted to ask was this: is it easy for civilians to move planet to planet or system to system, or is that just for the military?

It isn't easy, but it is certainly possible. I suspect it is reserved for the very wealthy and politically powerful. It is documented that civilians travel to shrines off planet. One of the most holy routes a pilgrim can take is the journey from Ophelia VII to Terra, a several year journey- so the citizen needs a lot of free time

One of the Adepta Sororitas' major functions is escorting pilgrims and stabilizing pilgrimage routes between planets, which raises a lot of other questions... to do that they would need to have nigh-permanent access to Imperial Naval vessels, or they would have to have their own. One of the codexes indicates that many pilgrims on space journeys have been saved by the timely intervention of Sisters of Battle.

Of course there are Explorator fleets which would have many civilians for colonization purposes, but they probably don't have a lot of free choice. I'd hazard a guess that many are refugees that the Administratum has decided to relocate.