Military Ranks in the Libirachi Empire

**Military Ranks within the** Libirachi Empire vary from organisation to organisation, but each of the five main military groups (the Imperial Occupation Legion, the Imperial Naval Legion, the Imperial First Legion, the Imperial Sky Core and COMPNOR) have similar command structures with equivalent ranks. Of the five above mentioned military groups, the IOC, INL, IFL and ISC are part of the Libirachi Imperial Army and are controlled by Imperial High Command, while the groups that make up COMPNOR (the Imperial Security Bureau, Imperial Intelligence and others) are controlled by civilian leaders, whose role grants them an official rank for the duration of their tenure. Each organisation body has a specific leader; the IOL has a Grand General, the INL has a Grand Admiral, the IFL has a Grand Moff, the ISC has a Marshal, and COMPNOR has a chairman, whilst the individual COMPNOR branches have a their own leaders.

Although exempt from the military command, COMPNOR intelligence agencies like the Imperial Security Bureau can bypass the rank structures of other groups, with ISB Agents able to command forces up to a brigade, whilst Inspector Generals are able to command full field armies if necessary. COMPNOR and the ISB also maintain their own private army loyal only to their Empress rather than any commanding officer, and employs Loyalty Officers to act as a military police force, with Inspector Colonels or Majors often serving as a tribunal for the accused. Like COMPNOR, the Imperial First Legion uses a different command structure to the three "core" forces, acting as a local government instead of bureaucrats. Reporting to a Grand Moff in Beijing, Moffs are responsible for the governance of provinces across the empire, employing Governors or Marshals to police districts of their territory. Although they both hold the same posts, Marshals and Governors are distinguished by their command; a Marshal is a high ranking military official from either the IOL or IFL who has control over a sector, and their civilian counterpart is a Governor who is typically a mid-level politician who is devotedly loyal to the regime. There are a handful of Grand Marshals and Governor Generals who ensure that their subordinates are suitable to retain their post, whilst reporting to the local Moff on important business.

Within the IOC, command is distributed between the Joint Chiefs and High Command, leaving a Grand General to lead the Occupation Legion. Under the Grand General serves the Major Generals, leaders of an Army Core, and below them are the Marshals of the IOC, who are often moved into the IFL as part of the First Legion's military command structure. In both the INL and ISC, the chain of command is linear and allows the Grand Admiral or Marshal of the Sky Core to control their subordinates more efficiently, as opposed to the more complex First Legion leadership. Together, the leadership of all five organisations make up the Imperial High Command, alongside key strategists and generals, whilst the nominal heads of the divisions also serve on the Joint Chiefs; an advisory body to the Emperor which helps to reign in the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and his advisers.

## Libirachi Imperial Army

Military ranks within the Libirachi Imperial Army operate on an 12-tier ranking system, with each of the five main branches having chains of commands that share equivalent ranks with other branches. The highest title within the armed forces is Supreme Commander, which was established in 2010 to unify the command structure during the presidency of Nathan Jackson; since 2033, the title has been held ex-offico by the reigning Libirachi emperor, giving the monarch significant influence over the previously independent armed forces. In May 2034, Empress Penny Fox granted the powers of the office in commission to the Central Military Commission, giving the CMC the ability to act as head of the armed forces. Below the supreme commander are the Joint Chiefs, the highest ranked members of the individual armed branches. As of 2040, the joint chiefs consisted of the ranks Grand General, Grand Moff, and Grand Admiral, who respectively head the Occupation Legion, First Legion, and Naval Legion. Appointments to the most senior ranks of the armed forces are carried out by the Supreme Commander directly, or by the Central Military Commission collectively upon the recommendations of the president or the defence secretary. The joint chiefs forms a central component of the Imperial High Command, which is responsible for the coordination of military planning and organisation.

### Imperial Occupation Legion

 Main article: Imperial Occupation Legion
The Imperial Occupation Legion is the Libirachi Imperial Army's main ground force, and command of the organisation resides with the rank of grand general. Below grand general, the rank of major general is responsible for commanding army groups, and during times of war they can also take command of war sectors; marshals within the Occupation Legion posses similar duties to that of major generals, but cannot take command of war sectors during periods of conflict. The position of general is roughly equivalent to that in other country's armed forces, and are responsible for commanding individual armies. All lower officer ranks are responsible for command of a smaller division within a singular army. Forces within the Occupation Legion can also be co-opted to serve in the Imperial First Legion, if such an order was acknowledged by the Central Military Commission.

### Imperial First Legion

 Main article: Imperial First Legion
The Imperial First Legion is the Libirachi Empire's main internal governance entity; due to the vast scale of the Libirachi state, internal political stability in many provinces is maintained through the presence of the First Legion, which acts as a government, judiciary and police service within many regions of the country. The First Legion is headed by the Grand Moff, who is considered one of the most politically powerful individuals within the Fox Dynasty thanks to their control over vast swathes of domestic territory. Below the grand moff, individual moffs are responsible for the governance of sectors or oversectors, and control the entire domestic armed forces stationed within their sector of control. Sectors are broken down into regions, which are administered by fourth or fifth level ranked officials, either being a Grand Marshal or a civilian governor; unusually for the Libirachi Imperial Army, these governors can be civilians and still posses power within the chain of command, with governors and governor generals still able to command forces within the First Legion. The highest active service rank within the First Legion is that of Marshal, who are the commanders of military forces within regions, as opposed to Grand Marshals and Governors who are primarily concerned with political management of the regions. Below the rank of marshal, the ranks of the First Legion are identical to that of the Occupation Legion, and indeed forces from seventh level rank down are frequently co-opted from the Imperial Occupation Legion to serve as reinforcements to the main First Legion.

## Commission for the Preservation of the New Order

Ranks within the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order (COMPNOR) take place along a 12-tier ranking system, designed to be compatible with ranks in the Libirachi Imperial Army. Within COMPNOR, there are four main structures of command which individual departments within the Commission can opt into, depending on the focus of the division; defence orientated organisations such as the Vindicta operate along a military-based structure of command, whilst intelligence and inspection agencies such as the Imperial Security Bureau or the Loyalty Enforcement and Persuasion Division held inquisitor rank equivalents. Ultimately, unlike the military, ranks within COMPNOR ultimately operated on an ad-hoc basis, with each division forming it's own chain of command at the instruction of it's appointed leader. Prior to 2035, the position of Director General ranked higher than that of Director or Minister, but following the standardisation of military command the two hold the same tier rank.

The individual COMPNOR branches each operate as independent organisations, though subject to inspection from other branches, each with a tier two equivalent head. These departmental heads collectively form the Imperial Directory Board, a forum for instigating commission level policy; the Directory Board is led by a chairperson, who wields significant power within the organisation and is responsible for presiding over sessions of the board. The board is also responsible for selecting the Chairman of the Commission, who is both the head of COMPNOR and the most powerful figure within the organisation; prior to the creation of the chairman position in 2035, the presiding officer of the Imperial Directory Board served as the formal head of the organisation, whilst the Director General of Imperial Intelligence held de-facto power. However, following Karyn Voor's election to the leadership of the Directorate, the power of the Imperial Intelligence director general was vastly decreased in favour of the Directorate and the new COMPNOR chairperson.