Commissars

If a unit with a Commissar fails a Morale check for any reason, the Commissar will summarily execute the Officer or Sergeant leading the squad. Remove the executed model as a casualty. The unit then is assumed to have passed the Morale test and continues to fight under the leadership of the Commissar. The presence of a Commissar in a unit adds +1 Leadership to the Officer or Sergeant commanding the unit.

Commissars, Priests and Sanctioned Psykers are Advisors. For each type of Advisor, one must be assigned to the Command HQ. Any others of that type are then allocated to Platoon HQ squads. If all Command and Platoon HQ squads have an Advisor of that type, then the remainder join infantry squads, armoured first squads or storm trooper squads.

If a Sanctioned Psyker attached to the same unit as a Commissar suffers a Perils of the Warp attack, the Commissar will immediately execute him to prevent him from being possessed. Remove the Psyker as a casualty without triggering the power or the Perils of the Warp.