Imperial Military

> No single planet could withstand the might of the Imperial war machine. It is the Empire’s dream to unite the galaxy under one banner, for the sake of total galactic order. It is nothing but trivial for the Empire to annex a new world when the Emperor wills it.
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> ━Pyre Kinall

The **Imperial Military**, also known as the **Imperial Armed Forces**, was the armed forces of the Sith Empire. It was responsible for carrying out military operations throughout the galaxy as well as maintaining order on Imperial member worlds, governorships, colonies, and protectorates.

The Imperial Military was a massive organization, as Darth Deceptious did nothing to halt the massive military build-up that had produced an army of troopers and enormous weapons of mass destruction. While the exact numbers were unclear, the Empire’s military ranks were filled with tens of trillions of conscripted and enlisted soldiers. At the behest of Darth Excellest following the military becoming strained with its continuous military campaigns, the Sith Empire would adopt a sizable clone and droid army to assist in maintaining its military supremacy.

The Imperial Military was under the direct control of the Sith Emperor who wielded absolute military authority as commander-in-chief, although he was ever only seen participating in battles at his leisure or if they required his immediate attention. The next highest rank was that of the Wrath of the Emperor, the individual who exercised the Emperor’s military authority as his enforcer and held complete control over the Imperial Military and answered only to the Emperor. In the absence of the Emperor, the Emperor’s Wrath was the de facto commander-in-chief. While the Emperor’s Wrath was more concerned with the direct will of the Emperor, the Imperial Military was headed by the Sphere of Military Command who was a member of the Dark Council and beneath that, the Minister of War who controlled the Ministry of War and answered directly to the Sith who headed the sphere. Though the Dark Councilor usually was not always involved in all the decisions of the Imperial Military, it was Imperial High Command who normally made a majority of the immediate day-to-day administrative decisions of the military, which consisted of the military’s highest-ranking members.

The Imperial Military was not only a physical superpower but a mental one as well. Darth Deceptious’ legion, the First Legion, known as the “Crimson Legion”, inspired fear in any sentient species. The infamous and behemoth-sized capital ships of the Empire were used to frighten the galaxy’s citizens into submission. These are only a few examples of the fact that pure fear of the Empire’s might was often more effective than might itself. Much of the equipment used by the Empire was designed to enhance this effect, the fear-inspiring appearance of the Harrower-class Dreadnought being one example of this phenomenon.

Two branches of the Imperial Military were the Imperial Army and the Imperial Navy, although both branches also interacted with Imperial Intelligence.

The Imperial Military was particularly close with Darth Deceptious and Darth Soudain, considered by many as some of the Empire’s greatest military leaders, and evidently, so, the Sith Lords reciprocated the appreciation, something which was uncommon for Sith. Pyre Kinall, the **Allegiant General** and leader of Imperial High Command, was considered to have military prowess that rivaled that of the top-tiers of the Imperial Military’s leadership, which was constantly demonstrated as a result of serving as the Emperor’s direct military subordinate.

The Imperial Military seemingly had a form of favoritism within its upper-ranks, clearly indicted by Allegiant General Pyre Kinall, who wielded vastly greater authority beyond his station, as seen when he once ordered the execution of a member of the Dark Council, seemingly unopposed. He was also one of an extreme few of non-Force-sensitives who had direct access to the Emperor himself as well as the upper-levels of the Imperial Citadel and Imperial Palace and was able to undermine the authority of almost any Sith, aside from the Emperor’s Wrath and Emperor’s Regent.

## Organization

> The Empire maintains order. People like you disrupt that order.
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> ━Darth Soudain to an unnamed Rebel Officer

The Imperial Military was the backbone of Imperial society and the Empire itself, as Imperial culture and society had been highly militarized since the Empire’s early years on Dromund Kaas. The Imperial training regimen led to the drafting of every able-bodied adult into military service. This remained a mainstay of the military in the centuries: every non-Force-sensitive in the Empire was automatically conscripted into the military upon reaching adulthood, and they remained in service until retirement or disability. While advanced and promotion helped skilled military officers establish powerful families with histories of military service, the children of those families were expected to earn their own place in the military and received no special treatment on account of their lineage. Later, on the orders of the Sith Emperor, even children from extremely young ages, could either be conscripted or enlisted into service, and deployed upon coming of age, or, if necessary as a result of lacking numbers, while still in training, something that would horrify officers and citizens who held a sense of morality.

Above the ranks of generals and admirals in the Imperial Army and Imperial Navy, there existed Imperial High Command, consisting of the highest-ranking members of the respective branches, which answered directly to the Minister of War. The individual who held the rank of Grand Moff answered directly to the Minister of War and possesses special privileges, often developing close ties to the Dark Council. Similar to the Grand Admirals and Grand Generals, Moffs were allowed greater variety in their uniform colors, as they typically tailored their uniforms to reflect past service and their current command. Imperial officers also utilized code cylinders, which allowed them access to secure areas and intelligence resources. Above the title of Grand Moff, however, existed the rank of Allegiant General, which served as the leader of Imperial High Command and answered directly to the Sith Emperor, a title highly sought by many ambitious officers, as its holder was considered the unofficial supreme commander of the entire Imperial Military.