Imperial Warlord of the Redoubt Governorate
NEW IMPERIAL ORDER MILITARY
IMPERIAL FORCE CORPS
THEME
- Intent: To create a Lore Sub that describes the story, role, aesthetic, and history of the New Imperial Order’s Imperial Force Corps
- Image Credit:
- Photoshop Image of Imperial Knights by Adam Hughes
- Force Corps Army Logo [Pictured Right]:
- Base Banner from Here
- Galactic Empire Crest w/ laurels Here
- NIO Crest by
Irveric Tavlar
- Art used for High Knight Marshal Zovesa
- All Military Unit Symbols taken from the Imperial Sourcebook
- Permissions: N/A
- Links: Imperial Knights
- Army Name: New Imperial Order Imperial Force Corps
- Other Names: Gray Cloaks [Military Brevity Short-Hand]
- Classification:
- Imperial Order Designation: Force User Corps
- Military Role Classification: Infantry Shock Troops
- Combat Role:
- Force-Orientated Battlefield Operations
- Battlefield Vanguard Operations
- Special Operations:
- Direct Action
- High-Value Target Strikes
- Behind Enemy Lines Operations (Deep Operations)
- Anti-Force User Strikes
- Affiliation: New Imperial Order
- Army Symbol: [Pictured Right]
- Army Motto:
"There is No Force Without Order,
No Order Without Discipline,
No Discipline Without Will,
Through Order I Control the Force"
- Army Colors: Silver, Navy Blue, White, Grey
- Description:
- Full-Spectrum Warfare:
- Imperial Force Corps Knights are trained to be highly disciplined, well-rounded, and multi-purpose capable shock troops. Unlike the Jedi or the Sith, the Knights are taught the full spectrum of warfare within the military structure of the NIO Military.
- They are well versed in battlefield tactics, special operations, and mastery in several weapons: unarmed combat, blaster rifles and pistols, demolitions, and lightsabers.
- This is called Full-Spectrum Warfare. The Knights conduct themselves as soldiers and defenders of the NIO and it's citizens first.
- They are not religious/tyrannical zealots nor are they pious monks who cling to a morale code, they soldiers, they are Imperial Knights.
- Imperial Force Codex:
- The Imperial Force Corps Knights conduct themselves not by some morale code or code of power, they are secular and are governed by a codified set of military laws which have been compiled into an Imperial Force Codex.
- The Codex covers everything from: Lightsaber maintenance practices, Training, Conduct on the Battlefield, Rules over the Force - including prohibited Force Skills which the Codex deems "Lead to Paths of Instability and Corruption", and Rules of Force Development and Use.
- This is designed to keep the Imperial Knights from falling to the Darkside or relying on impractical Force Doctrines like those of the Jedi.
- The Codex is paramount and anyone who deviates from the Codex is placed under Military Tribunal.
- Should a Knight be deemed "Crestfallen" (i.e. fallen to the Darkside) they are either rehabilitated or executed depending on their trial.
- Force Ranks:
- High Knight Marshal (Force Grandmaster)
- Knights Commander (Force Master)
- Imperial Knight (Force Knight)
- Knight Errant (Force Apprentice)
- Imperial Page (Force Initiate)
- Force Corps Recruitment & Ascension:
- All recruits are recruited through a couple of methods:
- Rescue: One of the missions of the Force Corps is to rescue and liberate Force Sensitives being abducted or pressed into Sith indoctrination
- World Recruitment: Some Imperial Knights are sent on Recruitment Missions to other worlds, seeking out Force Sensitives and conducting Force Aptitude Tests
- All new recruits begin as Imperial Pages, they are then assigned to an Imperial Knight and are trained by them over a period of time known as "Squireship" - indeed, they become the Squires to the Knights.
- When they are deemed ready they become Knight Errants and accompany their Imperial Knight mentors on missions and to battlefields.
- After sometime of service, they are granted the rank of Imperial Knight and are knighted by High Knight Marshal herself in a "Ceremony of Oaths" - where the would-be-knight takes the several oaths of allegiance, duty, and honor.
- Imperial Knights become Knights Commanders after a long period of service or upon showing extraordinary service in a moment of crisis.
- As the Imperial Force Corps is always active and on the go, their training, development, and teaching is done aboard their Crusader Fleet and in the field on missions.
- Full-Spectrum Warfare:
- Headquarters: First New Imperial Crusader Fleet
- Goals:
- Uphold the Imperial Force Codex
- Defend the New Imperial Order
- Support New Imperial Order Military
- Reputation:
- The Force Corps have a split reputation.
- On the one hand they are seen as the valiant knights of the NIO and are treated with respect as they are often the vanguard force in defending the NIO.
- However, among some of the military they are seen as a pretentious group of Force Users who have over stayed their prominence within the military.
- Army Size: Approx. 35,000 Personnel [Medium]
- Composition:
- More Than Just Force Users:
- The Force Corps are a composition of Imperial Corps Knights and their attached Imperial Trooper and Stormtrooper attachments.
- As such they can encompass a multitude of roles, from traditional army operations to more specified taskforce operations that only involve the Corps Knights and some trooper auxiliaries.
- This dual purpose is described and illustrated below in two different ORBAT's (Order of Battle)
- More Than Just Force Users:
The Military Operations ORBAT:
- The Military Operations ORBAT is the entire collective ORBAT of the Imperial Force Corps with the inclusion of their Infantry, Auxiliary, and Staff Personnel
- The Imperial Force Corps when assembled together is the size of a single Assault Corp
- However, its subordinate Battlegroup divisions are a unique composition compared to traditional Corp composition
- The entire Imperial Force Corps is only assembled together during major military operations (invasion, planetary defense, and world assault) - other time specific Battlegroups can be dispatched to conduct solo-military-missions.
- The Corp does not have a main terrestiral base, it lives on a fleet, called the First New Imperial Crusader Fleet. However, it does store parts of its Battlegroups for rest and repair on the NIO capital world Nirauan.
- Imperial Force Corps has 5 Battlegroups, known as Knights Battlegroups:
- Knights Battlegroup Corps HQ "Aegis":
- This Battlegroup doubles as the Imperial Force Corps, Corps HQ
- It is commanded by High Knight Marshal Zovesa herself and a infantry staff of the Corps Major General, Five Staff Officers, Support Staff Squads, and Personal Security Squads
- As well as a contingent of Imperial Force Corps Knights
- This is all in addition to the standard 4 Regiments found in an Knights Battlegroup
- Knights Battlegroup I "Ballistar":
- Battlegroup I Ballistar is an Armored Battlegroup
- As such it is designed to provide heavy fire power with tanks, repulsorcraft, walkers, and heavy weapons squads
- This Battlegroup is often reserved for heavy fighting operations [invasions, planetary defense, siege breaking, etc.]
- Its component of Imperial Force Corps Knights are known as The Sovereign's FIst [in reference to the NIO's Sovereign Imperator]
- Knights Battlegroup II "Victrix":
- Battlecroup II Victrix is a Reinforced Battlegroup
- As such it is designed to a versatile with a mixture of both firepower and durability, able to wedge themselves in between enemy formations and chaos maximum disarray while taking hits
- Its component of Imperial Force Corps Knights are known as the Azure Death [in Homage to their Chiss High Knight Marshal]
- Knights Battlegroup III "Defendors":
- Battlecroup II Victrix is a Reinforced Battlegroup
- As such it is designed to a versatile with a mixture of both firepower and durability, however, unlike the Victrix, its role is more defensive and is focused on covering friendly units and trooper formations
- Its component of Imperial Force Corps Knights are known as the Phalanx
- Knights Battlegroup IV "Praeventors":
- Battlecroup II Victrix is a Mobile Battlegroup
- As such it is designed to act as a vanguard force the moves ahead of the main Corps' battlegroups to skirmish, breakdown, and recon-in-force before linking up with the Defendors to provide scouting assistance
- Its component of Imperial Force Corps Knights are known as the Krayt Wings
Knights Taskforce ORBAT:
- This is the format the Imperial Force Corps deploys in most of the time.
- Unless the mission requires a massive presence, the Force Corps dispatch Knights Taskforce Line Platoons to carry out missions asigned to them by High Knight Marshal Zovesa
- However, they are not quite the regular size of a Line Platoon:
- Depending on the nature of the mission the, Knights Taskforce may only deploy with to Line Squads
- Additional Line Squads can be added if the situation demands, these optional additional squads being:
- In other cases, for more covert and smaller scale, Strike Teams can be deployed which are units comporising no more than 8 individuals.
Non-Combat Personnel:
- The Imperial Force Corps has two components of Non-Combat Personnel:
- The Quaestor's Commissariat:
- The Quaestor's Commissariat is the offices of the Corps' Quaestors.
- These are non-combat Force Users/Non-Force Users who's express job is to investigate abuses of power and root out any Force Users who may have fallen to the Darkside, i.e. become Crestfallen. They report to the Arch Quaestor who in turns reports not the High Knight Marshal but to the Imperial Security Bureau (ISB)
- The Asklepion:
- The Asklepion is the Force and Non-Force Medical Wing of the Corps
- These are Force Healers, and Non-Force Nurses/Doctors/Combat Medics
- They are supervised by the Arch Asklepior
- The Quaestor's Commissariat:
- High Knight Marshal Zovesa [PC] [Pictured Left]
- Arch Quaestor Talo Geggador [NPC]
- Arch Asklepior Dr. Saav Kalassa [NPC]
The Imperial Force Corps were formed after Zovesa and Irveric Tavlar had convened the rebel forces that would form the New Imperial Order. A former Sith trooper pressed into the Sith Academy only to renounce the Sith and kill her Masters, Zovesa was keen to see force-adepts freed from the Sith and reforged as disciplined masters of the Force, devoid of any religiosity or morally draconian codes.
With this in mind, Zovesa and members of the freed Sith Trooper defectors went about recruiting other force-sensitives before they could be indoctrinated by the Sith Empire's Order. Aboard the rescued Force-Sensitives would be trained and housed aboard the Command Battlecruiser Nobillissimus.
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