Imperial Center Defense Command

Imperial Center Defense Command was a command of the that was created shortly after the  and existed until the  of Imperial. It was a unique formation subordinated to the but was above the  level.

History
The Imperial Center Defense Command was created in 4 ABY, in the months after the, as part of the 's defensive strategy. It was responsible for coordinating the defense of the against a projected  invasion, including the Imperial capital of Coruscant (known as Imperial Center). It consisted of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th systems armies. From 5 ABY, its regular Imperial Army units were supplemented by civilian conscripts and home guard militia, which included every able bodied male Imperial citizen between the ages of 16 and 45, as well as  guerrilla warfare cells and anti-aircraft artillery. According to, by 5 ABY there were five million soldiers under the Imperial Center Defense Command but more than half of them were poorly trained conscripts.

Although the de facto ruler of the Empire secretly planned on abandoning the capital, the Imperial High Command intended to turn the whole region into a fortress and gave orders for every Imperial soldier to fight to the death in its defense.

The Coruscant sector was divided into three military districts, and each was defended by a systems army as its garrison, with one reserve army.


 * First Systems Army – HQ on Coruscant and responsible for the.
 * Second Systems Army – HQ on and responsible for the.
 * Third Systems Army – HQ on and responsible for the.
 * Fourth Systems Army – HQ on and functioned as a reserve for other armies and the defense of the Coruscant system.

Officer staff
The organization was headed by the Commandant of the Imperial Center Defense Area.