Imperial Officer Corps (Dark Times)

The Imperial Officer Corps, commonly known as the Officer Corps, is an organization within the Imperial Armed Forces that comprises all known and current acting officers of the Galactic Empire. The Officer Corps stands in the middle of the Imperial Military hierarchy as its members are given the chance to prove their loyalty and can thus be promoted if they demonstrate their actions on the battlefield. The corps also assigns Imperial Officers to military units they will be leading and can also assign them to planets that they will be taking over as governor of.

Overview
The Imperial Officer Corps is a corps within the Imperial Military as well as an organization that makes up all known officers of the Imperial Military. The corps is tasked with training Imperial Officers and will assign them to the branches of the Imperial Armed Forces that they trained to be apart of. Training varies for each officer and what branch they seek to join and are given their uniforms and badges upon completion. Any officer that reaches a high rank within the Galactic Empire and its military hierarchy is given the chance to become a leading member of the Officer Corps and is tasked with training future Imperial Officers.

Foundation
The Imperial Officer Corps was founded in 19 BBY and was formed from the predecessor organization, the Republic Officer Corps, and retained the previous organization's purpose and functions. During the early days of the Galactic Empire, all of its officers, both high-ranking and not, were Clone Wars veterans and were already officers in the Republic Armed Forces and their experience was key in not only aiding in the expansion of the Empire, but also in the training of fresh new recruits and volunteers as well as Imperial Soldiers who'd just rose to the position of officer.