Editing Ordo Sicarius (section)

===The Two-Thirds Rule===
A lot gets made by fa/tg/uys about the requirement for two-thirds assent from the High Lords before an assassin is deployed, even when this becomes impractical or so far below the purview of the High Lords themselves that one would wonder why it would matter ''(such as killing Xenos, or enemies of the state)'' or gets used as evidence that the High Lords had something to do with it whenever an Assassin kills somebody, but this is not always the case.

Assassins have considerable leeway when they are undertaking their assignments: Just because an Assassin wastes a priceless piece of munitions on you does not mean that the High Lords wanted you dead, or even know your name. This is not merely true for the nameless bodyguards protecting the target, but there are documented cases of Assassins changing their mission parameters based on shifting circumstances ''(like the original target being dead by the time they arrive)'' and then chewing their way through planetary leadership to achieve their objective. This is probably why the Inquisition gets detailed reports following a mission, to ensure that the Assassin hadn't reached beyond their original remit in the execution of their target(s) and to mitigate against unexpected collateral damage.

These rules also seem to get bent when it is necessary to do so, as found during the '''War for the Golden Cog''' when the Fabricator General claimed ownership over the Fortress of the Soulless on Terra. While the Culexus assassins had every right to defend themselves, it was a snipers bullet that managed to avert a larger civil war between [[Mars]] and [[Terra]]. If the deployment of a Vindicare assassin to the situation was officially authorised, you can bet that the Fabricator General was not present during that vote.

The older Codex: Inquisition as well as the [[Inquisitor (RPG)]] both provided the rather commonsense detail that these edicts have been forged by the Ordo Sicarius itself in matters of political expediency, reasoning that since the Imperium is so huge, such abuses of power become necessary, and in any case if the Assassin does their job well then no-one would have to know about it. This is backed up in newer fluff in the case of the attempted assassination of [[Gabriel Seth]] by an [[Eversor]], Seth was presented with an Inquisitorial sigil as justification for the attempt with the claim that he had made powerful enemies. As well as the ''actual'' assassination of Chapter Master Dubaku of the ill-fated [[Celestial Lions]]. Hell, even [[Lord Solar Macharius]] was slain by the Officio Assassinorum on the orders of the Inquisition; the assassin then later killed the Inquisitor to cover up the truth. It seems unlikely the High Lords will be amused that the Ordo Sicarius has been abusing their power. Having someone who needs killing (like the Fabricator-General) dead to prevent civil war is one thing; attempting to kill a person keeping a Chapter of Astartes from going over the deep end is essentially treason and murdering a Chapter for trying to tattle on an Inquisitor for abusing his power severely and massively harming the Imperium by his unnecessary use of Exterminatus on a Hive World...look, the Ordo Sicarius seems suspiciously heretical. The first is basically an attempt to cause a Chapter to turn renegade and have good reason to slaughter Imperial Worlds in a berserk frenzy. The second is basically allowing Inquisitors to go around destroying the Imperium’s worlds (particularly the rare and invaluable Hive Worlds) for no reason. This is definitely treason and heresy.

Therefore, it is unlikely that the Sicarius is actually able to oversee all of the Assassinorum, but it also seems that parts of the Inquisition are able to use the Assassinorum for their own bullshit when they want to. Very 40K.