Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20170529151935

The Palatinus and Praetorians (Known more commonly as Jovians) are the military elite of the Empire taken from the Custudo and the Legions respectively. They are organized in separate formations and serve a variety of roles from elite military formations, guards of far off Imperial installations, watchers of entire sectors, and the personal guards of the Emperor.

They are put under two sections Jovian Guards (Custudo/Palatinus) and Praetorians/Jovian Legionaries (Legions). Individuals are chosen for either their great loyalty, great prowess, or have been trained since birth for this purpose (Orphani). No matter who they are it is a great honor to be chosen to become a Jovian. These individuals transform from the average soldier or legionary into full fledged killing machines, given new weapons and armor they are the finest soldiers the Empire can field, the elite of the elite.

Jovians are stationed throughout the Empire in many great Watch Forts which look over important star ways, turbulent borders, and many vast expanses of open space. Here they watch waiting for threats to lurk out from the shadows into the open and they wait to challenge these foes.

Jovians are not only guardsmen only a small percentage of the Jovians are stationed on the Watch Forts (Around 20%) most Jovians are stationed throughout the Empire's battle fields bringing glory to the Emperor and divine retribution to his foes. They are a mobile fighting force (More mobile then the legions themselves) they maintain this mobility by not having any home world or permanent station instead they either move from fortress to fortress or dwell among mobile battle fleets (Watch Fleets).

Jovians are a military formation that for the most part exist off the books with only the highest ranking commanders or Admirals knowing of their presence with this shroud of secrecy the Jovians can launch brutal raids, extermination missions, and can seemingly warp out of nowhere to strike hard and fast against the enemy. To the Enemies of the Empire they are known as the 'Ghost Armies' as they show up out of thin air, cause great havoc, and vanish as fast as they came. To others they are living demons that bring only death and destruction. Either way they are the Jovians. 