Sectatus Imperialis Telstein

Sectatus Imperialis Ky'Telstein
Seal of the Sectatus Imperialis
National Words Salus Imperialis Suprema Est
Sector Capitol	Ky'Telstein
Largest City	Ky
Ethnic group	Human 100%
Languages	High Gothic Low Gothic
Demonym	Imperial
Governing Structure
Dominus Sectatus John Smith
Cardinalis Sectatus John Smith
Prefectus Primus Sectatus John Smith
Fabricator-General John Smith
Population
Total (2019 Est.)	XYZ
Total Area	XYZ Planets
Date	Check/Segment/Year/.Millennium

The Sectatus Imperialis Telstein (Telsteinian Imperial Sector) is a division of the Imperium of Mankind, rendered entirely separate from it for over a century since the Night of a Thousand Rebellions in 992999.M41.

History

The Telstein Sector vanished from all Imperial Record during the Night of a Thousand Rebellions in 992999.M41. Considered to have been destroyed by a chaotic rebellion, those within the Sectatus Imperialis still labour to discover how they have found themselves entirely separated from the Light of the Astronomicon in an alternate universe.

Astrography

The Telstein Sector is a three-dimensional area of space with sides roughly 200 light years long. Before the Shift it sat within the Segmentum Pacificus, one of the Imperium of Mankind's Segmentae Majoris. The Sector is divided up into a number of sub-sectors which range from ten to twenty light years in diameter. Subsectors, rather than being general blocks of space like the Telstein Sector, are instead centered on densely populated star clusters, important worlds, or meeting points of warp trade routes. The space between these Sub-Sectors is officially referred to as Intersectional Space, though in common parlance it is often called Wilderness Space.

Within the Sector are seven important Sub-Sectors, though one of them comprises only of a single System and is largely the domain of the Adeptus Mechanicus, or the Tech-Priests of Mars.

Governance

Since the Shift the Sector's government has taken on a great deal more responsibility than it used to have. Many functions which lay with the Segmentum Commander and his cadre the Administration Adepts have now, by necessity, been adopted by the Sector Government. Further, many functions which were previously held by Planetary Governors or Sub-Sector Commanders have been adopted by Sector-level government. Ultimately this was a move which displeased many below the Dominus Sectatus, but due to deft political manoeuvring to ensure the loyalty of as many militant factions, the conflicts that followed this reorganisation were mercifully swift.

Dominus Sectatus

The Dominus Sectatus, Sector Governor, or Sector Commander if exercising his role as supreme commander of military forces, is notionally the autocratic ruler of the Sector and enacts the will of the Emperor. In actuality the political realities of his position mean that the heads of the Adeptae beneath the Dominus are able to act with such independence that they are only really constrained by courtesy, favour, and the fear that straying too far from his edicts will be deemed traitorous by the Inquisition.

The Dominus is supported by the Familia Dominus Sectatus - an extensive staff of adminsitrative, advisory, domestic, and even personally loyal security personnel: the Cohorae Dominus.

In all things the Dominus Sectatus is correctly referred to as simply Lord Telstein, irregardless of gender or other titles held.

Senatorum Sectatus

The Senatorum Sectatus is a collection of the heads of the most powerful Imperial Organisations, or Adeptae. Unlike the Senatorum Imperialis that rules the wider Imperium in the Emperor's name, this cabinet does not consist of multitudes of subordinate nobles and functionaries. Instead it is more analogous to the 'High Twelve' of the Council of the High Lords of Terra. Notionally speaking those on the Senatorum are advisors to the Dominus Sectatus, but he usually finds himself working to gather support from different organisations as the situation calls through systems of favour and patronage. This is due to the tendancy for Adaptae's Masters' loyalty to be to the organisation and to their own advancement rather than to the Dominus Sectatus and his notional enactment of the Emperor's will.

The members of the Senatorum Sectatus are:

• The Praesidentum Senatorum acts jointly as the chair of any meetings of the entire Senatorum, and also is responsible for arbitrating disputes between any members, and for upholding ceremony and procedures. Ostensibly the President is also responsible for safeguarding the Senatorum against undue command influence from the Dominus Sectatus, but in practice this element of his role is little-needed.
• The Prefectus Primus Sectatus is the chief bureaucrat of the Administratum present in the Sector, and therefore has responsibility for record keeping, collection of the tithe and management of the sector's treasury, and even strategic-level military logistics through the Departmento Munitorum. Notionally in charge of the Imperial Fleet, and the Ordos Medicae and Tempestus, these divisions are almost entirely independent and rarely - if ever - pay even lip service to the Administratum.
• The Cardinalis Sectatus is the first-among-equals of the Cardinals of the Ecclesiarchy within the Sector, and rather than looking down to a diocese is tasked with looking up to ensure that the Senatorum has sufficient regard for the Imperial Cult in all things.
• The Fabricator-General of XYZ is not technically granted a seat on the Senatorum, though in his role as Sub-Sector Governor of Ky'Tertius, or Dominus Secundus Magos he is granted a seat. He acts as the representative of the Adeptus Mechanicus.
• The Lord General Militant and the Lord Admiral are respectively the professional heads of the Astra Militarum and the Imperial Navy. They are joined by the Chartist Admiral who represents the interests of the Sector's merchant fleets, and is elected from among the most respected merchant family patriarchs for fixed terms.
• The Lord Marshal of the Adeptus Arbites is responsible for all matters of justice and public order - though the Arbites usually do not concern themselves with local policing matters.
• The Syndic Senatorum represents the Lord Inquisitor of the Inquisition on the council and notionally ensures their master's anonymity. Traditionally chosen by the confidence of their peers, the sector's Lord Inquisitor acts as a first among equals and, while lacking the ability to truly command or direct their fellows, is highly respected and is the only figure able to officially deem another inquisitor Excommunicate Traitoris.
• The Dominae Secundus are the Lords, Governors, and Commanders of each Sub-Sector within the Sectatus Imperialis. Ostensibly they are honoured representatives of the people, in reality they are most often sinecure posts granted to the most obsequious of Planetary Governors. As above, the Dominus Secundus Magos is the Mechanicus representative.