Shadraxian Military

"Their ground forces are unmatched in power, and their fleet is just as fearsome. Angering those giant brutes is not an option." Gargantine Kersal during a speech.
The Shadraxian Military is the military and peacekeeping arm of the Shadraxian species.
==Overview==
Since species unification in -53542, the Shadraxian Military was formed primarily to be a policing force and is very defensive in nature although drafting of policing forces can immediately increase the army's size and strength should it be needed in a war.
In 1734, the Shadraxian Military's fleet became the unofficial primary peacekeeping arm of the Selde/Algranian/Sealachan/Shadraxian region due to the fleet's potential to decimate any other fleet and the Shadraxian's neutral stance on the Selde/Algranian conflict.
==Rank Structure==
The Shadraxian military has a normal rank structure with only a few odd ranks.
*Soldier: The only non-officer rank, Soldiers form the general infantry and crews for starships.
*Ensign: The lowest officer rank, and the most numerous. Ensigns generally act as crewmen aboard Shadraxian starships and serve as commanders of very small detachments on ground assignments.
*Lieutenant: Lieutenants serve as bridge crew and more skilled jobs aboard starships such as engineers. Their role in ground assignments is to organise any Ensigns and normally directly command a few Ensigns.
*Major: Major's serve as first officers and department heads. As a result, Major's often get to command fighter squadrons. In ground assignments, Major's serve as their Colonel's/Captain's personal guard and/or squad commanders depending on the Colonel's/Captain's preference.
*Colonel: Colonels serve as starship captains and command the soldiers that serve aboard their ship during ground assignments. Colonels are sometimes referred to as Captains, with both terms being acceptable.
*General: Generals are few in number, and control entire fleets and their associated soldiers. Most fleets have 3 Generals with one to control the actual fleet, one to control the soldiers in ground assignments, and one to control fleet-wide logistics.
*Marshal: The Marshal has near complete control over the entire military, but is incapable of giving direct orders to the Death Goddess.
==Death Order==
===Overview===
The Death Order is the elite Shadraxian fighting force, consisting of only the largest and best trained Shadraxians. The Death Order does not take orders from the military, and takes them directly from the Death Goddess.
While the Death Order will occasionally fight alongside the military, it will often do secret and difficult assignments to aid in any military operation using it's own fleet. Due to their almost perfect success rates the Death Order is considered legendary among the Shadraxian military, but due to this reputation, seeing a Death Order member or ship tagging along on a mission normally means it will be deeply unpleasant.
The Death Order's own fleet uses standard ranks rather than the unusual Death Order ranks, with officers of Colonel and lower being exclusively made up of Death Guards, while many non-officer roles being filled by Death Initiates.
===Rank Structure===
The Death Order follows a different rank structure to the military and often has little involvement in space assignments.
*Death Initiate: Death Initiates have yet to have completed the training needed to become a Death Guard and normally stay an initiate for at least 20 years while they complete their training. Many Death Initiates don't progress to Death Guard and serve as non-officer starship crews.
*Death Guard: Death Guards form the bulk of the Death Order and only have authority over Death Initiates within the order, but under orders from a Death Queen or the Death Goddess, can temporarily replace a Colonel/Captain to complete their assignment.
*Death Queen: Death Queens number only 5 and have full command over all Death Guards in their section of the order, although orders from the Death Goddess must be followed. Death Queens have the authority to temporarily replace a General if it was approved by the Death Goddess.
*Death Goddess: The Death Goddess has complete power to do whatever she wants, including commanding the entire military if she needs to. Nobody except a Death Queen has seen the Death Goddess since -32142 which has led to rumours that she is not actually a Shadraxian at all or is actually various Shadraxians. When paired with the Death Queens' silence on the matter and the unbelievable rumour of the Death Goddess being the single survivor of Ixnara, the Death Goddess is commonly believed to be a non-entity in modern times. The Death Order never questions why she never shows herself or how she gets her information which is always current and nearly always accurate. What little information that exists on her suggests she was born with the condition of Ixnara although the bulk of her records disappeared from history once the Death Order was formed.
==Notable Members==
*Jaxnira Kynral - Death Goddess, founded the Death Order in -32129, records of her stopped after this point.
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