Burned out officers?

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**HexHammer**

What happens to those officers of the emperium that suffers from battle fatigue, shell shock etc, neck shot or go to a shrink? .....or?!?!

**Rybrook**

Doesn't the commissar shoot them

**Mr Nobody**

I recently read a short story in the new Eisenhord book that featured an asylum full of veterans. If that's not available, I imagine a commissar will simply dispose of officer once they break down.

**BrianDavion**

Most likely shot by the Commissar, someone whose survived long eneugh to retire might be put into a place to get him help if he's REALLY lucky. if the officer is a hero he may before he burns completely out be pulled from the front lines and be sent on morale boosting trips.

**ChargerIIC**

1) Shot by the commissar for failure to fix bayonets
2) Won the 'lottery' and was part of a decorated imperial unit given governership of a world.
3) Goes mad and is sent to a hospital world with a nice set of chains and occasional checks for chaos infection.

**Rybrook**

Or the gulags of the under hive

**Kale**

in the Ciaphas Cain (HERO OF THE IMPERIUM) books a guard Medicae sanatorium in the sigma pavonis system for guard suffering from mental illness and combat fatigue. He mentions people going a bit 'Siggy' So there is some help available as Amberley says they are assessed and rehabilitated,with some returning to duty and others staying for long term care.

Amberley also says coincidentally the systems other claim to fame is a major factory for combat servitors......

**HexHammer**

No torture?!?!?!!?

**Bobthehero**

The Scion Kill Team has their Tempestor toeing that line, his second in command has been given the right to melta him and take over should he falter, but he's also given treatments, so its left vague wether or not he will crack.

**HoundsofDemos**

Depends on the rank, but I would assume the best they could hope for is a quck bolt to the head.

**Delvarus Centurion**

HexHammer wrote:
What happens to those officers of the emperium that suffers from battle fatigue, shell shock etc, neck shot or go to a shrink? .....or?!?!

"Back to the front line officer" A commissar would most likely kill them for moral, Commissars don't just stop troops from fleeing, they are also responsible for moral of the troops. Having officers show weakness isn't something that would be tolerated.

**Peregrine**

Execution is a waste of a perfectly good bolt shell. It would be far preferable to grant the officer the privilege of making a solo assault on the enemy lines so that his death may waste the enemy's ammunition.