To help in a mission idea do you think the jericho reach has an inquisition conclave?

or do you think they just watch over the sector from the tower of brass working with the deathwatch

Probably not, given how small it is as an Imperial sector, and given that much of an Inquisitor's work is normally focused 'inwards' on the people of the Imperium, and less Imperial citizenry probably means the sector is 'quieter' as regards sedition than many less frontier ones. To my mind, the Calixis Sector was an setting that featured a rather extraordinary number of Inquisitors, and shouldn't be taken as a 'typical' sector as regards Inquisitorial presence.

Looking back, FFG has always found reasons for the sectors in each of its 40k games to have a far, far higher concentration of whatever the game is focused on than usual. DH featured a region that was positively awash with Inquisitors due to those investigating the Tyrant star, loads of subtle xenos, and lots of internal politics and corruption. RT featured a sector that was awash with RTs due to it being a new frontier and essentially gold-rush territory. DW features a region awash with the Watch due to Erioch and mysterious reasons.

I wouldn't expect there to be more than three Inquisitors in the Sector, but if you want a fully fledged conclave; go for it. I just don't think that it's an ideal place for them to operate given the low number of Imperial planets and the martial law / crusade in progress that feature in the Sector.

Well, given the number of Inquisitors mentioned in the adventures, core rulebook, GM Guide, Rites of Battle etc, then It would appear as if that there are quite a few more than three. But the magical number is allways "It's your game - there will be as many as you need or want."

So if you want the sector to have a full conclave, then it does. - Good to be king, ehh? ;-)

I'd say that each Crusade carries a high amount of Inquisitors with it, if for no other reasons than to establish trusted informants and agents in the newly conquered worlds, to keep the Warmaster's loyalty assured, and to deal with their respective responsabilities. Like interrogating Chaos worshippers (Ordo Hereticus), slaying Daemons (Ordo Malleus), or interrogating/exploring/fighting aliens (Ordo Xenos, to which the Deathwatch serves as elite forces). However, I doubt a Conclave would be called unless some extremely grave reason calls for it: the inquisitors are working full time, with their eyes in front instead of inside, and the sector is too new.

Essentially, I see Conclaves as something that happens once the zone is stabilized and the Inquisition starts having lots of work, and stablish a base of operations like the Tricorn in Scyntilla, where the three Ordos are present.

mjbarrett said:

I doubt the Reach has a conclave. As others pointed out, it is unlikely to have the sheer numbers of inquisitors that make a conclave necessary. For reference, I've about a dozen Inquisitors in my version of the Reach (mostly Ordo Xenos).

Considering a crusade is fighting its way into the Jericho Reach I would believe there has been surge of Inquistors in the recent four decades since it began.

Primarily Ordo Xenos, but with places like the Deserters Coil, and the numerous chaos factions in the Acheros Salient, I would think there would be atleast a dozen or so each of Hereticus and Malleus Inquisitors in operations. Especially depending on how each individual operates, it may be that many have not been in contact with each other ( the typical sort of politiking) focusing their efforts where it seems best. The Ordo Xenos must be the major faction though, with the presence of a Deathwatch Fortress and all. Other than the few Inquistors so far mentioned in the books, I wouldn't be surprised if more existed. A conclave? Maybe, but it would be small and only convene on the most dire of circumstances. There is a classified number of Grey knights working the region, and more often than not a Malleus Inquistor nearby aiding or pointing them toward the demon. Hereticus, well the whole sector went into the dark, i bet there is plenty of heresy to root out.

There is mention in either the core book or the rites of battle that a good deal of the core of the administration and logistics comes from the calaxis sector. So it would make sense that the Inquisition is probably from the Calaxian Conclave. The ones in Jericho reach probably are part of a specific cabal to address the threats in the sector.

Nimon said:

That is because the "portal" has one door in Jericho, and the other in Calixis, so the Calixis sector runs the logistics as would be logical for the last staging point before entering the Reach.

I could see it having a cabal or two, but being a near-autonomous part of Calixian Conclave. The Ordo Xenos Inquisitor in Watch Fortress Enoch (Hezika Carmillus) is probably the top dog in Jericho reach at least as far as the cabal goes as she is in day-to-day personal contact with the biggest Inquisition asset present: The Deathwatch of Jericho Reach.