Fiction:Teyan Imperium of Andromeda/Military Forces

"Combat. It is the most honest and honourable activity a may partake in. And one I promise you, no Teyan would shy from were you to give them a gun. Now hand me that rifle - I've got a war to win."

- General Alkuran

The Teyan Imperium of Andromeda sorts its military forces into several distinct organisations and groups, which are listed on this page.

Planetary Guard
Serving as a localised military force unique to each planet in the Imperium, the Planetary Guard are those brave men and women recruited to defend their home world from their The Grand Teyan Empire|unloving parents, pirates, and alien forces. Although conscription is rare, some worlds are known to simply hand their citizens weapons, and expect them to fall in-line and report for duty.

Imperial Army
Drafted from the best of the best, the soldiers of the Imperial Army are veteran fighters drafted from the various Planetary Guard groups across the Imperium - veterans from invasions, minor wars that are quickly forgotten by recorded history, and simple pirate-hunting missions. Most will never again see their home, unless they're fighting on it, and most will be forgotten, with only a shallow grave to their name.

Penal Legions
Prisoners of the Imperium forced into combat roles, the Penal Legions, also known as the 'Conscript Kiddies' by regular armsmen, are composed solely of criminals. Instead of serving a very long sentence these men and women have been given the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight and die for the Imperium, thereby wiping away their past crimes and redeeming themselves in the eyes of their kin. Most are not expected to survive their first deployment.

The Deathwatch
An organisation made from the supposedly dead soldiers of other organisations, induction into the Deathwatch involves your death being faked, and being taken away in secret to be converted into an unfeeling, unthinking killing machine, whoms only goal is to kill the enemies of the Imperium. Most Deathwatch agents are taken from the extremely skilled members of the Imperial Army, and are then put through brutal training regimes and given power armour.

Many are expected to end their service fighting a desperate and ultimately doomed last stand.