A Joppal is a certain class of citizen that is found in the Imperium of Man. This is the slang term in Low Gothic given to those people who have been sentenced to death for crimes against the Imperium, many of whom are awaiting their sentences within Imperial prisons. One of the few ways for Imperial prisoners with a death mark against them to find redemption in the eyes of the Emperor of Mankind is to volunteer to join the so-called "Joppal" squadrons maintained by many of the Imperial Guard Regiments that have been stationed on the Imperium's border worlds. Unlike the Penal Legions maintained as separate regiments of the Imperial Guard, Joppal soldiers are always drawn from prisoners who face a death sentence and are usually incorporated into regiments where the majority of troops are co