Imperial Forces

The Imperial Forces

Active:	4961 ASC (Passage of the Martial Code)
Motto:	en toútōi níka ("in this, conquer")
In use by:	Ministry of Military Affairs
Allegiance:	Shireroth

Type:	Combined Arms
Service Branches	Imperial Army (IA) Imperial Navy of Shireroth (IN) Imperial Shirerithian Air Forces (ISAF) Shirerithian Supplies Service (SSS)
Size:	2,229,800 personnel
Nickname:	None yet
Current Commander:	Minister Thorgils Tarjeisson Chief Secretary Post Vacant

Allies	Fleur de Lys-Longships Guard Union Defence Force Vanic Temple Guard
Opponents	Tyrannocricetus aliger Dark Orchid Society Brotherhood of Lest Leonid Guard Assayers
Conflicts & Deployments	Cabbage Crisis The River War The Anarchy of Angularis Martial Law in Goldshire Civil War in Goldshire

The Imperial Forces comprise of three combat arms; the Imperial Army, the Imperial Navy of Shireroth (INS) and the Imperial Shirerithian Air Forces (ISAF), which are both organised in accordance with the Martial Code of Shireroth as well as the Shirerithian Supplies Service which provide combat support services including logistical support, whilst, in many instances, serving as a reserve of paramilitary militia.

It does not encompass the armed forces of the Imperial States, only those under command of the MoMA.

Organisation

Personnel

Personnel in the Imperial Forces by Service
Name	Personnel
Imperial Army (IA)	275,000
Imperial Navy of Shireroth (IN)	255,000
Imperial Shirerithian Air Forces (ISAF)	220,900
Imperial Navy Cadet Force (INCF)	144,900
Shirerithian Supplies Service (SSS)	1,334,000

Ranks

Rank Grade	IA/INCF/SSS Ranks	IN Ranks	ISAF Ranks
OF-10	Magister Primum	Grand Admiral	Marshal of the Air Forces
OF-9	Magister Generalis (General Staff)	Admiral	Air Chief Marshal
OF-8	Magister Equitum (General Staff)	Vice Admiral	Air Marshal
OF-7	Magister Militum (Field Command)	Rear Admiral	Air Vice-Marshal
OF-6	Dux	Commodore	Air Commodore
OF-5	Imperial Legate	Captain	Group Captain
OF-4	Tribunus Militum	Commander	Wing Commander
OF-3	Tribunus angusticlavii (Major)	Lieutenant Commander	Squadron Leader
OF-2	Centurion (Captain)	Lieutenant	Flight Lieutenant
OF-1	Optio (Lieutenant)	Sub Lieutenant	Pilot Officer / Flying Officer
OF(D)	No Equivalent	Midshipman	Acting Pilot Officer
Student Officer	Cornicen (Cornet)	Cornicen	Cornicen
OR-9	Evocatus	Evocatus	Evocatus
OR-8	Imaginifer	Imaginifer	Imaginifer
OR-7	Aquilifer	Chief Petty Officer	Flight sergeant / Chief technician
OR-6	Hastiliarius / Vexillarius	Petty Officer	Sergeant
OR-5	Signifer / Buccinator	Signifer	Signifer
OR-4	Decanus (Corporal)	Decanus (Leading Rate)	Decanus (Corporal)
OR-3	Tesserarius (Chosen Man)	Tesserarius (Chosen Man)	Tesserarius (Chosen Man)
OR-2	Milities Immunes (Specialists)	Able Seaman	Senior Aircraftman / Technician
OR-1	Milities Pedes (Infantrymen)	Pressed Man	Aircraftman

Mishalan Garrison

The Imperial Dominions were the only territories open for the permanent garrisoning of the Imperial Forces, excepting temporary dispensations to pass through the territories of the Imperial States by the permission of the States in peacetime in accordance with the Martial Code of Shireroth.

Of these, the only territory with the sufficient capacity to provide host to the land and air formations of the Imperial Republic were to be afforded by the Autonomous Republic of Mishalan, which also fortuitously was the Imperial Republic's burgeoning heavy industrial complex, of which the foremost concern was the reinvigorated Red Bear LLC. Regrettably the noxious by-product of industrial effluence belched by the factories of Niu Vena attracted the unwelcome attention of certain apex predators unwisely bred in a neighbouring jurisdiction.