Not that Kreig wasn't a better place to be pre-kreig, but I think calling a group named the Council of Autocrats anything resembling a democratic body is a stretch. They may well have had the support of the governed, but that also applies to the Imperium as a whole.
A paradise hive...I guess the right word for that would be arcology. Kreig the Arcology World. Still, hard to avoid the creation of things like the underhive with any sort of structure like that.
Well, it was democratic for Wh40k standards. I belive the council was choosen by people, at least the wealthier ones and then the council elected one among themselves to become a planetary governor. I'm not actually sure, I think it was something like that but the sources on pre-heresy Krieg are scarce. It wasn't a paradise world, but pretty damn close to one, since the majority wasn't in the underhive where the social rejects and criminals etc. descended. It apparently still had some trees, even if the whole planet was pretty bad when it comes to ecology anyway. It's still far away from utopia, but it's not exactly an dystopia (well, actually it is since they headed straight into nuclear war, but you get my drift). The Krieg was pretty bright, which causes it to cast an even bigger shade on the grimdark that followed.
Everyone knows of the deliriously glory-addicted type of officer who patiently listens to everyone's concerns and then completely ignores them in favor of their own proper sense of judgement. Such a person would hear his subordinates explain how Kreigers...are and respond "Right, jolly good having you keep me up on these things, now about the award ceremony?".
Point taken, Wh40k has a lot of those jolly good fellows who just sip tea and are completly detached from reality.
And you are forgetting one thing, that being told to be proud of accomplishing something actually does run afoul of one of the very few emotions common to Kreigers, overwhelming existential guilt and suicidal idealization.
Can they be proud tho? They proably don't even get the concept of being proud.
I for one like the idea that it would be seen as a riddle, to find a way to both be prideful of their service to the Emperor and never disobey orders while still being part of a culture who's primary and practically only ethos is "die for the cause".
Proably - wouldn't give a shit. At worst would submit to summary execution because notices that he's unable to feel pride.
Question: Once recruited into the inquisition do acolytes have to become inquisitors? Can they be released from service and not be killed/suspected of heresy.
I belive if you manage to live through all the shit of Inquisition and get relased somehow and not get executed for what you have seen, you usually have enough money to start a life on some planet and become just another Inquisiton contact and proceed to lay low and life an peaceful life until shit breaks loose.
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