Instructor, may I have a word with you if you may?
I'd like to understand how killing one of our own guardsmen can be of any contribute to raising morale if the Guardsmen isnt being dissentive or otherwise a nuissance to the regiment?
Where I'm from? the Paradise world of Askelphion Secondus? Why do you ask sir?
>>44100758
To put something more frightening than the enemy behind them. Dismissed.
>>44100758
Guardsmen are only executed in scenarios in which the unit is in danger of breaking and retreating.
The Guardsman executed is clearly the one suggesting retreat under conditions in which that would be cowardly, tactically dubious, and detrimental to morale. His execution reminds the men that the coward's fate is always death, and thus it is better to die heroes serving the Emperor rather than cowards serving themselves.
This is truly the most idiotic question a Commissar has ever asked. I suggest you flagellate yourself in penance, and contemplate your utter failure to understand the proper application of summary execution.
Gaunt makes a point that summary executions should only be used in veteran units that have seen plenty of combat to galvanize them and remind them of their place.
If summary execution is used on fresh-faced rookies, they'll likely either panic or have their morale completely broken, which is the opposite of what a commissar is supposed to do.
In other words, only shoot the Cadians when they start running in circles and waving their arms around.
In part, its a reminder of what awaits them if they do flee from battle.
It does, however, need to be accompanied by a speech of some sort to be effective. Thats what they dont teach you, boy.
Give the bitches a speech. Bitches love speeches.
>>44100758
BLAM
>>44100758
To get to wear that hat, you have been brainwashed as a child, killed your best friend just to graduate and were involved with killing half your fellow students whilst at school.
This is not a question you would be asking unless you are not who you say you are.
As you have admitted to the crime of impersonating a Commissar, you'll be remanded into custody to be tortured and then executed. Failure to comply will have you shot, then remanded into custody, tortured and executed.
Do you understand?
Or do I need to preemptively shoot you for not listening?
>>44106046
Cain makes a point that executions outside of outright mutiny, murder, or any other crime severe enough that those under a commisars command would agree with the execution.
Cain also makes a point that any commisar who goes around executing the men under him for any but the most extreme reasons probably will get shot by a loan ork that someone managed to sneak behind the imperial lines and pick up a a dozen lazguns.
>>44107381
Wow, someone went to a REALLY shitty schola.
>>44103526
>Guardsmen are only executed in scenarios in which the unit is in danger of breaking and retreating.
>The Guardsman executed is clearly the one suggesting retreat under conditions
This. Reminds me of the first battle in starship troopers.
>Some guy gets ripped apart by bugs
>Some woman yells "lets get out of here" and runs away
>Entire unit routs
That girl should have been shot in the head, or better yet the leg. She can still fight but if the unit breaks she isn't going to escape.
>>44107964
Read the Militarum Tempestus/Stormtrooper dex. It's all in there.
Whoever wrote about the Schola must have a serious fetish for excessively pointless grimderp child torture-porn but it's now all canon.
>>44108038
You don't understand how gunshots work, do you?
You do realize that shooting someone in the leg can straight up fucking kill them, right?
>>44106066
>BLAM
Where would you rather die? Here, or at the front?
>>44108332
again that 1 really shitty schola, see cause if they weren't like 3 different named characters have 100% been retconned
>>44103526
For the Emperor
>>44107944
>shot by a loan ork
>loan ork
I'm imagining a Bad Moon merc in a pinstripe suit and shades kicking open the door to an outhouse and perforating the commissar inside while the entire regiment happens to be looking the other way.
>>44108393
Which characters?
Because Black Library doesn't count. You know that, right?
Black Library authors aren't beholden to an inflexible rulebook.
They get to, and often do, ignore a fair few things that get in the way of their story.
>>44108349
It isn't instantly fatal. Who cares if a coward bleeds out in 10 minutes or 10 hours, more reason for them to fight, if the enemy retreats maybe I can get some medical attention.
>>44109743
At this point, watching you struggle to keep this afloat is actually starting to get funny.
>>44108038
or in that episode of futurama when fry had the only wound up positron shooter, and instead of covering his fellow soldiers he shot a hole in the ground and hid inside and almost got bender killed.
same thing.
>>44107381
>killed best friend
I remember a thread some time back when I mocked the grimderp of that one.
>>44108332
Aren't codexes meant to be in-universe fluff or something like that ?
One problem of people being raised in an environment of heavy propaganda is that people in positions of authority believe the propaganda. So I can easily see some Schola operating like that. They produce the commissars that die to a " loan ork" attack
Then there are other Schola that produce competent commissars.
>>44108495
>Because Black Library doesn't count. You know that, right?
Do you happen to have a statement from GW to back that up ?
Because the last statement I heard from GW about canon was that it was all canon. When multiple sources disagree, they are equally canon. Or, as I understand it, GW is only pretending to have a canon policy.
>>44108332
>>44108495
>it's now all canon
>Black Library doesn't count
Everything official written about 40K is canon, and none of it is necessarily true. Don't pedant if you can't pedright.
>>44108465
>loan ork
>I'm imagining a Bad Moon merc in a pinstripe suit and shades kicking open the door to an outhouse and perforating the commissar inside while the entire regiment happens to be looking the other way.
Goddammit I'm dying here
I need a drawfag right away
>>44108465
Oi, ya git! You fink you can con Warboss teefrippa an' iz boyz outta da Teef you owe us?
Time ta collect!
>>44103526
Thank you. Fleeing and abandoning your fellow guardsmen is certainly dissentive, and a terrible crime.
