Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20170915000545

Proles are one of the lowest classes within the Empire considered 'half citizens' not even worthy of full rights (things like property rights and voting rights and so on) on most worlds they are either no part, slightly above, or really are just hereditary slaves. Proles can also be impressed from the 'Under Folk', slum dwellers, and many other dregs of society.

Proles tend to be used along side Imperial Laborers save their terms of service never end and pass on to their children, but in the least they get basic housing, food, and utilities. They can also be loaned out or 'bought on contract' by the nobles, merchants, and business of the Empire from the state generally for a small payment. In these fields they are used as mass hoards of cheap labor (slaves are to expensive for said work and generally used for more 'delicate' work).

Another way one can become a Prole is for one's own parents to offer you as a Prole (a rather good option for parents needing money or not wanting said child) these children are treated as pretty much slaves, but one's directly owned by the state who serve at it's whims.

Proles work in the vast estates, factories, and facilities of the Empire as well as the more 'brutish' of the Proles being organized into both police and military regiments of the Empire's forces in these they most commonly make up the ranks of 'political officers' or really almost all positions in the Vigilistum (This has lead to some Proles by birth eventually becoming rather high ranking officials)

Proles also do the 'maintenance jobs' of today. They are mechanics, tech support, clerks, and some minor roles in the medical fields (pharmacists). They are also both bought and 'gifted' to the many Adeptas and departments of the Bureaucracy leading to Proles serving in all sorts of functions from working for the Deacons of the church, serving as assistance to tax collectors, and many other roles. 