Imperial Legions

The Imperial Military provides young people the opportunity of travel and adventure! Serve the Emperor and the Empire while fighting monsters, clearing out bandits and defending the settled lands of the Empire! Bring the light of the Empire and civilization to rebels, barbarians and poor frontier "kingdoms"!  Learn to fight in formation with your friends and buddies as foot soldiers of the Legions! Or become a Scout to be a leader ahead of the Legions to find the paths and resources! Perfect archery skills or learn to work the ballista! Perhaps the cavalry is for you!  Train so that your trusty steed is ally, weapon and mount! A perfect team!
Have Magical talent? The Legion has the Mage units and free training in the Imperial school of Magic.  The Church provides the Order Militant to fight and heal, wielding the power of the priesthood under The Order of Heaven.  Serving the Gods by serving the Emperor! Or you could join the Monitors: spies, guards and assassins! Find the rebels and gain the glory and praise of the Empire! Expose the ones who would betray our empire!

Imperial recruiter barker.  At a corner of the market in most cities.

Structure

The Legions are under the Lord Commander of the Armies, who sits at the Council of Lords advising the Emperor. Under the Lord Commander are the High Dominars of the regions with Dominar Commanders for each province.  The DC have Dominar Generals under them who communicate with and coordinate the Generals - General Marshall, General Governor (attached to the Provincial Governor with a garrison of troops) and Generals of the Line.  Legion officers command 5 divisions of 5 units of 100 troops. Division officers oversee the divisions while Garrison officers command and oversee units.  Privates and recruits make up the Unit.  As Imperials, nobles will likely be officers and persons of rank and due respect and obedience.

Culture

On one hand the Legions are expected to be a tough, crude, rough and tumble lot. They are also expected to be disciplined, ordered and professional. Women and Lolak are excluded while Quol are full members. ( See Quol and Lolak).  Within the Legions most other status and class distinctions are reduced, though nobles remain nobles. The military law requires obedience and loyalty and protects the lives of soldiers from threat from insulted higher status persons. Only officers five or more ranks above may lawfully execute soldiers and only with cause. Of course there are officers who play favorites or pick on those they judge as contemptible. Within ranks there are leaders and followers, friends, rivals and sometimes enemies. The legion appreciates those who deal with problems effectively and with style, grace and within the rules. Only the most extreme problems should require running to a superior. Failure does get attention from higher ups.

Public Agenda

The Legion are the shield of the People and arm of the Emperor. They root out bandits and keep the roads safe and in good condition.  They patrol the frontier and fight monsters while pursuing the Imperial missions and goals against rebels, wayward outside domains and maintaining the borders.  The Legion may be called in to reign in nobles who violate imperial decrees, bargain with enemies or are excessive in their local rule.  The Legion are called in when the locals are overtaxed or can't carry out missions.

Assets

The Ranks:
Pay is 10 sp/ wk x Rank level. Bonuses are granted on promotion and prizes may be paid out of loot and pillage. At each level Legionaires are also granted a requisition note. This allows them to draw from Legion, Church or Magic stores a potion, a scroll, items or arcane crystals. Priority by Rank.   At GarrisonCadet and higher they authorize passage by the Gateways found in Governor's compound that permit instant transport from point to point.

Lvl	Title rank	Wealth bonus	Lvl	Title rank	Wealth bonus
1	Recruit	Kit plus 100 sp	11	Division Commander	9,000 sp
2	Private. (grunt)	200 sp	12	Legion Line	10,000 sp
3	Private, 1st rank (special grunt)	400 sp	13	Legion Officer	12,000 sp
4	Private , Second rank	800 sp	14	Legion Commander - noble	15,000 sp
5	Private,Third Rank	1000 sp	15	General Line (Local command) -noble	20,000 sp
6	Garrison cadet	2500 sp	16	General Governor - noble	25,000 sp
7	Garrison Officer	5000 sp - gentry	17	General - Marshall - Noble	35,000 sp
8	Garrison Commander	6000 sp- gentry	18	Dominar General - Noble	45,000 sp
9	Division Line	7000 sp - gentry	19	Dominar Commander (Province)	50,000 sp
10	Division Officer	8000 sp - gentry	20	High Dominar (5: Central, Eastern	100,000 sp

Arm and Shield of the People. Glory of the Empire.

Each of the four sections of the Legion train in special techniques. The most famous are the Legionaries group defense, the Scouts leaping attacks and defensive moves, the archer's ability to bounce shots around bends and the cavalry's Spinning Wheel where both horse and rider become harder to hit while striking out at opponents.
The Mage, Priest and other support units count as parts of the Military but are under separate command. They will as a rule bow to and obey orders from higher ranked standard Legion officers.
The Legions keep small collections of slaves as servitors and support.

Alternative Names

Grunts. Emperor's hogs.

Head of State

Xian Lou

Head of Government

Xian Lou

Government System

Monarchy, Absolute

Judicial Body

Extraordinary violations of rank, order or discipline will result in a Military court judgement. Military courts are called when three officers of higher rank, or one officer of at least five higher ranks are available to judge a matter. Charges are presented by the ranking officer above the complaint.  The complainant makes their charge. The defendant states their case. The Judging officers call witnesses or testimony and pass judgements. This may be fines, beatings, demotion or slavery, or execution. Jailing is only a temporary storage issue and not a punishment.