An impact shook the passage, sending dust and debris crashing down from the top.
In order to delay the monsters pouring into the tunnel behind him, the Arbitrator threw a grenade.
"This won't last long."
A legal officer holding a blast shield and a shock hammer suddenly said loudly:
"As far as you can go."
The team moved forward quickly. The low tunnel forced them to bend down slightly to move forward. The black shell armor on their bodies was covered with dust and mud, making it look dull, but it did not affect their vigorous pace.
This is a team affiliated with the Legal Department.
The Ministry of Justice is the executor of the "Imperial Law" and its representative "The Book of the Grand Judgment". They organize and maintain the police force of the Human Empire.
Each world in the Empire has its own government, laws, and local police forces that enforce those laws, while the Ministry of Justice itself is only responsible for enforcing the broad laws that Imperial law enforces throughout the Empire. (Local law enforcement forces and the Ministry of Justice
relationship, probably some
Similar to the relationship between state and federal laws in the United States, the local police are similar to the state police, and the Department of Justice is the FBI.)
As the spokesperson of harsh laws, the loyal and selfless Ministry of Justice is feared throughout the galaxy, because in the law, failure and dereliction of duty are crimes, and the only punishment is death.
The Ministry of Justice has the triple role of judge, jury and executioner - ordinary citizens have no rights, and only members of the Central Government Council and the Tribunal are qualified to formulate detailed trial plans.
The top leader of the Ministry of Justice is the Director of Legal Affairs. As a permanent representative of the High Lords Council of Earth, he represents all legal officials on Terra.
Below the Legal Director are senior legal officials called Chancellors, who are responsible for multiple administrative areas called "bureaus."
Below the Chief Justice, the Legal Department is mainly divided into two systems:
Judges are responsible for handling specific criminal incidents and solving criminal and social problems based on imperial laws with tens of thousands of years of history.
The Arbitrators are the main law enforcement force of the Ministry of Justice, responsible for carrying out the necessary work to apprehend and punish those who violate Imperial law.
Judges and arbitrators work in different departments in the Ministry of Justice, but there is no difference when they are promoted to high-level arbitrators or legal marshals. Legal officials promoted to this level have to hold two positions. Arbitrator
We must also be prepared to enter the battlefield and get our hands dirty to deal with crime.
Criminals are convicted, and the judicial marshal also has to learn how to preside over lengthy court hearings.
There are countless ranks and staff within each department of the Ministry of Justice. Data exchange teams are responsible for collecting valid evidence from crime scenes for use by referees and judicial officers. Chaplains provide psychological care from the Imperial Church to legal officers, while
The punisher is punishing the prisoner
Expert in physical and psychological torture.
As for legal officers, they are also divided into many different functional roles, each of which requires different training and special equipment.
Advocate Patrol Teams patrol the dangerous underhives of the Hive, Strike Teams are responsible for quelling crowds gathering outside the offices of the Imperial Bureaucracy, Execution Teams hunt criminals in the barren wasteland and maze-like tunnels, and Arrest Teams
Then the criminals who need to be tortured will be tortured alive.
People were arrested and brought to justice.
Other types of forensic officers include cyber warfare specialists who respond to cybercrime through Adeptus Mechanicus cogitators, and professionals known as forensic detectives who specialize in investigations.
High-ranking Advocates gain the rank of Supervisor and are assigned to lead various Advocate squads.
A standard Legal Department patrol group or team will be composed of 5, 10, 15 or 20 Legal Officers including the captain. They will be equipped with shotguns, riot shields and shock hammers, as well as various grenades. The Legal Officers will
Receive training in cooperating with other teams in the event of casualties,
This means that even if several members of a squad are killed or wounded, it can quickly regroup with other nearby units, or retreat to resupply and reinforce before returning to the battlefield again.
Traditionally, large squads of 15 or 20 Arbitrators were only used in large-scale operations, those that required more manpower or more difficult tasks, such as seizing entrances and exits or defending key locations.
In high-intensity operations, the Legal Department's assault force composed of 10 legal officers will serve as the vanguard.
Although these tough-looking men and women are equipped similarly to regular Justice Department patrols, they often receive additional training and are considered the elite force within the Justice Department bureau.
Operating in the dim passage was the assault team from the Safinius Branch. They came to solve the frequent disappearances of workers in the underground mines of the hive city.
There was originally a patrol team responsible for this matter, but they disappeared without a trace three days ago, which also means that the situation has escalated.
Safinius is a mining world rich in promethium. The high-quality promethium produced there supports dozens of hive cities. It is also the main supplier of promethium ore to the famous forge world Griffin IV, which is very important.
.
In order to investigate what exactly happened and prevent unrest in the mining area from affecting the production of promethium, the local Ministry of Justice directly dispatched a capable commando team, led by the Arbitrator himself.
Their original expectation was that the worst thing would be for some cultists to cause trouble.
But when they went deep into the underground mining area, they realized that things were far from that simple.
In a sense, the situation is pretty bad - they encountered a sect of Genestealers underground. (For a detailed introduction to Genestealers, please see Chapter 136)
What's even more serious is that the sect has grown to such a large scale that half of the miners in the entire mining area are expected to have been converted or replaced, and the number is likely to exceed one million.
If calculated based on the normal reproduction rate of gene stealers, this sect has been lurking in the local area for at least nearly a hundred years.
Faced with this situation, the assault team decided to return to the headquarters as soon as possible and report the situation to their superiors. A Genestealer sect of this scale could no longer be solved by local forces.
But the gene stealers also found themselves exposed, and a pursuit battle ensued.
"Be careful and pay attention to your surroundings."
The legal officer holding a blast shield walked at the front of the team, while the arbiter followed vigilantly at the back.
With no fresh air flowing in, the smoke from the explosion floated silently, obscuring everything behind them.
Where they passed, smoke and dust were flying everywhere, and under the light of the gun's light tube, it looked like countless tiny flying insects dancing.
The narrow tunnel is twisty and complicated, as if the rock formations were cut at random to form similar passages, and then combined into a maze.
Since entering the tunnel, they have walked several kilometers, fighting aliens at almost every corner.
Monsters seem to be everywhere in this area.
"coming!"
The shout of a legal officer came from the back of the team. They immediately turned around and raised their weapons in order, aiming at the multi-legged monster behind them that emerged from the smoke at an alarming speed.
The Genestealer leaps forward like a cruel hound, its claws swiping through the air, eager to separate the flesh and bones of its prey.
Tainted heretics followed them, brandishing weapons with malevolent intent, some mutated to such an extent that their once human appearance was almost beyond recognition.