Imperial Legion

The Imperial Legions (Emperor's Legions, Imperial Warriors, and Emperor's Warriors) were established by the Emperor as an elite corps of warriors to lead the charge in forming the Emperian Empire. Consolidated from the various warrior orders on Imperia and later off world cultures, the Legions have proven to be ever stalwart defenders of the Empire.

Organization
The Legions, being far larger than a Tagmata, are organized on slightly different lines. Intending to operate autonomously from the provincial governments, while semi-autonomous from Imperia itself, as the Legions only swear fealty to the Emperor and in some spheres the Imperial Senate. This meant the Legions could fluctuate in size to a great degree, their compositions and internal organization also deviating with the passage of years; while, their style of fighting often deciding how they would evolve as a unit.

The Legions themselves all maintain a FTL capable Fleet of warships, auxiliary vessels, along with smaller support craft and attack craft, support personnel, and arsenals. This allows the Legions to operate independently from the Empire both in operations and logistics.

The Legions themselves, despite some Legions having rather unique compositions, can be surmised to follow along a broad chart of command and control. At the top is the Legion Commander (ex: Legate, Augustus, Great Lord, War-Leader etc.), who is often a veteran of centuries and a senior member of the Legion. The Legion Commander is assisted by the Legion Headquarters staff and officials. Below are the Cohort Commanders (ex: Tribunes, Praetors, Lord Centurion, Warlord etc.), in turn divided into Centuries or Companies that are led by Century Commanders (ex: Centurions, Dux, Lord Captain, War Chief etc.). Each Century/Company is then divided into various squads and/or support squads of various size and composition pending on the size or personal preferences of the Century/Company commander.

Legion Numbers
Due to the extreme variance of the Legions themselves, and the traditions of each Legion solidifying over time. Means that the Legions can vary greatly in number. As available recruits and casualties or Legionnaires mustering out can cause individual Legions to grow or shrink drastically.

Further some Legions at the founding of the Empire no longer exist, some having been replaced by new Legions or consolidated into another formation. The chart below shows the past and present Legions of the Emperian Empire.