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== Comic Books ==
* In a manner of speaking, the Sith Lords in ''[[Star Wars Legacy]]'' fill a similar role. Though not part of the Imperial Military hierarchy, they oversee military units to ensure they serve the will of the [[Big Bad]] and [[Evil Overlord]] Darth Krayt. Complete with an [[Warhammer
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** It is implied that while the outcry was intentionally high, he was demoted only to keep the official face on the thing, political officers being a rather new institution and just another tool in the [[Magnificent Bastard|Ezar's]] box.
* ''Broken Angels'' by [[Richard Morgan]]. The [[Private Military Contractors|Wedge]] are kept under the surveillance of a political officer, so to avoid any problems with him they forcefully addict him to "the wire", threatening to withhold it if he causes trouble. The political officer gets his revenge {{spoiler|when his surveillance reveals the protagonist is planning to kill his former colleagues -- he 'forgets' to inform the Wedge commander of this.}}
* Commissar [[Ciaphas Cain]], '''[[Warhammer
* In ''[[CoDominium|Falkenberg's Legions]]'', the Soviet-backed International Brigades sent to the Santiago Civil War are controlled by Political Officers. Very much in the Soviet zampolit style, the one featured takes on the Western stereotype.
* In [[Childe Cycle|Dorsai!]], the Friendlies have "Conscience Guardians" who seek out heresy among their troops. Interestingly enough, the Guardians authority is only over their Chruch members and not foreign mercenaries. In addition, they keep their forces from bickering with each other over issues of religious doctrine, preventing tensions within their army.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* Commissars in ''[[Warhammer
** The presence of the Commissars in Astra Militarum is an integral part of command structure. Even when Duke Severus seceded from the Imperium, he found it easier to secretly prepare his own corps of Ducal Legates to replace the Commissars ([https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2013/6/14/the-path-of-the-traitor/ see here]) than to remove Political Officer positions altogether and overhaul the army to work without them.
** One or the other angle can be emphasised [[Depending on the Writer]] - minor character commissars are more likely to be [[Bad Boss]]es, while [[Gaunt's Ghosts|Ibram Gaunt]] fits the "benevolent commissar" mold, and [[Ciaphas Cain]] is a pure pragmatist who has caught on to the fact that overzealous commissars tend to die in combat suspiciously far from the front line.
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