Karos Cross

The Karos Cross was the third highest decoration for valor awarded by the during the  and s, inferior only to the  and the. The Karos Cross was awarded on an exclusively posthumous basis to individuals who gave their lives in an act of sacrifice undertaken on behalf of the Sith Empire and the Sith people.

Unlike equivalent military awards restricted to membership in the and, the Karos Cross could be awarded to any citizen of the Sith Empire or any individual of  regardless of allegiance on the basis of jus sanguinis. This was in recognition of the fact that Karos, the after whom the award was named, was not a formal member of the  when he performed his own act of self-sacrifice during the Evacuation of Korriban due to previously retiring his commission after the.

Individuals awarded the Karos Cross were entitled to the usage of the KC in formal documents and official reference. As the decoration was only awarded posthumously, the itself was presented to the individual's widowed spouse or  in a formal investiture ceremony overseen by the or of the.