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Overview

Flag of the Order of Guardians.

The Order of Guardians is a monastic and militant order that serves as both the security, naval, and military element of the Ecclesiarchy of Orepit and the wider Trinary Perfection. Lead from Orepit by Bishop-Militant Emmanuel, it operates military-grade equipment, weaponry, and spacecraft within the reaches of its native sovereign state, and additionally sends a large number of its staff abroad to the many dioceses of the church to serve as bodyguards to high-ranking clergy. In this capacity, the Order of Guardians functions both as a state military and a private security force.

Having been sent under a rapid process of reform and expansion under Bishop-Militant Emmanuel and Ecclesiarch ARM-1DRIL, spurred on by repeated humiliations and defeats at the hands of both external and internal enemies, the mood within the Order at present has become as vehement as it is fervent. While any follower of the faith may volunteer for trials to join the Order, with even relatively unskilled volunteers being accepted given the organisation's need for rapid growth, recruits with pre-existing experience in military, paramilitary, or private security organisations are typically favoured. Feverishly eager to succeed next where it has failed before, the Order of Guardians is enthusiastic to induct any advantages to its side that it can field; the next time it is tested, it cannot fail.

When not on direct assignment, members of the Order of Guardians are frequently permitted to go off-duty for months or even years at a time. These off-duty Guardians can be frequently seen in megacorporate employment, both for the wages to support themselves and their diocese and for the experience gained by their employment. While these may wear visible insignia of their membership in the Order, they are not formally representing it or serving under it while off-duty - if put under a circumstance of conflicting loyalties between their employer and the church, an off-duty Guardian is expected to side with their employer in the moment. Accordingly, while off-duty Guardians may work in any on-ship job and department, and may wear Trinarist or Guardian paraphernalia while doing so, an on-duty Guardian may not work in any on-ship job bar passenger - on-duty Guardians are not hired by the megacorporations for fear of a conflict of interest.

Culture & Doctrines

Initiation

The Vow of Jurisprudence

Military Doctrine

Organization

Every member of the Order of Guardians is clergy, formally holding either the position of Priest-Militant or Priestess-Militant, or the position of Bishop-Militant if of a sufficiently high rank. The Order organises itself according to the same diocese system as the non-militant parties of the church, wherein each Bishop-Militant manages the Order activities within a single diocese. Their activities hinge on the diocese to which they are assigned - whereas Guardians may find itself engaged in traditional terrestrial military deployments on Orepit itself, sent to man sentry posts or to guard sanctuaries and cathedrals throughout the planet, they may equally be assigned to function both as the bodyguard and security advisor of notable figures within the church. Typically, a particularly prestigious priest may have one Guardian on retainer, whereas a bishop may have several, and an archbishop will widely have an entire platoon assigned to ensure their continued safety.

Hierarchal Ranks

Marshal of the Order

Preceptor of the Order

Captain of the Order

Gefreiter of the Order

Ordinary of the Order

Novice of the Order

Organizational Roles

Guardian-Commander

Guardian-Resuscitant

Guardian-Retainer

Guardian-Artificer

Guardian-Navigator

Guardian-Regular