Post by Pitman on Nov 3, 2012 2:48:32 GMT -6
'By the Star Child we pledge our loyalty, by the the Star Mother we pledge our swords to the Emperor. Be it through light or darkness we shall protect the weak and the innocent. Destroy those who threaten that of the Empire with our arms. We will bring peace and stability and forever pledge ourselves to the Imperial Line and the light of the Human Race.'
The Pledge started from a small group of knights who formed during the Crusades which pledged themselves to the Emperor when the Empire was fully formed. A Militant Order that brought peace and stability for the imperial control worlds. Unlike the normal Imperial Police the Swords of the Emperor were much more skilled then the average police officer and even more well trained then the air swat on the Imperial Worlds. At one point they did everything asked to bring criminals to justice but over time as the lower end police grew they become closer to a different sort of policemen.
They now hunt down terrorist, arrest high risk criminals and generally stuff normal police cannot even handle. All within the order use advance power armors and different sorts of weapons they train to use. Many have come and gone within the Order due to it was only recruited and one could 'retire' at any moment for whatever reason. The order still answers to the laws of the Empire and can be considered higher then the other police but below the actual Judges of the Hall of Imperial Justice. They are organized into different divisions to allow them to work independently if needs arises.
The leader is Director of the Order and only given to senior ranked Officers. Then it goes to the Sub Directors who control the different divisions of the order on different Imperial Worlds. Then it is the Knight Commander who commands individual Command Centers within the worlds. Then there is the Units themselves the Field Officers who do the actual work. The Units themselves are determined by different numbers and can be moved around different planets when the need arises. Units are commanded by the Knight Captain with the Knight Lieutenant as his second in command. Then the third in Command would be Knight Sergeant and finally Knight Officer as the main body of the unit. As well the unit itself is only limited to 16 members per unit one could consider them a squad and many are split into pairs who work as Knight Partners.
Over the course of history they have done many great achievements though have gone through many hardships with many falling on the line of duty. Though the last true massive event that included them was that of The Nightmare Incident which over 4 Units were completely wiped out and half of Unit 187. Not much officially is known only that Unit 187 along with a few other Imperial Guard saved the Emperor and one of the Princes at the time against one man they nicknamed The Nightmare.
The Pledge started from a small group of knights who formed during the Crusades which pledged themselves to the Emperor when the Empire was fully formed. A Militant Order that brought peace and stability for the imperial control worlds. Unlike the normal Imperial Police the Swords of the Emperor were much more skilled then the average police officer and even more well trained then the air swat on the Imperial Worlds. At one point they did everything asked to bring criminals to justice but over time as the lower end police grew they become closer to a different sort of policemen.
They now hunt down terrorist, arrest high risk criminals and generally stuff normal police cannot even handle. All within the order use advance power armors and different sorts of weapons they train to use. Many have come and gone within the Order due to it was only recruited and one could 'retire' at any moment for whatever reason. The order still answers to the laws of the Empire and can be considered higher then the other police but below the actual Judges of the Hall of Imperial Justice. They are organized into different divisions to allow them to work independently if needs arises.
The leader is Director of the Order and only given to senior ranked Officers. Then it goes to the Sub Directors who control the different divisions of the order on different Imperial Worlds. Then it is the Knight Commander who commands individual Command Centers within the worlds. Then there is the Units themselves the Field Officers who do the actual work. The Units themselves are determined by different numbers and can be moved around different planets when the need arises. Units are commanded by the Knight Captain with the Knight Lieutenant as his second in command. Then the third in Command would be Knight Sergeant and finally Knight Officer as the main body of the unit. As well the unit itself is only limited to 16 members per unit one could consider them a squad and many are split into pairs who work as Knight Partners.
Over the course of history they have done many great achievements though have gone through many hardships with many falling on the line of duty. Though the last true massive event that included them was that of The Nightmare Incident which over 4 Units were completely wiped out and half of Unit 187. Not much officially is known only that Unit 187 along with a few other Imperial Guard saved the Emperor and one of the Princes at the time against one man they nicknamed The Nightmare.