Committee Name: The Concord of Caliban
Committee Type: Imperial Sector Governance Council (High-Level Policy Deliberation)
Setting: Early Great Crusade, post-Compliance Era, within Dark Angels-controlled space. Caliban has emerged as a hub of administrative oversight, knightly heritage, and spiritual guidance for nearby compliant worlds. The Lion is returning from a prolonged campaign. For years, the Dark Angels Legion has been divided—part remaining on Caliban to oversee compliance and governance, part accompanying the Lion on the Great Crusade. This Concord marks the first moment of true reunion between these wings of the Legion.
Opening Brief:
In the aftermath of the compliance of the Caliban Sector, the High Lords of Terra and the Sigillite himself have expressed great interest in harmonizing divergent frontier policies within the region. Many worlds brought into compliance exhibit unique characteristics: some host long-isolated human cultures that have adopted alien technologies or formed uneasy alliances with xenos species; others show evidence of regulated warp phenomena integrated into civil infrastructure.
The Concord of Caliban has been convened as a special advisory and regulatory council to determine the future policy frameworks for:
The legal status of xenos species in compliant but alien-integrated societies.
The use and study of xenotech, especially where it has fused with or improved human technological capacity.
The licensing, oversight, or outright prohibition of warp-related technology in civilian and military use.
Your decisions will shape the doctrine, policy, and internal stability of the region. Whether to preserve these anomalous societies, to integrate them under strict control, or to purge all deviance is in your hands.
Primary Questions for the Council:
Should any xenos species be granted continued existence under formal Imperial stewardship?
Is there a place for the sanctioned study or application of xenos technologies?
Can warp-based technology ever be trusted, even in a regulated or ritualized framework?
What safeguards can be enacted to prevent ideological drift, heretical sympathies, or eventual rebellion?
How much autonomy should compliant worlds retain when their practices deviate from Terran orthodoxy?
Key Tensions:
Mechanicus delegates demand access to tech-archaeological sites regardless of local religious laws.
Ecclesiastical representatives push for preemptive orthodoxy even at the cost of compliance.
Civil governors seek stability, fearing purges will incite revolt.
Some Astartes commanders view xenos toleration as a betrayal of the Emperor’s vision.
Closing Note:
Let it be understood: this is not a trial of loyalty, but a crucible of governance. The Emperor demands dominion, not disorder. The Concord will be judged not merely by its decrees, but by the peace, strength, and unity it leaves in its wake—with the Lion returning to receive its findings.