The distinctive red coloring of Venator-class Star Destroyers were almost immediately painted a more subdued grey, along with the eventual uniform and equipment upgrades for the countless men and women in the Imperial Military. She plundered worlds, destroying them in the process.' ―Ahsoka Tano Īlmost immediately, any reminders of the Old Republic were removed, with the Grand Army of the Republic renamed the Imperial Army and Republic Navy reorganized as the Imperial Navy. She survived, and let her anger fuel an industry which helped build the Imperial Starfleet. During the Clone Wars, her people were massacred. After the establishment of the Imperial Navy, it became the primary projection of the Imperial Military's arm, becoming the largest branch in the Armed Forces with its enormous fleet of vessels and millions of personnel. It came to have its own starships that patrolled the vast majority of Imperial space throughout the reign of Emperor Palpatine's New Order.

The Imperial Navy was born out of the forces inherited from the Republic's armed forces, resulting in clone personnel serving the early Imperial Starfleet.Īfter the rise of the New Order, the Imperial Navy was created from the remains of the Republic Navy at the end of the Clone Wars, and inherited its proud naval tradition that dated back thousands of years.

He thus officially wiped away the thousand year old Republic by proclaiming the creation of the Galactic Empire, with himself as its Galactic Emperor. When the Separatist leadership was executed at Mustafar by the Sith Lord Darth Vader then Supreme Chancellor Palpatine announced his plans for the galaxy since the beginning. With the rise of the New Order, the massive military buildup that became synonymous with the late Galactic Republic in an effort to combat the Separatist Alliance in the Clone Wars was continued and expanded in the now Galactic Empire.

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