Penal Legion - Penal Legion Forces: Prefect Penatante - The Prefect Penatante are a feared sight in the Imperium, and rightly so, for they are famous for the harsh punishments they employ. They are domineering and cruel upon the fields of war and are valiant warriors in battle. They have no second thoughts about sending Penal Legionnaires into the centre of a Zone Mortalis and so are ideal to take command of such a dangerous force which needs great discipline to command. The Prefect Penatante's clothing echoes the flowing robes of a more ancient time and marks them out as the mighty lords of punishment that they are.Arbitrator Shock Squads - The Arbitrators form the policing units of the Legions Penatante. Without these Arbites the Penal Legions would soon lose control of their inmates through outbreaks of mutiny and rebellion. Arbitrators are well-armed and fanatically loyal to their cause. The Arbitrators of the shock squads wear dark uniforms and a sinister reflective visor of their helmet hides its wearer's penetrating gaze.Penal Squads - Each Penal Squad has a single Arbitrator commanding it. The Arbitrators of the Penal Legion wear white uniforms as a sign of purity so that they can be clearly distinguished from the prisoners in their care. The Legionnaires themselves are taken from military criminals, troopers who have run in the face of the enemy and dangerous criminals from the Segmentum Hive Worlds. They are all in the Penal Legions to repent for their crimes and are seeking the forgiveness of the Emperor. It is rare for a Penal Legionary to survive for long in the Penal Legions, but there are a few who do complete their sentences and are then free to return to their homes or back to their Imperial Guard regiments.Human Bombs - Amongst the Penal Legions there are those sinners who have sentences that can never truly be repented for in life itself. They are those who have raped, tortured and murdered people both physically and mentally through their own will and feel insanely repentant for what they have done. Many of these individuals cannot live with their crimes and feel blessed with the chance to be forgiven in their own deaths. Such men are dangerous in the regular ranks of the Legions Penetante and are immediately recruited into the Human Bomb squads. Preachers, Confessors and others of the Imperial Cult help those souls to understand what they must do to attain full forgiveness from the Emperor by means of mediation and prayer. Before battle Tech-priests adorn the Legionnaires with bomb harnesses and rip up the remotes, while Preachers and Confessors speak liturgies and blessings, for once the bomb is ignited, so is the prisoner forgiven and the sinner's soul is free to join the Emperor in solitude and peace.Cyborg Berserkers - Most who join the Penal Legions die in their first battle. They are pushed into the very heart of the fighting like cattle and no medical assistance is wasted on them afterwards. The toughest, the most dangerous, the born killers, somehow survive. The use of psychopaths on the battlefield has always been met with a feeling of apprehension. Most are generally safe enough to be put into Human Bomb sections or join the ranks of the Penal Squads, but some are so far gone that they could be a danger to friendly forces on the battlefield. These souls are taken away from the ranks of troopers, but because they are potentially so useful in their psychotic tendencies, they are bionically enhanced and made to be a lot more effective and a lot less dangerous for friendly units. These so-called Cyborg Berserkers are loners who fight with the savagery of five men and often charge directly into the centre of enemy ranks, and still live through the mad charge by virtue of their cyborg bodies.