Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20170825221058

Castigators are swat teams, hit squads, and death squads all in one. While under the control of the Vigilistum they don't do much policing instead they are more built around dealing punishment to the criminals, fighting off riots and revolts, and other more combat oriented situations.

They are officially, as a organization, called the 'Cohortes Urbanae' or Urban Cohorts with each Cohort being made up off 1,000 Castigators and each world having hundreds and even thousands of cohorts. Each Cohort is stationed within a 'Fortress of Justice' with the overall commander of the worlds Castigators, the marshal, stationed within a 'Citadel of Justice' from here they keep their arms and armor, train, and at those rare times indeed relax.

Castigators don't just monitor riots either they are used as public death squads (Secretive and military groups are different organizations all together) bringing swift and brutal justice to the gangs, pirates, and others who have committed unforgivable capital crimes. They tend to deliver this justice by busting into a hide out and having a massive fire fight. Some times they skip the fight and just blow the place up.

Castigators also quell riots and revolts generally by a quick burst of live fire to disperse the crowds and then lots of heavily armored Castigators with shields and shock mauls incapacitate those still left and drag them to a prison for later processing. (Now protest aren't banned in the Empire just violent or disruptive protests). Castigators are also used (if military troops aren't) to investigate anomalies, space hulks, and other stuff that is found on the world or near it's space. 