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[WH40K] Junior officer life in the Imperial Navy?

Lots of questions about the life of an Imperial Navy Officer. What's life like for the junior officers in the navy? Do they receive good pay and benefits? What are the chances of getting promoted? Are there preferred billets like larger or smaller warship/installations? Are there any kind of education benefits? Do benefits get passed on to spouses or children?
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I suspect many officers are literally born to the role - or at least, born into the officer class. Their parents would both be Imperial Navy officers and they'd spend their early life on board the ship, before being sent to a Schola Progenium for proper education as soon as they are old enough.

The Schola Progenia probably aren't very kind to failures, misfits, troublemakers and washouts. Obviously not every officer's child has what it takes to serve in the Navy, but those who make it through their schooling will then go on to actual training in a Naval station of some sort.

A lot of training probably takes place actually on board warships - think Hornblower, but in space. There will also be Naval stations - orbital facilities, remote habitats, even a few planetside structures. Training will be harsh and brutal, because that's how the Imperium works, but it will also be effective; by the time a junior officer is given any real responsibility, he'll be ready for it.

The pay is probably hard to define. On one planet they could effectively be millionaires; on the next, they can barely afford to drink in a spaceport bar. But since the Navy provides food, shelter, education, clothes, etc. their pay is all theirs to spend.

Preferred stations - the bigger the warship, the bigger the prestige. Nobody wants to be stuck on a crappy little transport or orbital when they could be winning their spurs on a battlecruiser; on the other hand, if you make it far enough, your first command will probably be a small packet ship or raider. Most officers never make it that far, of course; only the very best and luckiest are given command.

Promotion - obviously there's a lot of dead men's shoes, but with the galaxy in a constant state of war you'll never lack for opportunities. There's also a lot of competition.

High-ranking officers of both the Imperial Guard and the Imperial Navy tend to rub shoulders with the wealthiest of Imperial nobility, but that may be because a lot of them are recruited from that same nobility. Even so, all signs suggest that you can get rich in the Navy, provided you survive long enough.