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Spetulhu wrote:

 Ynneadwraith wrote:
True, but all of that trouble all centres around not paying your taxes rather than breaking any other rules. It was the fact that he was causing people not to pay their that actually brought a sanction against him.

Ah, of course. I just read your "tithe" and "space marine" and assumed you meant their customary Geneseed Tithe to Mars (which he also withheld). But you didn't actually say that. My bad.

Not paying taxes, whatever that might be, is indeed the first and biggest thing that will get you in trouble with the IoM. Dealing with xenos above your pay grade or not worshipping the Emperor is a distant concern compared to the tax office.

No worries should have picked my words better

Agreed. I should reorder the list.

1. Pay your taxes
2. Worship something that could possibly somehow be interpreted as the Emperor
3. Don't deal with xenos unless you're one of the people who are allowed to deal with xenos
4. Did I mention the taxes thing?

The main thing this does is open up a whole host of modelling opportunities when it comes to combined Astartes and human forces. Rather than having to have a separate Astartes chapter accompanied by an unrelated Guard regiment you can really go to town creating some themed auxilia forces for your Chapter. If you assume that your chapter is backed by a large cohort of mortal serfs and auxilia wherever they go (who aren't remembered for the same reason we only remember the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae and not the 900 Helots that accompanied them) you can really build a whole rich and believable world around your chapter