<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Stormtroopers going rogue?"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/31.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Stormtroopers going rogue? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/482401/4869198.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/482401/4869198.page GMT Re:Stormtroopers going rogue?
Either way, I don't really think there is much reason in executing loyal forces just because their commander died - unless maybe they saw something they should not have seen ... but even then, the Inquisition has the option to use mindscrubbing techniques, and whilst usually reserved for elite forces due to the resource/time investment, the Storm Troopers may easily qualify due to their relative rarity. Added to that comes their Schola upbringing... these guys have been raised much the same way as Adepta Sororitas and Commissars, so I don't think "going rogue" would be a thought that would come easily.
I could certainly see both conditions being met (some extra-paranoid Inquisitor wanting to "make sure" knowledge is contained + rising dissent within the Storm Trooper team) either way, it's just something that I think has a fairly low chance of happening. That said, this goes for a whole lot of 40k stories, so meh.

That's all just personal interpretation based on what I read in GW material, though - sources you do not have to stick to. There have been Black Library novels that completely go against the ST's established background, and when BL writers are allowed to deviate from GW's vision so much, then you are, too. It's up to you how close you'd want to stick to the stuff it says in the codices etc.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/482401/4869252.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/482401/4869252.page GMT Stormtroopers going rogue? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/482401/4869261.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/482401/4869261.page GMT Re:Stormtroopers going rogue?
Inquisition Storm Troopers on the other hand are recruited in the Schola as well, and field identical armour and equipment (just with a black-red colour scheme). Their primary purpose is to act as guards on important Inquisition facilities or Black Ships, and occasionally accompany individual Inquisitors into the action to act as an elite strike team that is, I would assume, somewhat easier to acquire than a bunch of Marines or Sisters. We never got any numbers for the ISTs, but I think there could actually be more of these guys around than Munitorum Storm Troopers. If only because they tend to live longer, what with being put on guard duty rather than dropping into hot LZs all the time like their Imperial Guard counterpart.

I think most info about ISTs was in the 3E Witch Hunter Codex, although they have been mentioned here and there in other sources as well, if only in passing.

Here's a scan from the Codex Apocalypse - note the first row of troops:

Spoiler:
]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/482401/4869289.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/482401/4869289.page GMT Stormtroopers going rogue? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/482401/4869319.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/482401/4869319.page GMT Stormtroopers going rogue? inq hit list?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/482401/4869658.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/482401/4869658.page GMT Stormtroopers going rogue? 40k version of the plot of the A Team?

Elite squad goes on secret/illegal mission. Person who authorized it dies, they are now viewed as criminals/rogues.

They then escape from maximum security stockade, and serve as soldiers of fortune in the LA underground, if you can find them.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/482401/4869797.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/482401/4869797.page GMT Stormtroopers going rogue? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/482401/4869817.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/482401/4869817.page GMT Stormtroopers going rogue? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/482401/4873448.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/482401/4873448.page GMT Stormtroopers going rogue?
AnomanderRake wrote:General guidelines are probably that a more Puritan Inquisitor would execute them for any risk of Chaos taint [...]
I'd say this applies only if the Inquisitor they were with was considered to be involved in some pretty dodgy stuff. Radical Inquisitors get away with a lot of things due to their status, but as soon as the Inquisitor is dead, his forces are no longer shielded from retribution.

That being said, even most Radicals have other Radicals as friends and allies. Inquisitors tend to network a lot, keeping contact with their former mentor and any proteges they may have. All of these are people that might look into absorbing their dead friend's assets - be them precious artifacts, knowledge, or troops. At least that's how I see it.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/482401/4873538.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/482401/4873538.page GMT