The Imperial Guard

The greatest of the imperial guard, a mere 40000, yet that 40000 provides security that is quite literally impenetrable; only once before has an emperor ever been killed in their presence, and it lead to one of the most terrible massacres in the history of the galaxy, never again was a emperor ever even hurt in their presence.

While the genetic modification of the imperial guard is considered supreme as it is, the Imperious go through a year-long genetic modification program overseen by the most loyal of scientists, eventually, each cell of the new imperious guardsmen is individually changed to be as perfect as science could possibly allow.

With such expensive genetic modification that alone costs a planets ransom, no fiscal limit is allowed for the creation of imperious armor or weapons. each set can bankrupt whole planetary systems full of thousands of planets, and neither is a material limit placed on the armor.

with the relentless almost mind-control programs the imperious recruit would go through over its multi-decade training program an order from the emperor exists beyond human instinct, human self preservation, sympathy, and any other thing anyone could possibly think of and is beyond the word of fanaticism or even description.

like their equipment and loyalty, their skill is also beyond description, with mere groups of one hundred capable of steamrolling any enemy in the galaxy, yet such power and might is a very powerful deterrent against threat and thus is very, very rare for a group of imperious soldiers to ever find themselves in a different system to their grandest emperor.

among their many privileges, they also have the ability to deny anyone entry into the imperial palace including other imperial guardsmen and their commanders, including military leaders such as even the great Grand High Ginearálta-ar-fad or Grand Praefectura Imperialis Aimireil of Praefectura Praetorio Centrum; they can only ask for permission to enter, any force is immediate execution regardless of status. yet these privileges aren't used frequently against such high military figures as they would be there for a reason beyond their call of duty, and it would be foolish to deny them for no reason.

#### History

##### The First Honor Guard

The Imperious was one of the very first military units to be formally created, however, they were neither called the imperious nor created for the purpose of protecting the emperor. Originally they were the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Imperial Legion, and by sheer luck they were assigned as the honor guard while Gredia The Original was visiting the Thoria Empires first captured Fortress world from the Obbudria Empire. Seeing as there was no current imperial guard other than the basic capital guard, mere police, they were kept. Yet they would not be called the Imperious until the very end of Gredia's rule. In the beginning the new imperial guard drew elite soldiers from all of the military, they would then get some more training but it was nothing like what the modern Imperious guard receives. their armor was also exactly the same as the regular forces, as well as their weaponry.

##### Reorganization into the Imperious

After the enthronement of Ymit Godfrey, the third emperor, the Imperious Guard was rearranged into a force more similar to the imperious in the 127 imperial millennium. The first and most important change was training and creation of each soldier. Scouring the entire imperium and southern part of the galaxy the spies and agents of the Emperor looked for people with the greatest genetics for a foundation for improvement with genetic modification. after finding their prize they kidnapped, bribed, and forced entire families into labs to copy their genetic information before erasing them from existence. Next he looked for the greatest craftsmen for their armaments and armor, this time Ymit found little difficulty in appealing to the master craftsmen's desire to work on the greatest materials in the galaxy cluster, thus creating what they would consider their masterpiece. finally he began the creation of his own master piece on the planet Ulkium Secundus Selucium, a rouge planet in the depths of the Primarium region.

> "They are His saints, His original enforcers, His heralds, Envoys, and Flag holders; The messengers of His will, The holders of His darkest secrets, The keepers of His seat of power. They are the last line of defense to a sacrosanct entity; Their lives forfeit to the mission of His physical safety, Their loyalty unquestionable, Their skill unassailable, Their authority unmatched. Bestowed upon them is the most holy of labors, thrust upon the galaxy they do not sleep, they do not eat, they do not stop until their labor is complete. They grind His enemies to dust, they hoist up His flag, they are the pillars to the Imperium's Golden Age"
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##### The First Imperial Slaughter

After their new reorganization into a monstrous force they were required to demonstrate their power, their loyalty, and might. Leading the relatively new Istaci legions, created by the second emperor, they bathed the southern part of The Condor Galaxy; They weren't given their legendary reputation, they forged it with the bone of their enemies before quenching it in their blood. They brought the galaxy to its knees, none could equal them, none could face them. in these rapid deployments they gained world after world then another world. Eventually, even Ymit had to reign them in lest the galaxy unit to annihilate them.

##### The Second Imperial Slaughter

After the First Imperial Slaughter, as it was called by outsiders, The Imperious Guard saw little to no action instead being confined to the immediate surroundings of the emperor. Even in the 80th Imperial Millennium they saw no action beyond a host of guardsmen when then Emperor traveled to gaze upon his new territory gained from the Twyin Commonwealth. The 98th Imperial Millennium was the Imperious's darkest hour, it was when they had failed their duties, their most sacred labor. Killed by a then unknown weapon, fired from the other side of the planet, an emperor had died under their unending watch.

One of their many privileges was total and unquestionable authority in military matters with only his will being above them. Using this privilege they led millions of incensed legions into the Tywin Commonwealth; Groups of a few hundred Imperious Guards annihilated and grinded entire planets into dust leaving nothing alive. for months word of planet after planet getting bathed in blood terrified every power, yet they did not stop. In their relentless pursuit of penitence it would be considered lucky for a few dozen people to survive on any given planet.

By the end of the conflict the 8% of the Condor Galaxy was plunged into an age of not seen for tens of thousands of years, punishment driven so deep most planets lost the very idea of space travel. Such an uncountable amount of life wiped out of existence in the fury of the Imperious, none could even begin to estimate or contemplate it. Before every power seeking to fight the Thoria Empire respected the name 'The Imperious Guard', now they all feared it, It brought terror and dread. While the Imperious had failed in their duties they never lost the Emperor's favor, They were still those who the emperor confided with when he was needed advice or had the deepest of doubts.

Despite their superior skill and armor they were reckless in their fury, thus they had fallen in great numbers. Only 2,430 out of 40,000 returned to Trucilara with the bodies of their fallen peers and, of course, the body of the emperor. in the grand funeral of the emperor the remaining 2,430 would kneel in front of his grave for a full month. With such devastating losses it would take 30 years to regain the previous numbers, however, those original 2,430 could not accept any pardon, they had failed and failure is unacceptable. After the Imperious regained their numbers the 2,430 surrendered their weapons and armor and became Imperious Secretorium agents where they would work tirelessly to create massive spy networks across the galaxy or to so utterly destroy the Thoria Empire's enemies that they would never be able to threaten the emperor again.

After the horrendous Second Imperial Slaughter the Imperial Guard as a whole rapidly gained strength with The Imperial Fleet alone more then tripling in size while gaining a hundred times more dreadnoughts. The mere thought or idea of rebellion or resistance became dust blowing in the wind thus bringing an era of great stability at the cost of an emperor.

##### The Ulio Guard Slaughter

Over the Millennium there have been a great many attempts to copy the Imperious none have come closer the Sidour Federation's Ulio Guard. Their genetic modification was monstrous, their planed armor and armaments were equal to the Imperious, something thought impossible by the the Imperious forgers. Obviously such a force could not be allowed to rise. 20,000 of the greatest Imperious Guard were sent to annihilate the Ulio Guard. Fortunately, it would seem that the Sidour Federation had gotten over their head as the Ulio Guard was incomplete and simply too big being 1 million strong. Even the Thoria Empire would not dare create such a large force of such quality, it would drain imperial provinces of wealth and would simply not be worth it.

The battle between the Ulio Guard and Imperious Guard was carefully watched by many of the empires foes with trepidation. While the Imperious would ultimately win it would not be with out lose. 11,000 thousand of the Imperious Guard had died while all 1,000,000 of the Ulio Guard in its infancy and it's 30,000,000 guards had been killed. while undoubtably impressive, it is important to understand that none of the Ulio Guardsmen had been completed and fitted with their final armor.

#### Under Aleister Godfrey

The Imperial Guard, or the Imperious to be specific, flourished under the rule of Aleister Godfrey; He saw its expansion, he saw its enthronement as the universes greatest force, he saw it sweep through the known universe in wars under his name, in exchange for these labors they were crowned champions of the Imperium.

Under Aleister Godfrey, The Imperial Guard became a force that turned from protection to one of untold fury and destruction, the most personal guards and attendants of the Emperor. The planets regular Arminium or Assault Legions could not take, and the Istaci were to busy assaulting other equally pesky worlds, The Imperial Guard would go. Every planet they took they would teach Imperial Will and bequeath upon the enemies a fury and terror that only the Istaci could match.

##### The Ryder Rebellion

> "Of all the conflicts that have beset the Thoria Imperium and its Imperial Household, it is the rebellion of Cnivida Videric, which has left the greatest scars upon its very fabric, its very name. Even now, centuries after its end, when few but ancient and decrepit creatures such as myself remember the horror of the Emperor's fury, all speak of it with awe."
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the Ryder Rebellion is considered the greatest stain upon imperial prestige since The Second Imperial Slaughter, leading to the next, more horrible Third Imperial Slaughter. The Ryder Rebellion was erroneously named as no one named Ryder was leading nor inciting such a horrid rebellion against the empire, Perhaps it was a short lapse and panic during the mass confusion that infested the beginning days of the rebellion.

Few know how the rebellion really started, With many of the emperors confidants from the northern reaches of Praefectura Praetorio Per Septentrionen Versus Orientem, Praefectura Praetorio Per Septentrionem, and Praefectura Praetorio Per Maior Septentrionalis

### Organization and Structure

The structure of the Imperious Guard was designed to be flexible yet complex and purposeful, thus while from the outside the 40,000 strong force may seem completely unstructured or archaic it is simply because almost none alive understand the inner workings of the Imperious Guard.

The most knowledgeable people outside of the Imperious themselves are actually the palace workers, thralls, and servants, however, even they, who see them everyday, know nothing greater than observational details. The first mystery that outsiders must unveil with is that of identity. Each of the Imperious Guard are effectively ageless and unchanging inappearance. They each profess to a given name, often a reference to ancient Saints, Legends and Kings in Thorian History. As an Imperious Guard performs great deeds they may be bestowed yet another name; it is not uncommon for an Imperious Guardsmen to eventually die with hundreds upon hundreds of names. for those Imperious Guardsmen who perform greater than all others they may be entombed in next to their emperor, something all Imperious Guardsmen strive for and consider one of the greatest honor bellow only having their name carved upon the coffin of the emperor itself.

In terms of structural organization, it is apparent that the Imperious guard is unique with little in common with the rest of the Imperium's Military organizations such as the Istaci and Arminium. This is only fitting as the Imperious is neither geared nor equipped towards the fighting or winning of wars, but to its duties of protection and smaller skirmishes. The Imperious operate as a military force, a gathering of supreme entities each of whom possesses unassailable authority over any other organisation in the Thoria Empire. Conversely, no agent or official can give a Imperious Guard orders. Even the Grand High Ginearálta-ar-fad and Grand Praefectura Imperialis Aimireils are able only to request -- never demand -- their aid.

#### Hierarchy and Rank

The Imperious Hierarchy is surprisingly barren compared to the many hundreds of positions, ranks, and holdings one may possess in a legion. There are only a small few ranks in the Imperious, Grand Imperial Militant is the highest of these ranks. The Grand Imperial Militant is the highest ranking officer in the military, He lords over the Imperetorium, The Imperial Senate, The Alpheratz, and every branch of the Military. His word is as law as the Emperors, His will as divine as the Emperors, yet his word and will is always the same as the Emperor. Below the Grand Imperial Militant are the Praetorius, of which there are 40. Each on of the Praetorius are the wisest and most sure blades in the Empire; these Praetorius form the Imperious War Council where they will debate and provide council to the emperor before any other body of minds may, They are the very first and most of the time last body to provide council to the emperor should he desire it.

Below the Grand Imperial Militant and Praetorius are the Chamber Custodians whom command a thousand Imperious guard of which there are 40. While below in command to become a Chamber Custodian one must serve in as a Praetorius, which is not an obtainable rank but one where you must be voted in. Unlike the Praetorius, which one may hold for only 30 years at a time, a Chamber Custodian may serve indefinitely. finally the Hold Captain whom commands over 10 Imperious guard. Above the small Hold division (10 Imperious Guard) is the House division (100 Imperious Guard) then finally the Chamber (1,000 Imperious Guard) of which there are 40.

Another prestigious holding in the Imperious is the Title of The Watcher, these are the most elite 100 of the Imperious, the most senior, the most respected of them. They are the personal guards of the emperor and never leave his side. While technically all of the Imperious are the personal guards of the Emperor, The Watchers are those who never leave on assignment or the Sanctum Sanctorum unless the Emperor leaves. To be one of The Watchers they had to have at least 150 names and seniority over every other Imperious Guard.

After the reorganization at the hands of Ymit Godfrey the Imperious Guard never officially dipped above nor below 40 Thousand except for casualties. This is in part because the imperium, at the time could not afford any more than 40,000, While possible in the 127th Millennium to expand into the hundreds of thousands, no force or possible force could rival them nor would they be able to get past the various extremely massive defensive world plates nor space stations in orbit around Trucilara.

#### Expeditions

Often Imperious Guardsmen are sent across the Empire to quell hardy rebellions or reaffirm the loyalty of far off governors or military commanders, these usually end with execution or bloodshed. in any given expedition they shall travel with their hold. It is extremely rare for entire houses to travel outside of Trucilara or whatever planet the emperor makes home yet not impossible. In such events that a house or chamber were to leave the palace on mission they would do so in extreme silence and secrecy. Every few dozen millennium a expedition of many chambers will occur these are usually the most important of missions such as the annihilation of Ulio Guard.

#### Notable Chambers, Houses, and Holds

Each Chamber is unique in design and purpose, some may be experts at siege craft or attrition based warfare, some may be heavy shock troops, some may be support focused. however, all of them regardless medics or support personnel have the martial skill to single handedly face tens of thousands of elite troops on any terrain.

##### Chamber Imperious Secretorium

The Imperious Secretorium are the personal assassins of the Emperor, these number few and are usually the retired Imperious Guardsmen who find their mental or physical capability a thousandth less than acceptable. These secretive agents of the emperor often find themselves in the furthest reaches of the known universe, places so far even Istaci U’furmious would dare creep so far with out order. Their primary mission is the removal of heads of state or the fabrication of spy networks on the most defended planets of the Imperium's enemies.

Few people in the Imperium know of these spys, with most of them being only the most trusted aids and servants of the emperor such as the Grand High Ginearálta-ar-fad or Grand Praefectura Imperialis Aimireil of Praefectura Praetorio per Centrum knowning of there existance. However, even if these few people know of them, none but the Emperor or Grand Imperial Militant ever see one let alone order them. A favorable outcome of these secrecy is that it has allowed the Imperium to silently remove persons who are to great a threat to the imperium.

While a good portion of the Imperious Secretorium are former Imperious Guards not all are. Taken from worlds across the Thorian Empire, hundreds of thousands are taken to secret planets across the imperium where they are trained as regular Istaci U'Furmious where they are trained in the harshest possible environments where killing, theft, and perverse crime is absolutely permitted and encouraged under one rule, don't get caught. If an initiate is caught they are punished equal to their crime, eventually they will be tested. Most recruits will be accepted into the Istaci U'Furmious, however, for those top hundred in each batch on each planet, they are taken directly to Trucilara. After which they will be taken to one of few temples, with this usage of wording one may assume these temples are of religion, yet, these temples only teach loyalty and death.

If a recruit was to survive the harsh multidecade long training and the final test, where they by put to test against the harshest conditions a human could possibly survive in, then they are finally given the title Secretour. This is the only other way one can join the Imperious Secretorium, which is even smaller than The Imperious.

##### Chamber Imperious Sentinalis

> "These men are my messengers, my face, my voice, their faces forfeit to the guarantee of my message. Of the authenticity of their mission there shall be no question nor doubt. No other minister or official shall they have in service. None shall proscribe them from me and none shall hamper or stall their mission"
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###### House Red Sentinels

These are the direct voice and face of the emperor. Each of these numerous messengers are the faceless envoys of the emperor, forever bound to the privilege that is to utter the divine words of the emperor. Each of them are from the highly devout Godremek Temple, the headquarters to the Godremek Church, thus are queer in nature.

Each of the messengers wear pure red leather robes that cover their entire bodies, while red gloves cover their hands and arms, covering their face is a pure black helmet that when in use can project the face of the emperor, however, it is law to immediately kneel with while facing the ground when they project the will of their god, thus few outside of Trucilara truly know what the emperor looks like.

There are two different types of sentinel, the grand envoy and envoy. They are identical in everything but seniority and what flag they carry, For example, a new Red Sentinel would hold the flag of the Thoria Empire while a Grand Envoy, typically a decade or more, will hold the flag of the Imperial Household.

The Red Sentinels have some of the highest discipline of any non combative force, Willingly removing their helmet Infront of someone is considered sacrilegious with the punishment being death, they are required to hoist their flag constantly unless they are in their quarters or are relaying an imperial decree which they would then give their flag to the next most senior envoy to hold before they get on their knees and praise the direction of the imperial capital world.

The Red Sentinels never travel by themselves instead travelling in groups of eight, three grand envoys and five regular envoys. It is a rare sight to see the sentinels with the massive communication network fostered by the Imperial Household, however, they are special in they are the ones that voice the most important decrees from the emperor, decrees so important it would be pedestrian and unfitting to simply relay them through the communication array.

To insure these important decrees are voiced quickly the Red Sentinels are given the fastest ships in the imperium, while they are stationed in Space Bastions across the Empire thus allowing them to be at most a week from every inhabited planet.

###### House Black Sentinalis

Unlike the Red sentinels that mostly travel to peaceful worlds, The Black Sentinels are purely for the purpose of sending decrees to worlds that are currently anything but peaceful. The black sentinels are few, mere hundreds, thus few know of them beyond basic reference in texts. After the rebellion of Giants this house was upscaled by Aleister Godfrey if only slightly.

##### House The Watchers

The Watchers are the most elite of the Imperious Guard always shadowing or outright following the emperor and the Emperor alone. Once a Imperious Guardsmen becomes a watcher they are mechanically enhanced so that they can go centuries without sleep or a break of any kind. To become a Watcher means to stand guard against any manor of threat constantly never to rest again.

The Watchers are unique in structure as they are the only one that has a commander at the house level, being the Imperial Militant. Other than the Grand Imperial Militant the lower ranked Imperial Militant is the only other one whom automatically gets his name carved upon the Coffin of the Emperor.

##### Chamber - The Solar Guard

The Imperious guard who watch over the skies of Trucilara

##### Chamber - The Custodians

The Imperious Guard who maintain and secure the throne

##### Chamber - The Impalers of Fury

The Imperious Guard Chamber that deals with rebellious military commaders

##### Chamber - The Subjugators Annihilus

The Chamber of Imperious Guard whom watch over the prisoners of the emperor, these are the most heinous of criminals or those who irk the emperor to greatly for simple incarceration or death to be a gift instead of punishment. Also the chamber of which any torturers would come from.

##### Chamber - The Greysworn

The Greysworn are the Imperious guard chamber that protects the immediate relatives to the emperor, His siblings or children would be the most prominent of targets, however, they may also protect anyone they are commanded to do so.

##### Chamber - The Goldwyn

The Goldwyn oversees the protection of the emperors wives, concubines, and mistresses.

##### Chamber - The Agmentum

The Imperious Guardsmen who oversee the creation of new imperious guardsmen.

### Capabilities

* Inhuman Condition: The Imperious, as The Guards of the Supreme Emperor, Have Superhuman physicality. They are very athletic, with their strength, durability, speed, agility, stamina, reflexes, and threshold for pain are incomprehensible. Despite being older than the majority of the military, The Imperious always proved to be superior to every single person in the galaxy in terms of condition.
* Inhuman Strength: Any Imperious Guard is immensely strong, although it is not their greatest attributes. They can easily overpower and restrain larger opponents, knock out fully armored men with a single strike, break their necks and bones with relative ease, and effortlessly break through hardened glass.
* Inhuman Durability: An Imperious Guard is highly resilient and sturdy by all standards in that time. They are able to survive dozens of gunshot wounds, stabbings and blunt force trauma without much of an effect. Their greatest feat of durability is surviving corvette based weaponry.
* Inhuman Speed: Every single Imperious Agent is extremely fast, In fact it is only when they can no longer preform to standards in speed that an Imperious Agent is retired. With their armors, which enhance all physical characteristics, they are easily able to run as quick as hover vehicles, in combat they can move too fast for any regular enemy to react.
* Inhuman Agility: they are also extraordinarily agile in their movements, being able to maneuver through urban cities and dense jungles with ease as if they were a flat plain.
* Inhuman Stamina: Each Guard has tremendous amounts of stamina as it is their most valued trait. they are able to easily fight for days if not weeks if ordered or required in their holy mission, run for hundreds of miles at their maximum sprint while showing no signs of fatigue. Even when they are injured or after a exausting battle, they require little time to recover.
* Inhuman Reflexes: as their second most valued trait they all have enhanced reflexes. all of them, during training, have displayed incredibly fast reaction time, shown by them dodging bullets from multiple people at point blank range with relative ease. In fact, every year, there is a event among the Istaci's first legion's first platoon (1,000 out of 100,000,000) and the Imperious, if the most skilled of the platoon can beat an imperious guard of their choosing they will instantly be accepted into the Imperious, This has happened three times in the long history of the thoria empire.
* Inhuman pain tolerance: Despite their mastery of martial arts and firearms and incredible armor, they can be injured, but they demonstrate nearly inhuman tolerance to pain, being able to shrug off physical blows, cuts and bullet wounds with ease.
* Master Marksman: Being both a guard and a trained assassin, They are masters with a variety of both long range and short range, bullet based and plasma based firearms, including pistols, revolvers, rifles, and shotguns as well as being able to precisely eliminate targets from a long distance being able to easily perch in the atmosphere, in a gunship, while using their enhanced vision and brains to shoot up to 32 kilometers. They are able to effortlessly blend their marksmanship with their hand-to-hand skills, being able to swiftly use grappling moves combined with precision shots to take on large groups of enemies.
* Master Martial Artist: Trained from birth in Godremik, named after their supreme emperor's name, they are the most feared hand to hand combatants in the galaxy system. Their fighting style consists of known reminents of martial arts from Sol, however, they have all been updated with tens upon tens of thousands of research from thousands to condense the martial arts into the most basic and deadly version possible, they are Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Jujutsu, Sambo, Aikido, Krav Maga, among a few hundred others. They can easily and quickly outmaneuver, outmatch or simply outlast their opponents, even being capable of taking on dozens of enemies at once.
* Weapon Mastery: Every single Imperious Guardsmen is highly skilled in wielding glaives, swords, and spears to combat shielded opponents. as they may be asked to proform more secretive assassinations, they are all very skilled with knives and throwing knives.
* Improvised Weapon Mastery: In addition to their impressive skills with firearms and bladed weaponry, They are very good at using whatever is in his immediate area as an offensive weapon. They are also skilled Chemists being able to concoct bombs and poisons for sabotage and assassination work.
* Stealth: They are extremely skilled at breaking into secure locations and escaping without being noticed while being able to memorize complicated architectural layouts easily.
* Intimidation: Due to their efficiency as a assassins and the pure loyalty and determination with which they slave over the Emperors orders, The Imperious is widely known and feared with in all four of the Galaxies, even the most arrogant of them can not deny the Imperious their reputation.
* Gifted Intellect: as a basic requirement everyone has to be a very intelligent individual who could outsmart his enemies even under extreme stress while being able to easily think his way out of fatal situations.
* Master Tactician: As master assassins and guards, They must be able to plan a perfect assassination or defensive plan. They are also very spatially aware in combat situations, making use of the environment, weapons held by dead enemies and even, legendarily, sand.
* Skilled Physician: as guards of The Emperor's guards they must be able to, in the event they had failed their duties, reverse any medical ailment to their emperor, as well as basic medicine and first aid. Of course the Imperious has hundreds of specialists such as diagnosticians, toxicologists, Allergists, Immunologists, Infectious Disease Specialists, Neurologists, Ophthalmologists, Pathologists, Surgeons, and many more.
* Multilingualism: As the galaxy, or even the empire, is diverse in language, to properly communicate they must be able to speak several languages, such as Imperial Standard, Galactic Standard, Vreladora Standard, along with almost every standard language for a country there is.
* Indomitable Will: Once ordered, they will not stop until that task is complete, no matter what obstacles get in their way, they will spend the rest of their existence devoted to that sole command. This unparalleled level of focus and determination had earned him a mythological status in the galactic community. Many other powers had attempted to recreate these powerhouses, so as to equal the playing field, however, none have succeded. The closest another power had gotten was the Sidour Federation's Ulio Guard.

### Imperious Ranks and Titles

* Grand Imperial Militant - The Grand Imperial Militant is the highest ranking individual in the empire, They have absolute power over every single agent and agency, over every legionary and legion, over every naval officer and navy, there exists no place in the Imperium where their word is not supreme except in front of the Emperor. Their will and voice is that of the Emperor's. Their most sacred duty is the command and lead of the Imperious whom they also have supreme control over. With such overwhelming power in the empire they would be Emperor in all but name, however, loyalty in the throne an its occupier is might as well be encoded into their very DNA.
* The Imperial Militant - This is a unique rank in the Imperious sharing equal power to the Grand Imperial Militant in the Imperious, they are the left hand of the Emperor if the Grand Imperial Militant is the right hand. The Imperial Militant has control over The Watchers, thus they also have the title of the Watcher. Due to their unique position around the Emperor constantly while The Grand Imperial Militant is frequently out representing the emperor in the various administrative duties the emperor is too busy to partake in.
* The Praetorius - The Praetorius are a group of 40, one for each chamber, that dictate Imperious strategy for 30 years, the length of each Praetorius's term. Each Praetorius is usually a more senior member of the guard and more respected member of each chamber as to become an Praetorius one must be voted into the position. All 40 of the Praetorius together form a council which dictates imperious strategy for that 30 years, while also acting as a personal think tank for the emperor in military matters above the other military councils at the emperors beck and call.
* Chamber Custodians - Chamber custodians, while lower in authority, are all required to serve as a Praetorius prior to becoming a Chamber Custodian. These are the leaders of each Chamber; while the Praetorius may dictate strategy of which all chambers must conform to, this rarely happens as certain chambers such as the Imperious Titanica are so vastly different than any other Chamber in the imperious that it would be foolish to force them to conform to strategy designed for a Chamber whose sole purpose is to be a mobile strike force such as The Impalers of Fury.
* Hold Captain - Hold Captains are the lowest ranking officer in the Imperious, yet they are some of the most important positions. when a task is given to the Imperious, most of the time a mere 10, or a hold, is sufficient thus Hold Captains are usually the highest ranking officer in any expedition or task.
* The Watcher - The Watchers are the personal 100 guards of the emperor, This position is permanent and means the forfeiture of the ability to go on tasks and thus is usually the end of any given Imperious guards tenure in the Imperious. While the watchers are undoubtably the most skilled in the Imperious, its marginal at best, thus while the most skilled are now unable to go on expeditions, it is made up by the fact that it allows everyone else to catch up in mentally and with non-physical skills each of the multi-thousand year old watchers have.

### Imperious Training and Creation

#### Creation

The creation of an Imperious Guardsmen is expensive, extensive, and very time consuming. The very first Imperious Guardsmen, or Specimen-1 as called by the gene scientists, was a utter failure, even if it was a genetic masterpiece. its skin was rough and porous like a sponge, it did not live long. the next 100 trials were all failures of varying scale, some were similar to Specimen-1 with holes dotted around their skin, others had under preforming organs thus greatly impacting their fighting capability.

Deciding that they were getting nowhere with the genes they had stolen from the kidnapped families they began to craft a whole new set of genes. Genecrafting not unheard of, however, this task was the most extensive demonstration of human Genecrafting. Standing at 260 CM with more than a dozen changes and additions to the Human integumentary system, skeletal system, muscular system, lymphatic system, respiratory system, digestive system, nervous system, endocrine system, cardiovascular system, urinary system, and reproductive systems, it was without a doubt the most extensive example of Genecrafting.

Some of the most notable changes are the secondary heart, massive additions to the endocrine system such as a increase and doubling in potency of the The pituitary gland, and another lung that allows the Imperious Guardsmen to breathe in low-oxygen or poisoned atmospheres, and even underwater. However, The greatest change is the brain; a bigger and much, much denser brain along with gene editing for hyperthymesia among a few other mental advantages, with their names being lost to the annals of time, allows for an Imperious Guard to, while in battle or not, have complete control over his body while simultaneously being able to study and analyze the weaknesses and strengths of anyone they face instantly. Even this collection of demigods must rest their bodies and minds, however, with a added node in their cerebral cortex, these guardsmen only have to sleep an hour every few months.

After the genetic sequence is selected and completed it would be made into strings of DNA to inseminate a artificial dnaless female egg. after they have began to grow they would be placed into chambers filled with Baux liquid which would effectively isolate them completely from the outside world, thus allowing them to grow in peace. after years of growing in the Baux liquid, which also sustained them, they would be taken out to be trained and educated. When the full process is complete, unless they suffer such massive bodily harm as to forcibly end their lives, they are effectively immortal, without perceptible ageing taking place after full maturity.

Not like the Istaci, the pattern of surgical grafting and organ implantation that creates a Istaci Warrior, no such crudities of augmentation at all mar the Imperious Guard; what differs them from the rest of humanity is as invisible as it is potent, worked upon the core genetics and at a deep cellular level, and perhaps tailored to each specific inductee. There are those who insist the genecrafting and process goes beyond what mortals could possibly do, thus entering the realm of divinity, of creation.

#### Training

Each Imperious Guard is further blessed with royal education, in every science and philosophical field the is in the imperial databases they are rigorously trained, they are also trained in hundreds of martial arts to perfection along with dozens of different weapons. Of course one of the main subjects of their training is advanced loyalty propagation or ALP, also used to a lesser degree with the Istaci, which is rigorous and extremely extensive on its own right.

After they reach 16 and are fully grown and educated they are released into the galaxy to survive for a year on the harshest planets in the galaxy; frozen wastelands, barren words filled with active volcanoes, poison gardens with the deadliest poisons on the planet. By the end of their environment based training they would be well into the 40s.

Their final task would be their most difficult, Kill the emperor. While only a mock exercise they would have to sneak into the imperial palace and raise a weapon towards the emperor; The Imperious are purely a practical force thus they quickly used these trials as tests for the entire guard with the Watchers taking it the most serious, these trials allowed for the Imperious to understand their weaknesses and strengths against equals, only the Grand Imperial Militant and emperor knew what days these initiates would strike.

Regardless of the outcome of their attempted mock assassination they would be accepted into the Imperious Guard, with the only benefit of actually 'killing' the emperor being acknowledgement from the emperor, a supreme honor among the Imperious. Even after their acceptance into the Imperious they will be put into Holds with more senior members so as to train them further.

### The Core of the Imperial Navy

> "To their left was the vast curve of an impossibly large plate like structure. Casting a shadow for kilometers under the white plating along with any painted symbols and motifs of the Empire and its Imperial Household, the plate stood as a beacon of the grandiose of the defense of Trucilara. It was studded with thousands of grand cannons each either half a kilometer long or a full kilometer long, supplementing them were an uncountable amount of capital grade heavy batteries and anti starfighter flak guns. In the distance was a dreadnaught bearing the symbol of the Imperial Fleet, a black bird surrounded by a skeleton snake, drudged towards them surrounded by it's protectorate fleet – being thousands of destroyers, cruisers, corvettes, and frigates all large and bulky, sliding across the sky infront of a massive jet of blue thrust. Above them were hundreds of star like objects, that he knew as the massive space stations, twinkling for all to see." - Benjamin Knox visiting the capital planet after the Rebellion of Giants
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While the Imperious capable of protecting their emperor, the Imperious is a mostly ground force and despite their piloting skill the emperor can't be moved around in such a pedestrian manner as that, thus The Core of the Imperial Navy was born. Armed with standard imperial guardsmen equipment the Helmsmen to the lowliest of petty officers from the janitors to the FTL Drive Mechanics, from the pilots to the commanding officers, all of them are Imperial Guardsmen.

The Emperor's personal fleet, The Imperial Fleet as its called, is the very first fleet to gain new technology thus, despite extensive modernization programs, the fleet is usually 50-100 years ahead of every other force in the galaxy cluster. The Imperial Fleet is not only bigger than battle groups but is most known for its size and destructive might.

Usually only half of the Imperial Fleet Hovers over the Imperial capital world while the other half rests in Thimble for a variety of reasons such as battle damage, modernization, maintenance or retirement of ships.

One of the most important duties of the Imperial fleet other than transportation and protection of the emperor is screening all transport into and out of the Imperial capital world Trucilara. For many it is tedious as some may never get past them while others may have to wait weeks to months. Of course important officals do not have to wait longer than a few hours. When the Imperial Fleet is transporting The Emperor no travel to or from the planet is allowed except for a vary few individuals. This eddict is enforced by the Many guns on the world plates and the many space stations in the system, while a highly classified defensive system will make faster than light travel impossible in the surrounding five light years.

> "The Imperial Fleet is endless in might and in prestige, it is the emperor's most blunt defender, able to grind solar systems out of existence. They have never been beaten, something even the Imperious can not claim after the Second Imperial Slaughter. They are his angels, The very envisionment of the emperor's power"
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* 100 Mandatum Dreadnaughts
* 700 Majorum Dreadnaughts
* 1,600 Minorum Dreadnaughts
* Thousands to tens of thousands of Capital Ships
* Hundreds of thousands of smaller ships

in all two legions of Imperial guardsmen are stationed in the imperial fleet, thus making it extremely safe.

### The Imperials

To protect the emperors many palaces and residences across the imperium as well act as another tool the emperor could use to sew destruction upon his enemies, another division was created, or the 'The stationed imperial guard' these guardsmen are the third most numerous being ten legions strong.

While their training, equipment, and genetic modification pale in comparison to the other parts of the imperial guard due to their lesser importance, they still pose a massive threat to any stupid enough to challenge the grandest emperor.

### The Nobles

The importance of nobles, while dreadfully inadequate compared to the emperor, still ranks high on the hierarchy thus another division of the imperial guard was created, however, this division would be lent out to the nobles to use.

While not weak in any fashion, the Nobles merely exists to give protection to nobles, with governors, city magistrates, high nobility with land, among other ranked nobility.

In all 68 legions, or 6,800,000,000 serve under the title of Noble guard

### The Core of Imperial Supply

The Core of Imperial Supply is easily the largest branch of all of the imperial guard, it includes all of the medics, cooks, logistics men and women, mechanics. the amount of people who serve in the support division of the imperial guard would easily be over 120 legions, however, such classifications are left for combat forces not supporting ones.

The Nobles, while an Imperial Guard Branch are completely reliant on the nobles that they protect as it would be too great a project to have every single team of a few hundred across millions of planets to each have their own support network. Of course there are a few exceptions to this, the most notable exceptions are the ducal regiments who receive such a large number of guardsmen that it would be easier for the Imperial Guard to foot the bill.

While the Imperious is the leading branch to The Imperial Guard, they have a separate supporting group which would include special chefs, medics, diet specialists, armorers, and many other specialists. These specialists are most usually the emperors personal attendants as well; While the emperor may use them more, it is not unheard of for a Imperious Guardsmen to request their services as well.