CompForce/Legends

CompForce is the military arm of COMPNOR, the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order, the powerful political organization that controls the Empire. CompForce has two branches: Observation and Assault.

Observation is a political overwatch branch that keeps an eye on regular military branches like the Imperial Army and Imperial Navy. In theory, this observation is to learn from the day-to-day operations of the Imperial Military and pass the lessons on to the Assault branch. In practice, Observation spies on the military to ensure obedience to the Emperor Palpatine. Observation personnel are recruited directly from Sub Adult Group, COMPNOR's youth service program, and undergo five years of training with an option of a second period of service. After Observation volunteers finish a tour of duty, they rarely join Assault or the conventional military. Most join the Imperial Security Bureau or other COMPNOR branches, with the bulk of the remainder joining another branch of the Imperial bureaucracy.

Assault is the combat branch of COMPNOR. It is made up of volunteers recruited directly from SAGroup, who undergo five years of training with a re-up option and recall-to-service obligation. Assault trains its recruits in fundamental combat skills, but puts more effort into political indoctrination. The quality of skills training is poor and the training conditions are often dangerous. CompForce training camps have been described as "training by attrition". Advanced combat drills involve live-fire exercises without any safety measures. Trainees are driven to the very limits of exhaustion and put through real-condition survival training without rescue options, all in the name of realism. CompForce has a high failure rate, and some training camps have a fatality / crippling disability rate as high as 22 percent. The final result is that CompForce Assault Trooper recruits are ready and willing to serve the Empire.

However, this kind of training often results in poorly trained troopers entering combat situations with minimal support. Because of Observation's political activities in the military branches, CompForce is despised by both Imperial Army and Imperial Navy units which often find they have better things to do in combat than back up CompForce Assault Troopers. Compounding the problem is the perception that CompForce Assault is full of programmed flunkies who get the best medical facilities and latest equipment. The main use Imperial Army commanders find for CompForce Assault Troopers is support Imperial Stormtrooper landings. Assault units are also unofficially referred to as "soak" units, an operational term for units used to absorb casualties for more useful troops. Catgeory:Soldiers