BrianDavion wrote:
they could be fratiris milita. basicly in times of war the ecclisiarchy can, in addition to sisters, raise their own milita units. they can be eaither high;y orginized damn near guard or a raving pack of zelots depending on the details behind it in question.

slade the sniper wrote:
As for fluff, I assume that as a ranking member of an Imperial force, the Sisters could basically commandeer the survivors of a few other units for an important operation for the Ecclesiarchy.

A.T. wrote:

slade the sniper wrote:
As for fluff, I assume that as a ranking member of an Imperial force, the Sisters could basically commandeer the survivors of a few other units for an important operation for the Ecclesiarchy.

The sisters have no authority of any kind to commandeer imperial forces.

They can seek co-operation, request assistance, or march on and inspire scattered forces to rally behind them but they have no legitimate command authority over the guard, etc - indeed part of their role is to hunt down any member of the ecclesiarchy who might attempt this.

It's not a question of men and women - frateris irregulars can be both, but the ecclesiarchy may have no standing military force of either gender other than the sisters. Even so fighting under any banner save that of the imperium would raise questions. 'Long term' is also completely out of the question.

The closest thing to commandeering that comes to mind would be Setheno (who would demand/intimidate co-operation out of other forces), and Sabbat (who wasn't a member of the sororitas/ecclesiarchy).

 jhe90 wrote:
Rallying say some dregs and strays at a hospitler site where they are cut off or maybe the war has reached there border and some gangers end up forced there and forming a temporary allied force is ok. They cannot force it by say the guard had lost officer and was cut off they would look to sisters to lead potentially.

A.T. wrote:

 jhe90 wrote:
Rallying say some dregs and strays at a hospitler site where they are cut off or maybe the war has reached there border and some gangers end up forced there and forming a temporary allied force is ok. They cannot force it by say the guard had lost officer and was cut off they would look to sisters to lead potentially.

Certainly.

But they cannot (officially) commandeer forces - so no banners, handing out weapons, or switching out uniforms. At least nothing that looks like it was driven by the sisters themselves.

 Inquisitor Lord Katherine wrote:
The Sisters used to have auxiliary units that the Hereticus seized control of. They can seize control of units like Guardsman and command them, or at least their leading Inquisitor can.

Back around though, they can be just random guardsmen in their original outfits, or they could have some shoulder marking or paint scheme marking them as now being in service to the Hereticus.


As far as allies to the organization; the orders make their own allies like Space Marine chapters make their own. The Argent Shroud and the Flesh Tearers don't get along, but the Ebon Chalice is fairly cool with them IIRC. The Sisters as a whole are almost always at odds with the Mechanicus though, they don't trust each other so a lot of the Sisters' tanks don't work right [Exorcists].

 Irbis wrote:
I don't know, in Cain books, PDF forces of one of the Orders home planet are really religious and well drilled. I don't recall if it was mentioned it's because Sisters outright commanded the higher standard, or just inspired it, Cain does state the PDF units in question are rather unusual in his memoirs.

 Irbis wrote:
I don't know, in Cain books, PDF forces of one of the Orders home planet are really religious and well drilled. I don't recall if it was mentioned it's because Sisters outright commanded the higher standard, or just inspired it, Cain does state the PDF units in question are rather unusual in his memoirs.

Seraf wrote:

 Irbis wrote:
I don't know, in Cain books, PDF forces of one of the Orders home planet are really religious and well drilled. I don't recall if it was mentioned it's because Sisters outright commanded the higher standard, or just inspired it, Cain does state the PDF units in question are rather unusual in his memoirs.

I don't think it is clearly stated if sisters have direct command on the PDF units mustered in ecclesiarchy territory. During the battle sisters do not seem to direct them, before however the same sisters opposed an IG general's order to investigate every PDF units for GSC infiltration . And so sister's PDF didn't have to undergo the scrutiny.

 jhe90 wrote:

Seraf wrote:

 Irbis wrote:
I don't know, in Cain books, PDF forces of one of the Orders home planet are really religious and well drilled. I don't recall if it was mentioned it's because Sisters outright commanded the higher standard, or just inspired it, Cain does state the PDF units in question are rather unusual in his memoirs.

I don't think it is clearly stated if sisters have direct command on the PDF units mustered in ecclesiarchy territory. During the battle sisters do not seem to direct them, before however the same sisters opposed an IG general's order to investigate every PDF units for GSC infiltration . And so sister's PDF didn't have to undergo the scrutiny.

Reputation for being somewhat crazy zealous, and a love of all things flamey, melty and Blasty does not hurt. Plus can you really imagine there world's where not anything but zealous about opposing xeno inflriltratuon.

A shrine world despite its major traffic flows is not a very good place for a cult to hide when the majority of planets incoming and populations culture are frothong zealously and foaming at mouth to honour their god.