IMPERIAL PRAETORIAN GUARD
"Those who challenge the Guard, challenge death itself."
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create the new Praetorian Guard of the new First Order.
- Image Credit: Deviantart, The Mandalorian, Screenrant, Emblem
- Role: Bodyguard, Enforcer, Security, Agent
- Permissions: N/A
- Links: Elite Praetorian Guard, Imperial Praetorian Guard, Imperial Guard, Adeptus Custodes
- Unit Name: Imperial Praetorian Guard
- Affiliation: The First Order
- Classification: Bodyguard, Black Ops, Security, Enforcers
"I swear by my life and honour this sacred oath:
That I shall render unconditional obedience to the First Order, the Supreme Leader and the Imperial Concordat,
And that I shall at all times be ready to give my life for this oath."
That I shall render unconditional obedience to the First Order, the Supreme Leader and the Imperial Concordat,
And that I shall at all times be ready to give my life for this oath."
- Description: The Imperial Praetorian Guard is the elite guard unit of the First Order. Founded and recruited by Trajann Vemec himself it is entirely composed of Non-Force Users. They are following the tradition of the original Imperial Guard by devotion and selection, only the fiercest and most zealous will be permitted to join and will henceforth share a strong mental impregnation by the Supreme Leader, leaving them absolutely devote to his bidding and unwaveringly loyal. They are raised and indoctrinated in the mindset of the First Order being the greatest incarnation of Imperial Doctrine yet. Trained in various aspects of warfare and missions, they are fully capable of taking on Jedi and Sith alike, execute the Supreme Leaders enemies or simply act as the stalwart protectors of his interests and holdings. Furthermore, there is a deep rooted and fierce brotherhood in the Guard, emphasizing not only on their loyalty to their overlord but also to each other.
- Headquarters: The Tower of Coriolanus, Citadel, Serenno
- Ranks:
- Captain-General
- Captain-Commander
- Shield Captain
- Praetorian Guardsman
COMBAT INFORMATION:
- Unit Size: Small
- Unit Availability: Rare
- Unit Experience: Elite
- Equipment:
- Armour:
- Weapons:
- Miscellaneous:
- Combat Function:
- Death Squads
- Anti-Partisan
- Anti-Insurgency
- Shock troops
- Black Ops
- Force User Purge
- Further General Warfare training and education
- Force Abilities (Force User Units Only): N/A
- Zealous, Unyielding, Fanatic
- Masters of Melee Combat
- Fighting as One
- Small Number
- Hard to replace
- Vulnerable to Force Attacks
The Imperial Praetorian Guard started as the guard unit of House Vemec, frontline bodyguards who had some additional training and were quite capable at performing missions in conjunction with Special Operations Forces. Deep deployments, fifth column tactics and shock trooper assaults, a good combination of care and brute force. Eventually the unit was getting under the personal command of Trajann and would develop into his personal enforcers, straying further from the battlefield and more into individual duties and deployments and acting as Guard for his estate.
From the dawn of his plans to elevate himself to Supreme Leader, the Guard would be trained by the best soldiers, bodyguards and instructors in melee combat, both with bladed and staff weapons as well as unarmed combat, such as Echani Martial Arts and Teräs Käsi, in black ops operations and especially in taking out Force Users of any kind. Their training and selection grew ever more intense with time passing, utilizing information and data from both the Imperial Guard of Darth Vitiate as well as the Emperor's Royal Guard and the original First Orders Elite Praetorian Guard.
Eventually their selection would be paired with a secret mental imprinting process which connected and bound them to the mind of Trajann directly, making them fanatics and zealots. As elite guard unit stationed in the Citadels Tower of Coriolanus, they were growing strong in the bonds between each other as well, making them not only true comrades but also excellent group fighters, knowing each other and moving in absolute cohesion.
They are famous for their silence, their patience and calmness which is a strongly wrong impression. Due to their armour and their training, they are on edge, ready to engage at any moment.
Outside their own unit, it is very rare that they are interacting with anyone, but when doing so, they are known to be absolutely composed and focused, calculating and ruthless. If deployed, they are often taking control of theaters or missions and making sure they are executed to perfection, executed to victory.
They operate in so called Shield Hosts led by a Shield Captain, purpose dictated formations which are not fixed or permanent units but grouped for a task. To maintain cohesion and understanding, everyone stationed at home, is in permanent training to learn and known each other to the absolute latter. A Shield Host can accompany a campaign, be responsible for protecting a specific part of the Citadel, accompany the imperial family or go and destroy an opponent. The deployment and operations of the Praetorian Guard are overseen by the Captain-Commanders, usually there are two who are responsible for internal and external operations and aid in the oversight and training of the Guardsmen. Supreme Command lays in the hands of the Captain-General, a rank which is connected to having access to the Supreme Leader at all times as well as being a volunteer member of the Imperial Government.
"It's extremely rare to see more than two at a time. As a unit, they've never been defeated and answer directly to the Supreme Leader."
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