The Istaci

> "Gaze upon The Istaci, my chosen vanguard, those who pledge their unswerving loyalty to my purpose. As a sculptor molds clay, I shall shape them into perfection, and through the crucible of war, I shall forge them. Their spirits shall be unyielding, their frames fortified with resilience akin to forged iron. Arrayed in resplendent armor, they shall stand as paragons of war, wielding the most formidable armaments ever known. With ingenious strategies, unwavering mettle, and awe-commanding vessels, they shall shatter any foe that dares confront them in battle. My Istaci, my bulwark against the foreign terrors, the custodians of Humanity's virtue, akin to celestial lights that shine amidst the cosmos, and in their hearts, fear shall find no dwelling."
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### Establishment Date

The end of the 29th IM

Istaci warriors stand as the most legendary fighters in the known universe, Projecting an aura of invincibility while trailing rivers of blood and mountains of corpses. Their very name is only ever whispered in fearful reverence by friend and foe alike. The Supremacy of their forces is unquestioned, and any ignorant of this fact are made aware of it in short order. Thus they serve as his most prized possession, their blades had forged the emperor's throne, and over the many millenium have ensured its dominion.

The Istaci fanatic order of soldiers who represent the greatest military bulwark of the empire. Their training and equipment is legendary among those who face them, and even more so by those who survive them. while the Imperial Guard is the scalpel and and shield of the emperor while the Navy and Arminium exists as the axe and sledghammer, The Istaci exist as every single tool the emperor uses in hand to crush rebellion, fortified worlds, or as a secondary guard.

in the 41 wars they have participated they have lost less than 100 worlds, lost less than 500 battles, and have lost 0 campaigns, this legendary record implants the Istaci L’Laquem in the hearts of every person in the condor galaxy as a sword that never dulls, never breaks, and never stops until the will of the emperor is fulfilled. While the Istaci L’Laquem fights in the light of their emperor, the Istaci U’furmious fights in the shadow of his hand, filled with spies, intelligence gatherers, and assassins this branch of the Istaci has gained intelligence and info that have turned entire campaigns and holds a string of skulls in the thousands of leaders against the imperium.

Not only do they strike fear into the minds and hearts of the enemies of the empire, but they also terrorize every imperial citizen away from the idea of rebellion. with the hundreds of millions of worlds and an even greater amount of people, billions still see the idea of rebellion in their former independent selves, however, every rebellion either ends in a brutal planetary demonstration and execution of any instigators of the rebellion or the total annihilation of every living thing on the planet, over 80,000 years an untold amount of people and worlds have been bathed in the emperor's fury quelling any future rebellion on the threat of certain annihilation.

### Istaci Theum Imperieum

Filled with the greatest minds in the Istaci the Istaci Theum Imperieum are the Emperor's favorites, they are the commanders of the Istaci Legions, and are Cheif military advisors to the emperor- Even the most foolish and dull of Emperor's consider their advice very heavily even over their own personal ideas, however, with only one single defection in the entire history of the entire Istaci the loyalty of every Istaci Member is unfathomable.

unlike other military councils, the Istaci Theum Imperieum has no rank or hierarchy with them all being equal and all ideas, strategies, and advice is treated equally and is heavily criticized before being presented.

### Istaci Naval Command

While The Arminium is supplemented with the imperial navy in transportation, the Istaci have their own navy effectively making them a military on their own, each Istaci L'Laquem Legion has its own fleet each filled with numerous dreadnaughts and support ships they prove a spearhead capable of delving deep inside the flesh of their enemies.

### Istaci L’Laquem

5,000 legions strong The Istaci L’Laquem is the public part of the Istaci and those who assault the emperor's enemies through open combat. trained from birth from the L'Laquem or Honored Planets, they are trained for two decades after puberty after which they shall be formed into an Istaci L'Laquem Minorum Legion, in which there are 15,000 Legions, A Istaci L'Laquem Minorum Legion will only be ordained into the greater and more Prestigious Istaci L'Lequem itself when they rain blood and terror on a full world, meaning the death of every inhabitant, however, such tactics are only allowed on worlds of extreme anti-imperial sentiment and in wartime. Thus while fundamentally the same they will not gain the same prestige and respect until they are ordained.

### Istaci U’furmious

The Istaci U'furmious is not organized like a regular imperial military force, they are not designed for such usage, so they are deployed in groups of 100 to their stationed worlds across the galactic group. Due to the small number of members most worlds would never see their attention with most sent into the numerous governmental offices, few will actually be sent outside of the imperium. those few skilled are sent to the most important worlds of the imperium's enemies. After the ascension of Aleister Godfrey, the order of spies and assassins expanded to such magnitudes that every sovereignty in the galactic group had millions of spies and assassins in them.

Other than the Istaci U'furmious themselves only the emperor knows where the homeworld of the Istaci U'furmious called U'furmious is, resting within the sector of Trucilara, named after the capital world, the world is veiled in secrecy with 0 mentions of it within the imperial library, the Alphat, nor within military notes from any period of time or any commander.

### Istaci Segítő

Like the other 'Segítő' divisions in the Imperial Navy and the Arminium the Istaci Segítő is the support division of the, however, unlike the other support division is completely independent, from the production of armor, to the transportation of food.