How long does it tend to last? Does it last as long as regular, real-life police academy does (12-28 weeks or so)?

I'm sure it's on the Lexicanum, but I can't look it up right now, since my workplace has it blocked.

Howdy,

From what fluff that we've got, it'd be safe to say that Aribtraitors endure training beyond compare. Some of the Aribtrators are drawn from the ranks of the Schola Progenum, a galaxy-wide organization that takes in the orphans of the Adepta. The Shira Calpurnia Omnibus mentions Aribtrators that were literally born - and then served their first years of up holding the Lex Imperials - in the huge camps of those seeking in interact with the Aribites on some level (such as petitioning the court or waiting to hear what the fate of a loved one was) that grew up around Hydraphur's Frotress-Prescient. I'd say training starts from when you take your first steps and ends when they seal you up in a pine box.

Thanks,

Bluegrass

Well, I knew they take cadets from the Schola Progenum, but there's gotta be some way you can join without being born into it..

Keep in mind that arbites aren't "space-cops". The regular policing of a world is handled by whatever police force they want to designate, generally viewed as "Enforcers" or local PDF. Arbites specifically are tasked with holding the world accountable to the specific and overt laws of the Imperium. While the Ecclesiarchy looks after the "soul" of a world, the Arbites look after the "body".

Its not something that they would just sign up for easily or go on a quick training program, and while they may not literally be "born into" if you so choose, its something that would require serious time investment. I would generally assume an arbite has spent most of their life leading up to said role, or at the least, years training.

Rakiel said:

See, that's what I was wanting to know. And I know they're not really space cops, but I was hard pressed to compare them to something in the real.. So a few years in training (I'm thinking 4+?) Would it be completely impossible / Mary Sue for an ex-ganger to turn over a new leaf and go Arbite? I'm trying to write up the backstory for my first Arbitrator character, and I'm trying hard to avoid inconsistancies or Mary Sue symptoms.

Also, thanks for the help.

Wouldnt be too concerned if you think a 'trope is going to make it seem cheesy, if its a good idea and you're comfortable with it more so than hours of buggering around trying to come up with something "unique", that probably won't be

With Arbites in my game, the non-schola types tend to come from a number of different walks in life, but more of a meritocracy in that aptitude and integrity hold a much higher place than a lot of other areas of the Imperium where status often comes from a who you know, that possibly becomes more of a factor once you're in the upper ranks as you sometimes have to take down some political figures that might not be favourable to your lifespan. A certain level of disassociation with those types of figures I think is part of the integrity to the job where all that history might bias the Arbitrator. So, they get shipped off-world and are effectively banished from their former world of origion, lest they be tempted to follow their own or someone else's agendas. At least at the start quite a lot of the training is hands on, get your night stick and tear apart some live-fire on otherwise useless prisoners... usually before they tear you apart and a lot of mentoring under the guise of a senior Arbitrator before being cut loose.

Of course, how obvious your Inquisition involvement is, means some things won't be run of the mill as a beat cop making your way up the structure of the Adeptus. Its given me pause for some time without a lot of external influence comes from the Inquisitor so you do get promoted along the way- as most of the time you probably won't be doing any legitimate activity to get noticed by people who may promote you.

Kerrik said:

Its up to your GM, personally I would say it would have to take basically a life time of being raised for the task. Your someone openly asked to enforce the laws of the Emperor, who is answerable to .. Exactly whom? Higher ranked arbites and Inquisitors? Its not exactly something they would likely to draw a ganger into, considering what they did before. If there's a great reason for it, sure, if the GM allows it, sure.

Personally I would say re-fluff him as an Enforcer instead of an Arbite, its something easier and more realistic for him to get into. Trade the Arbite ID for something else (maybe Enforcer Badge), and than give him the Justice, Not Law background from Radicals book. Bam, suddenly you have an enforcer, and he can be awesome.

Also, as a side note, I seem to recall that arbites do not serve on the planet they are born on, so as to be impartial in the enforcement of His law.

I assumed that they were poached from the best of the local Enforcer brigades, then shipped off world, trained in the Lex Imperium on the way to their new home. So if your ganger did become an enforcer, and was a really good one, then it's conceiveable that he could end up as an Arbite.