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I was curious, do Forge Worlds have an Adeptus Arbites presence?

My understanding is that there is a Precinct on every Imperial world, which (I believe) would include Forge Worlds. Likely, they would just chill there. The AdMech may have some agreement that preventing the Arbites from having jurisdiction. If the forgeworld has hives with an Imperial Governor (like in Titanicus) I would assume that at least the areas under the Governors control would be under Arbite jurisdiction.

Anyone know more?

The forges and factory's are mars control, probbly come down to the tech guard.

A hive maybe different however

The Arbites enforce Imperial Law, not so much local law. So, on a Forge World, they ensure that the world's Tithe is being met, that its psykers (who will be born into any human population, based purely on statistics) are tithed to the Black Ships, and so forth and so on.

So, on a Forge World, probably with the alliance of the Tech-Guard (and possibly to also watch the Tech-Guard), the Arbites will ensure that worker riots are quelled as quickly as possible, that the production of the Forge World is meeting its Tithe requirements, that genetic purity tests are being performed, that psykers are being collected and shipped off to Terra, and such.

The Arbites are not, generally speaking, beat cops. They don't investigate petty crimes like local murders, robbery of shops, rape crimes, anything of that sort. That's left to the jurisdiction of whatever the local police force may be (though the Arbites may assist in such police functions). The Arbites are there to defend the interests of the Imperium, and so quell riots, rebellions, Planetary Governors not meeting their requirements, acts of heresy, sedition, recidivism, consort with the Xeno or the Diabolic, etc etc.. They will often be employed by any Inquisitorial forces that may be present if said Inquisitor needs to bring the hammer down on some fools.

Um, Aren't Forge Worlds tithed Adeptus Non?

But it would be amusing if the Arbites were there to oversee that absolutely no tithes are sent from the Forge World

Adeptus Non is usually reserved for the homeworlds of the various Space Marine Chapters. The reason for this is because the planet tithes directly to that Chapter (in terms of recruits and materials for wargear), rather than to the Imperium in general.

I think, for Forge Worlds, they get a different type of Tithe Grade altogether. They have some sort of Mechanicus-assigned Production Grade, which is like a tithe to the AdMech, rather than the Imperium, which is then distributed by the AdMech to the various Adepti based on what the world produces. Ryza, for example, probably does not ship plasma guns to the Administratum, but to the AdMech, who then distributes them to the Sororitas, the Astartes, the IG, certain private distributors (for sale to wealthy private citizens) and so forth and so on.

Forge Worlds are not technically Imperial worlds, so no, they would not normally have an Arbites presence. The Admech does have their own version however. I think in the Lathe Worlds supplement it is mentioned.

Still will have a tithe in equipment, tanks, rifles, titans, basic canteens n everything else they produce. Production targets and amounts required to supply a large scale campaign.

In my opinion a Forge World is a soverign world of the Adeptus Mechanicus and has none or virtually none of the trappings and instituions of the Imperium and Imperial Worlds.

So no Adeptus Asrbites - there may be a Mechanicus police force but likely very different in form and function
no PDF or Imperial Guard - Skitarri, Tach Guard and other forces all the way up to titans
no Church save that of the Machine God
no Planetary Governor - Arch Magos or similar.

etc

The 3rd edition codex says this of Forge Worlds:
Tithe Grade: Aptus Non, See files Ref: Trade Pacts, Admech [file number]

The entries for Research Stations and Dead Worlds were also listed Aptus Non, so its certainly not unique to Space Marine homeworlds, it just means 'nil tax'

Maybe but little is known about adeptus arbites