Hi all. Did a quick search for "inquisition relationship" and nothing popped up. Figured it's kinda specific, so I doubt there'd be many hits anyway.
So, what's the word on how the Inquisition and Deathwatch get along? My understanding is that outsiders view the DW as the arm militant of the Ordo Xenos, though the Ordo Xenos and the DW view themselves more as partners. The Inquisition does all the skulking, the DW gets called in for things that the Ordo Xenos thinks are more appropriate for an Astartes to do.
Do they have any kind of a commander-subordinate relationship? Can an inquisitor pull rank on a DW kill team leader/Captain? I heard that a DW captain is the equivalent of a Chapter Master. Even the latter fear to invoke the ire of the Inquisition without due cause.
In game, I've got a bit of a Mexican standoff between the kill team and an inquisitorial agent from Ordo Hereticus. The Captain told the interrogator to pound sand, we're busy. Can he get away with it? What repercussions could he and the team face from the Inquisition afterwards? Would DW side with the captain and his team or would they let the Inquisition have them?