Excommunicate Traitoris: An Instructional Analysis

 

Excommunicate Traitoris: An Instructional Analysis.

INQUISITORIAL TRAINING DATASLATE: CASE STUDY 44‑XENO/RED

Segmentum Tempestus – Schola Progenium Annex, Inquisitorial Induction Wing

Access Level: Acolyte‑Primus and Above

Purpose: Instructional Material – Psychological Integrity & Operational Purity

This dataslate is issued to all newly sanctioned Inquisitors to reinforce a foundational truth of our vocation:

the greatest threat to the Imperium is not the xenos without, but the weakness within.

The following case study has been preserved not for morbid curiosity, but as a stark reminder of what occurs when an Inquisitor allows emotional entanglement, hesitation, or personal sentiment to erode the clarity of their mandate. The subject’s fall is not unique — merely the most illustrative. Let this record serve as a warning: the moment you believe yourself immune to corruption is the moment it begins.

CASE STUDY: INQUISITOR [REDACTED] — ORDO XENOS

Initial Assessment

• Promising operative.
• High doctrinal compliance.
• Exhibited restraint, precision, and a strong grasp of xenological threat patterns.
•   Cleared for independent field operations earlier than standard.

Operational Record

• 17 successful purges.
• Multiple commendations for clarity of judgment.
• Noted for “measured empathy” during interrogations — flagged but not actioned.

Observed Deviation

Phase I — Isolation

- Subject began extended solo deployments.

- Communications became sporadic.

 - Retinue dismissed or reassigned without explanation.

Phase II — Emotional Drift

- Subject spared a hybrid organism during a sanctioned purge.

- Rationale: “Potential insight into behavioural divergence.”

- This was the first recorded deviation from protocol.

Phase III — Compromise

- Captured during an unsanctioned investigation.

- Held for eleven months.

- Recovered with extensive scarring, a bionic ocular implant, and fragmented loyalty markers.

Phase IV — Collapse

Post‑recovery evaluations indicated:

• Ideological instability

• Emotional volatility

• Reliance on non‑sanctioned xenotech

• Repeated challenges to doctrinal purity

Final Judgment

Status: Excommunicate Traitoris

Order Issued By: Lord Inquisitor [REDACTED]

Directive: Kill‑on‑sight

Reasoning:

• Emotional compromise

• Doctrinal deviation

• Failure to uphold the purity of the Throne’s mandate

“Compassion is a luxury the Inquisition cannot afford.
Doubt is a crack.
A crack becomes a fracture.
A fracture becomes heresy.”

This case is not presented to inspire fear, but discipline.
You are the blade of the Emperor — and a blade must never bend.

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UNAUTHORISED ADDENDUM — ORIGIN UNCONFIRMED

(Recovered from corrupted dataslate. Purge order pending.)

“They will tell you he fell. They will tell you he broke. They will tell you he turned from the Throne. Lies — all of it. I watched him stand against horrors that would have shattered the minds of the Lords who condemned him. I watched him bleed for worlds they will never bother to name. And when he returned — scarred, half‑machine, half‑ghost — they looked at him and saw not a survivor, but an inconvenience. A reminder that even the strongest can be abandoned. They call him traitor because it is easier than admitting they failed him. If this fragment survives, let it be known: the Imperium did not lose him. It threw him away.”

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