What're some unique reasons someone could be transferred

Poked a badger with a spoon.

>>44890810
Maybe they're serving in the battalion as a sort of punishment for something else. i.e That squad has been worst in discipline for several months. Send them to serve with the penal battalion for a while. If they survive that they might learn to appreciate proper organization.

Perhaps serving for another person's place?
A rich bastard didn't want to die so he pays someone to do it for him, or they volunteered to take the place of some cinnamon roll. So maybe their doing it out for money or an obligation.

>>44890810
replaced the basilisk shells with confetti canisters

>>44890810
Administratium fuck up.

The dude in some way slighted or pissed off someone in the great beaurcracy who decided to slight him right back. It's not by accident it's on purpose because of some corrupt fuck who will never see comeuppance because nobody double checks his work.

Bonus points for something small or childish, like he took the last bit of recaff one too many times or that sweet adept lass pined over the would-be legionnaire instead of there powerful pusher.

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>>44890810
hes from a space marine chapter planet (or any planet without IG battalions) so he joined the penal battalion so he could fight in the IG

a grimdark reverse french foreign legion

>>44890810
Where they transferred there FROM another regiment?
Inappropriate use of an Uplifting Primer
Practicing tuba during an Artillery Barrage
Served decaffeinated recaf to the Supply Clerk

Or were they transferred there from prison?
Aggressive enforcement of "Casual Fridays"
Insufficient jubilation during Victory Parade
Moved copies of the Lectitio Divinitatus to the fiction section

>>44890810
Took the attatched Vendetta for a spin, crashed it.

>>44890810
asked the planetary Gouverna for the hand of his daughter.

>>44891864
didn't ask the planetary Governor for the hand of his daughter and ran to the penal to hid

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>>44890810
Darn it there was a several-hundred item long list of things on this. "Things guardsman X is no longer allowed to do" or somesuch. I can't find it but it was full of gems like "Not allowed to claim to new recruits that the commissar is a psyker" and "Not allowed to organize a sentinel racing team".

>>44890810
Playing punch out with the Lifter Sentinels.

>>44890810
Blam!ed the Commisar.
Forgot to double check if the Commisar was dead.

Chewed with their mouth open at the officers table

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Blog/ThingsMrWelchIsNoLongerAllowedToDoInAnRPG

>>44890810
Not giving the commissar a reach-around.

>>44890810
http://skippyslist.com/list/

>>44892734
>female disease

hate it when this happens

>>44892734
>deranged masturbation

>>44890810
having a mustache more glorious than their superior officer

He asked for it, specifically, when he joined. He'd never give a reason, and at first the NCOs didn't take him seriously. He seemed like a normal guardsman and performed his job adequately, took well to the training and the lifestyle, and had a clean disciplinary record. Never had a problem with any of his squad-mates, and his sergeant had nothing negative to say about him.

And yet the guardsman insists he be removed from his unit and placed into a penal battalion. Investigations into his past revealed nothing. He refused to explain his reasoning. He wasn't possessed, he had no mental issues or signs of insanity or delusions. He was quite sane, and always had been.

But he remained insistent. Every now and again, just spaced far apart enough so as to be unobtrusive, he'd resubmit the transfer paperwork. Every single time it was filled out nearly and cleanly with everything in order. All it needed was the commanding officer's approval.

>>44890810
Caught drawing Eldar porn.

>>44890810
To prove their bravery, wore dress uniform during a frontal assault.
Unfortunately, this qualifies under the same laws as disrespect for the colors, and so it was straight to the penal legion.

Said "Heh, penal," when a commissar was dressing down his unit and was overheard.

>>44890810
A slight error in an Administratum memorandum.

Instead of press-ganging the population of Othar VII, the papers said to press-gang Othar VI for neglecting the guardsman tithe.

Their relutance to do so (after recently shipping ten regiments) was punished by fully converting the planet into a penal world, some orbital bombardment on the biggest cities and then shipping all the adults.

>Grimdark

>>44890810
they got sent to jail

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>>44891607
>Aggressive enforcement of "Casual Fridays"
>Practicing tuba during an Artillery Barrage

-Excessive use of 'that's what she said'
-Suspicious amount of winnings from officer poker nights
-Got drunk, went AWOL, joined another division for a time, then went AWOL from said new division
-Performed field repairs of weapon without proper prayer
-Lost bet to Commissar about ability to do a keg stand
-Won bet to Commissar about ability to do a keg stand
-Excessive bumming of cigarettes, surly disposition, bad haircut
-Repeated dress violations: wearing Argyle socks at all opportunities.
-Got drunk, stole potted plants from the officer's barracks then threw said plants at said officers to aid in escape.

>>44891864
>>44891895
Got sent there for being caught balls-deep in the planetary governor's daughter, nobles pinned a rape charge on him and pulled strings

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>>44891607
>>44895132

>>44892734
>snuff eating for 2 years

>>44894142
>GUARDSMEN! WE MUST ALL LEARN FROM THE ULTRAMARINES, SPIRITUAL LIEGES OF THE ASTARTES, NOBLE SCIONS OF MACRAGGE
>heh, muh crack
>WHAT
>if the blood angels visited them it would be muh fist on muh crack lmao

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>>44890810
>Innapropriate use of another regiment quarters (it was empty).
>This meant gambling in their mess and using the hydroponics to plant 'tribal herbs'.
>The final seal in the coffin was defending said activities with grenade launcher.

>>44891607
>>44895132
The best part is that this kind of shit isn't unheard of at all in the modern armed forces. Mankind never changes.

Did not return a library book on time.

you could try asking /k/ those guys know how to piss off officers

>>44891964
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Commissar#Quotes
check the section "what not to so around the commissar"

Fiddled that lady astropath while she was doing warp stuff.

Following the commissar around while playing the tuba.

>>44894262
I could see that actually happening in 40k.

>>44892734
>suppressed masturbation
>veneral excesses
>female disease
>imaginary female trouble
>medicine to prevent conception
>menstural deranged

kek

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>>44893588
>animal
>see sub-file 84 beta, sections 103-196

>>44897025
Oh yes. It may sound grimderp and over the top, but slips on paperwork can royally fuck things on real life.

Multiply that by a "galaxy" + "war", and there's probably three thousand active regiments resulting from it at any given moment.

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/crime-law/mistaken-id-leads-to-jail-mental-hospital-for-vete/nghzt/

>>44892734
>the war
Does war not make madmen of us all

>>44893999
I like this idea

>>44891607
I feel like that last one would just be instant blaming

>>44898243
To what end would he want to be moved to a penal battalion? Im curious, do they get better stuff? Or is it just mystery?

Im wondering because I like the idea of running an NPC like this but I can't think of a solid reason.

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>>44895132
>-Performed field repairs of weapon without proper prayer
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>>44890810

Fucked an Inquisitor. You didn't please her well enough, so she decided she'd punish you for it.

>>44898528

Someone has been reading Ciaphas Cain.

>>44895456
Or even worse, the Imperial Fists pay a visit.

>>44898557

Cai never failed in pleasing her tho'.

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>>44893588

Ambassador from Craftworld? I thought the Imperium never co-operated with xenos?

>>44896226
>video removed
surely you jest.

>>44892734
those are the reasons why people could be admitted to insane asylums

>>44898734
Might have been a more radical inquisitor

Although as rare as it is for the imperiums to cooperate with xenos elder are the most common

Still Hersey though

>>44898299
>, do they get better stuff?

No.

>>44898734
In 3rd edition there was a representative of the Imperium on Ulthwe.

>>44898734
I thought the same thing. Fuck the rest of them, I wanna know where Grease Monkey's been

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>>44890810
being sloppy, disobeying orders. losing the infantry uplifting primer. being stupid, just doing something too minor to kill but too bad to be worth flogging. such as assaulting civilians

even weird shit, such as property damage, accidents, theft, pranks and general fuckery.

illegally modifying or constructing weapons out of desperation

>>44899219
>being stupid

being smart gets you to penal legion
being stupid just means you are following orders

>>44899416
you can be stupid to the point where the imperial guard doesn't want you.

>>44899444
Nah, Ogryn are imperial guard material

>>44899594
yea, but ogryn are at least physically tough enough to survive and enjoy imperial guard.

Meanwhile, having a guy like forest gump in a penal legion would probably later become a lieutenant

plus, it pretty much could go either way. like using mortar shells to dig the latrine pit

>>44898590
Yeah, and as a result she kept making excuses to get him involved in missions.
Never stick your dick in the big ]I[, anon

>>44895132
>-Got drunk, stole potted plants from the officer's barracks then threw said plants at said officers to aid in escape.

lost my shit at that one

>>44890810
A sculpter making statues of the emperor.
Anatomically correct statues of the emperor.
Anatomically correct statues of the emperor, which she then "venerates" in her own way.

Because nobody can actually come to a conclusion whether this is a crime or heresy she gets conscripted just to be sure, without killing her outright.
You know, if the emperor approves, she´ll live.

>>44898528
That inquisitor will soon be not an inquisitor any longer, if she is this petty.
She is incapable of doing her calling and will be removed.

>>44902170
Nobody gives a shit if you are making some turbopleb's life shitty for petty spite. So long as the collection of heretic heads keeps getting bigger, the names keep getting ticked off the list and the Emperor is worshipped nobody is going to care.

Plus the idea of an unlucky dude and his squad just keep coming back from suicide mission due to shenanigans is nice. And it pissing her off, resulting in more shenanigans from more suicide missions.

He has a gallows humour and all of the sarcasm.

>>44902170

Nothing as insignificant as sending some asshole to a penal legion is going to lose you your position as an Inquisitor. No, going corrupt or insane, or pissing off someone actually important like a High Lord of Terra, that's what it takes to get rid of an Inquisitor.

Nobody in the fucking Imperium cares about commoners.

>>44902570
>Nobody gives a shit if you are making some turbopleb's life shitty for petty spite
If you are so incredibly petty to make your sex slave suffer for his ineptitude you are petty where it counts as well.

Someone who cant control their impulses where it is of no consequence is a liability and unworthy of their rank.
Sanctioned Killsquads with your notification of your loss of status inbound.

Cain is as uncanon as it gets in terms of beleiveability, except for goto where vehicles suddenly change type and everyone has an eldar murderboner.

>>44890810
Fuck, nobody seems to fuck in W40k.

>>44902669
> No, going corrupt or insane, or pissing off someone actually important like a High Lord of Terra, that's what it takes to get rid of an Inquisitor.
Actually, just two or three inquisitors declaring that you are no longer an inquisitor.

And not even the high lords are beyond an inquisitors judgement, but given their status it will probably an entire conclave with very clear evidence of the lords misdeeds.

>>44893999
Damn, it's all sounds suspiciously like Catch-22

>>44890810
Play Final Testament for Only War. You're lucky to not get blamed for just following orders.

>>44890810
Just google "florida man" and get inspired.

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>>44891318
A reverse French Foreign legion?

Does that sentence not work or am I just really tired?

>>44898299
I think that's the idea you let your imagination run wild

I can't think of anything though but it also serves as a fun mystery to try and solve

>>44902170
Nobody is going to get kicked out for fucking with a guardsman

The only sure way to lose your status is to be up a planet

>>44890810
He got drunk and his friends put him in the bed with the Captain's daughter.

>>44890810
Tax evasion

>>44902756
I think you win the prize for the most awkaward segue and most concentrated armchair psychologist bollocks spouted in one post.

>>44902756
in theory yeah but inquisitors dont grow on trees there never going to ditch them for something that minor
remember grimdark

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>>44905340