I have small request, minor one, petty even, minuscule perhaps, tiny if you will.
Please stop using “reject” in official communication to the community.
Maybe year ago it was funny and quirky. When most players were really starting, and couldn’t be called anything else really. But now, 95% of gamehours are clocked by 30+ levels, way after promotion to acolyte, full fledged part of the warband. Half of them, are even fabled Auric Operatives (that is me thank you).
There was small step, i latest Q&A by@FatsharkStrawHat (blessed be), with just “everyone”.
Personally I’m going to whine and complain about them not selling the things I want and what is there lacking quality compared to other current 40k media ultimately saving me money because the things I wouldn’t hesitate to buy not ever being available except Elysians Fatshark somehow got one of my favourite regiments in and got them correct
I like the “hello everyone” too
a bit more formal and friendly when communicating news about the game etc, and also for the people that may be new… not everyone knows about the reject stuff and so for the new people may be weird.
rejects is just a nickname that npcs gave to us by the ordo hereticus, we chosen servants and basically agents of the inquisition, probably promoted to acolytes later anyway, rejects doesn’t make sense anymore tbh.
i think if anything, let the npcs call us rejects,
but when it comes to actual communication,
i think it is fine to address community as “everyone”.
They’ll stop calling us rejects when the plot progresses and the fact that we’ve become an official part of the inquisitor’s warband has to be acknowledged
I like “Rejects”. The Imperium Rejected us, and the Warband accepted us. This remains true no matter how many missions you complete. Wear the title with pride!
But if we’re going to split hairs about it, might I suggest “Operatives” instead? It’s what the game calls its classes so it’s lore friendly and more flavorful than “everyone”.
It becomes inaccurate the moment one of your characters hit level 30. It’s like someone constantly referring to you with a wrong title despite both you and them knowing that it’s wrong.
It was the Imperium that rejected us, mind ye. And the Imperium would reject us still, there’s no going back.
For me, Reject feels a little anti-authoritarian, like “Punk” or “Outcast”. Funny considering the circumstances, since we’re still very much serving authority figures.
But does “Operative” not have a good ring to it? It brings to mind secret agents and tactical types. Acolyte brings to mind stuffy books and moth-bitten robes, statue polishers and the like. I’d rather be the former than the latter.
The Imperium does have expiation from sin or crime through service through many different avenues, including but not limited to penal legions, flagellant pilgrimages and on a technicality, servitorisation. Most going down those paths only find exoneration through death, but it has happened where individuals have survived their trials and proven their loyalty or dedication, and been granted, if not a full pardon, a reprieve for their perceived crimes.
Acolyte is thematically appropriate for the Inquisition as that is what has been used to refer to newly inducted members of an Inquisitor’s warband or retinue. In the context of 40k, the term acolyte carries a lot more prestige, so to speak, as it signifies official membership into an Inquisitor’s circle.
I didn’t say ‘operative’ wouldn’t work, but ‘reject’ is the one that rings odd to my ear especially after all this time and all the narrative touches that they have, like being welcomed to the warband at level 30, having access to auric missions, the line for Logistratum about getting ammo, but the ammo is not for you is gone after level 30, etc. etc.
If there was some narrative groundwork where you were placed into a special unit called “The Rejects” or something along those lines, it wouldn’t have such narrative dissonance.
Add to that the negative connotations during the communication droughts and you should see why there would be people that don’t like the use of ‘rejects’ in official comms.
