Imperial Lugal

Is the head of all military forces and is generally the most Senior ranking retired Praetor. Sometimes retired Praetors opt not to be Lugal. They have more of a coordinating role, and act as Advisor to the Emperor on matters of the militant.

=Great Steward= Overseer of the Emperors House banneret, a knight, three squires, and a clerk for the pleas that pertain to the stewardship (sester of wine, twelve candles, two tortis pur viu one torch, and more when he needs them two squires and his clerk. Is incharge of the Personal Imperial House forces, which includes 'honour gaurd' but also the an Imperial House Legion of Praetorian Gaurd, which is the official 'non ceremonial' security attachment to the Imperial House Properties. Although not assigned to any specific location, they are located at a seperate military base, and act on the orders of the Emperor specifically, thus are much like Praetors Praetorian gaurd that is acting specifically on the orders of a given Praetor. Often this group is broken up into brigades for specific Imperial House lands that are important to secure, generally this force is not deployed out of Dian Territories, and the deployments are in part security planning.

Imperial Master of the Horse/Cavalry

Is responsible for mobilization of imperial forces and is 'the Cheif Praetor, or the equivlent to the Supreme Commander (Magister Equitum) granted Praetorian imperium Magister Equitum had the insignia of a praetor: the toga praetexta and an escort of six lictors . the commander of the cavalry, caring for the emporer's stables All matters connected with the horses and formerly also the hounds of the sovereign, as well as the stables and coachhouses, the stud, mews and previously the kennels rides at the side of the imperial carriage. (Personal Body gaurd to the Emporer) has staff always officers of ESSI that were previously staff of a Lord High Constable. daily oversight of the Imperial Mews, which provides vehicular transport for the Emperor, both cars and horse-drawn carriages. Train travel is arranged by the Imperial Travel Office, which also co-ordinates air transport. The staff has a The permanent equerry officer of major rank or higher, senior Equerry has also held the position of Deputy Master of the Household

Crown Bailiff

The Imperial Crown Ballif is incharge of 'keeping order' on imperial house property. There may be a number of 'sub Ballifs'. They answer to no one in performance of their duties, except of course the Emperor, and act on the orders of the Emperor. They may however, bring some individuals before the Imperial Justisar. The difference between the Crown Ballif and the Great Steward is that the Great Steward is concerned with more than just keeping order, the ballifs are generally 'civil' issues and more 'general security'. The Great steward is more involved in actual combat, of the entrenched and lasting variety, these two roles cross over at times. The Crown Bailiff generally oversees a detachment from the Great Steward.

Crown Steward

Overseer of the Emperor (personal protector assistant)

The Armour-Bearer

Actually is responsible for armouring the Emperor- even in modern times, both ceremonial armour and top of the line modern armours and security.

The Keeper of 'Holy Seat of the Eternal

This person is specifically in charge of security for the Imperial Thrown

=Legatus legionis= overall legionary commander.

=legatus= assistant to a governor of a province.

=legate= assistant to a general The Provincial

Forces 'are not officially' Imperial forces, the tend to fall under the control of the Provincial Governments, which are commanded by the Govenor General, however tend to fall outside the regular use of the Empire except in emergency situations, much like a national gaurd. To compensate for this out of zone controla legatus is assigned to each governor General (for military affairs) and to each Provincial Commander to act as an Imperial Advisor, even though both the Govenor General and Provincial Commanders are very likely to be qualified, they will most likely not be as old as the Legate, also legates are voiced in other areas such as knoweldge of operations performed by lictors and other special operations groups that a force commander may not be aware of. Also the Legates also are part of the Imperial Intellience and Security Council which can be a means of sendin information without disrupting the command structure. They technically have no command powers over the forces they oversee but in cases of emergency, coupes or other problem times they can issue proclimation of overturning the commander of the force, usually with secret premission from the Emperor itself.

Imperial Crown Equerry

The Imperial Crown Equerry is responsible for the cars used the imperial famiy and also Carriages Such as the Gold State Coach used for some ceremonial occasions. The horses used by the Imperial Family on ceremonial occasions are stabled in the Mews.

thirty serjeants-at-arms, properly armed and mounted ... , who shall daily ride armed before the Emperor's person while he is journeying through the country, unless they have other commands. This is for both ceremonial and modern. The numbers are distributed. Both ahead and behind and to the side. and in case of air transit above and below. This includes motor cade duty, and flight security.

Motorcycles armoured vehicles and other ground vehicles are used for land. A variety of intelligence and interceptor/fighters are used for defence during air transfers.

Gentlemen at Arms

Royal Knights of the Faith

Yeoman of the Guard

Royal Company of Archers

Composed of those Archers who are of the finest skill (generally military officers who are skilled archers (for ceremonial and historic reasons)

=Imperial Crown Gaurd= (Crown jewels, Imperial palace, Imperial library archives and tresury vault) (most of these ones tend not to dress up)

Yeomen Warders of Imperial Palace and Fortress the Great Tower, guardians of the Great Tower. They look after any prisoners at the Tower and safeguard the Imperial crown jewels on display, they also act as tour guides and are a tourist attraction in their own right. All warders are retired from the Imperial Gaurd, and must have served either in the Imperial Guard or Intelligence Service of a Province or served a 'higher ranking' non combat or inteligence officerial role of higher rank with good conduct. The Yeomen Warders normally wear an 'undress' uniform of dark blue with red trimmings. When the sovereign visits the tower, or the warders are on duty at a state occasion, they wear red and gold uniforms very similar to those of the Yeoman of the Guard.

Chief Warder meets the Escort of the Key. They secure the main gates of the Great Tower. They retrun to the Bloody Tower archway, the party is halted by the sentry and challenged to identify themselves:

   Sentry: Who goes there?
   Chief Warder: The keys.
   S: Whose keys?
   CW: The Imperial Keys 
   S: Pass the Imperial Keys. All's well.

Following this, the party makes its way into the fortress, where the guard presents arms, and the Chief Warder raises his hat, proclaiming:

   CW: The Almighty preserve the Imperium

He then takes the keys in for safekeeping, while the Last Post is sounded.

It also servers as a a parade company and provides escort for the for the Emporer's Birthday Parade, state opening of a parliament, Trooping the Colour when it is their turn and security services honour parade, the Changing of the Guard.

=The Corps of Drums= parade duties in state ceremonies where they wear the Imperial Household Dress. regimental band plays in state visits regiment musicians are trained as medical orderlies. They actually play drums, more tribal than snare drums etc. A digerdoo / Bagpipe type instrament tends to be the main sound for this group. It is as loud as a bagpipe but sounds more like a didgerydoo then a bagpipe. It is more of a stationary instrament but groups of two one playing and one carrying can make it mobile.

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