Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20161210042329

The Penal system of the empire is a large and well run affair. From the management and governing of penal worlds to the recruitment and training of Penal legions the Rin penal system is one that makes sure to punish those who commit crimes but to also waste no resource the empire could use for it's advantage.

The system begins with the common street vigil patrolling the streets and catching criminals. After a criminal is caught they are quickly tried and sentenced to what ever fate awaits. Normally manually work on a penal world or for skilled killers work within the Penal Legions.

A Penal world is a world solely owned by a Warden of the Vigilistia and acts both as the warden of the prison and the Governor of the world. The world itself is one that is really not used for much else within the empire normally to barren for anything other then a basic town to be able to thrive upon these worlds the dregs of society are sent.

Most work within factories on the penal world itself or are sent in droves to work within the factories of the forge worlds of the massive fleet foundries. This work is one of pure toil and pain deserving of the murderers and rapists of society.

Some are luckier (Petty thieves and pick pockets) are merely sent into common slavery given to maybe a judge to help in his duties or a member of the Administratum to help with paper work and such.

No matter what all shall one day enter the great 'Penal Hulks' which carry hundreds of thousands of prisoners to the penal worlds, forge worlds, or other locations where they are needed. Execution is a punishment rarely given as the average criminal can be used for work in factories making the weapons and equipment of the empire or they can be the ones wielding them.

The Penal System itself is Run by the 'Lords of Justice' and over viewed by the Judges and Grand Vigils of the empire. With it's own worlds and military force the Vigilista is a powerful political force within the Empire it also has a massive space fleet for it's own use (Massive space hulks to transport prisoners and the ships to guard them) but they are also given one of the hardest roles within the empire.

Peoples of other nations can be sent to Penal worlds if they are accused of crimes against the empire. 