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so I realised that whilst I have all the logistics planned out in my head, you guys can't see it so I'm building this codex to make for a little less explaining to interrupt the flow of the story. Also I do not have a head for numbers... The population is so high because of how long the've been at this and also because several race *Cough cough Dragons and Vampire Cough cough* refuse to die... So please help me keep the populations but bring the appropriate system, legion and ship/ navy numbers up to match them... thanks k here I try again, Many thanks to Indecisive Bob for the help with the numbers

Chapter 1

Time. The queens looked through the history books and were, to put it politely appalled at the inconsistent time keeping, the first era had 30 centuries and following eras differ between 5-9 centuries. So they standardized the era system, keeping the old eras the same and the days and months the same. But they called an end to the fourth era making it the shortest one on record and with the beginning of the fifth standardized the whole system making one era last five hundred years or 6 centuries. so the current date for the 314 incident began with the invasion starting on Tirdas, 12, First Seed, 423, 5C, 8E formal dating lists the century as part of an old tradition and also because the first century of an era is from 0-100s the 2nd century is 100-200 third is 2-3 etc.

First space flight occurred 9 Frostfall, 382, 4C, 6E and the Aether drive was developed in 457, 5C, 6E so the Nirnians have been in space for 1,041 years. they've had time to really perfect their craft.

It takes 500 Nirnian years for a planets latent magica to be awakened. This requires 500 years of magic being used constantly on that planet before it develops ambient magica enough to not need a magica container to be shipped. Only 4 worlds beside Nirn now have ambient magica.

The lifespans of men have increased from 100 years to 150-220 there is only so much magic can do. Among the Mer life spans have not really changed, with an Altmer living 5-600 years and the shortest lived the Orsimer living 3-350 years the other Mer (and giants) living some where within those two numbers. Beast folk now instead of living short 50-60 years now enjoy lifespans of 100-180 years. Vampires and dragons and the queens being exempt from those rules as they are imortal. Momer don't exist as again, don't know enough about them to do them justice

Numbers

There are approximately 36 trillion (36,000,000,000,000) black souls in the empire. and they own 2,346 systems most of which have habitable planets as well as several thousand stations, asteroid colonies and moon colonies. Some world have a higher population due to the time they were founded and what their purpose is. i.e. agriculture manufacture academia or military. Also keep in mind that the Empire is not limited to the relay system and there fore can find more habitable systems rather the 1% the council has going, so they have a higher population density, and they've been at it you a millennia, and some species are immortal.

the military is neatly divided into units of ten because I want it that way. And it is based off f the old empire units

the empire has at it's disposal 18,000 legions

1 legion =10,000 legionaries led by the Legate

there are 10 cohorts per legion each with 1000 legionnaires led by a Prefect

there are 10 centuries per cohort each with 100 legionnaires led by the Centurion

there are 10 Decem per century each with ten men led by a Decanus

the Cohorts are split into two groups of 5 each led by a Tribune

the cohort is divided into 2 groups of 5 centuries ruled by the Primus

the century is divided into 2 groups of 5 decems led by the Quintar

the Decem is divided into two groups of 5 men called a Prolus and led by the Antem

Military

so the Hierarchy is as follows:

Legate-10,000 men, 1 legion or 10 Cohorts

Tribune-5,000 men, 5 Cohorts

Prefect-1,000 men, 10 centuries

Primus-500 men, 5 centuries

Centurion-100 men, or 10 Decems

Quintar-50 men, 5 Decems

Decanus-10 men, 2 Prolus

Antem-5 men, 1 Prolus

Legionnaire-1

Auxiliar-1

This allows the army to be swiftly broken up and reassembled as quickly as possible. making it possible to go from a massive rank and file army to small strike forces almost instantly. Attached to the Legion is the Auxiliary, they are the trainees, you spend 5 years as an Auxiliary before being promoted to legionnaire so that way your lowest ranking foot solder is a veteran and can truly be an asset to the army. Each legion has and larger number of Auxiliary troops following the same command structure as the true legion and can be folded into the army no problem though a legionnaire outranks an Auxiliar.

In the legion your Prolus is your battle team. In the old days they were your tent mates and you shield-siblings. In modern times you bunk with your Prolus, eat with them, train with them and in all ways work together. In training if one member of your Prolus fails then you all fail. It strengthens the mentality of being only as strong as the weakest member, leading to all striving not to let their Prolus down. The Legionaires motto is this : With out my Empire I am Leaderless. Without my legion I am purposeless. Without my cohort I am anchorless. Without my Century I am lost. without my Decem I am voiceless. Without my Prolus I am dead.

The oath each legionair swears is this: My empire is my purpose, my legion is my life. Never shall I be parted from them. I am their shield as they are mine, I am their sword, arrow and spell as they are mine. To the death and beyond shall we serve and defend our Empire and our people. with the Gods as my Witness I shall not falter and I shall not break. I shall stare into the jaws of death and horror to defend the innocent. With the blood on my hands I purchase their right to peace and their innocence, I kill so they do not need to. Should death take me I will still uphold this vow. Until The Queens release me from this service, so shall I perform my duty.

in the legion different centuries have different specializations so in the old legion you can expect:

1 century of artillery/ engineers

1 century of infiltrators or rogues

2 centuries of mages/ ranged

6 centuries of foot solders

but with the advent of space the basic structure was changed so that 1 Prolus contained:

1 engineer

1 battle mage/healer

1 archer/rogue

2 warriors (swords and guns)

this made the Prolus a far more effective and versatile battle group able to adapt as the situation demands when they are ordered to form up into their legion though they various specialties become battle groups to better maintain unit cohesion. The Turians were actually fighting the Nirnian Prolus and Decems who were able to form up into their legions at the drop of a hat the moment Williams gave the call.

Navy

on a ship the hierarchy is:

Captain-1

Commander-2

Lieutenant Commander-4

lieutenant-6

junior lieutenant-8

ensign-10

crewman anywhere from 10-9,000 not including legions stationed onboard the larger ships

With the higher command structure being the same for navy and army with the captain and legate being of equal rank

General

Commodore

Rear Admiral

Vice Admiral

Admiral

Praetor (supreme commander to the Queens) there are 2 one for army and the other for navy

Special opps being the Nightingales or the Ns with there being seven levels and the N7s being the elite forces in the empire. they have a 93% drop out rate, but there is no shame as being chosen to become a Nightingale of any level is extremely prestigious. The true Nightingales, the warriors of Nocturnal still exist, the current three are Ayrenn, an Argonian named Nods-at-trees (he refuses to say how he got that name) and a Breton named Celia Kamros

In the legal system it's based off of the old Altmer system using a system of classes to denote position

Justicar First Class- High ranking federal agent

Justicar Second Class- middle ranking federal agent

Justicar Third Class- lower ranking federal agent

Inquisitor First class- detective

Inquisitor Second Class- investigator

Inquisitor Third Class- officer

The Eyes of the Queens- Intelligence agents

The Blades of the Queens- Personal guard of the Queens, like the ancient Roman Praetorian Guard

The Voice of the Queens- Ambassadors and diplomats, they speak for the Queens if need be.

I hope this clears up everything. If you don't understand something or have questions ask and I will do my best to clarify.