Order of Mandalore

The Order of Mandalore (Ke'gyce be Manda'yaim) was a Mandalorian military order that was founded shortly before the reign of Mandalore the Uniter (c. 1000 BBY).

As the Order's members served as both peacekeepers and honor-bound warriors in the Uniter's army, the Uniter considered the Order to be analogous to the Jedi Order of the Galactic Republic.

History
Initially, the Order served as part of Mandalore's government as a police force in major cities such as Keldabe and supplemented the Uniter's armies during his invasions of Hutt Space and the Tion Hegemony. In the centuries following the Uniter's death, the Order of Mandalore was gradually reformed into a secret society comprising affluent warriors from numerous clans. The Order utilized political infiltration and secretly controlled the Keldabe city-state for several decades in the 500s BBY. In around 400 BBY, the Order became part of Aka'liit though remained a distinct entity in Mandalorian politics. Nearly three centuries later, the Order branched off from Aka'liit after some heavy infighting and its members began targeting the Aka'liit and Duchy of Mandalore's in various assassination attempts. The Order became extremely disorganized following its reformation, and the central command structure devolved into a loose council of elders who passed on leadership to their capable children. From thereon, the Order's members began working as assassins for various criminal organizations and became known as political extremists. Much of the Order adopted the Supercommando Codex established by Mand'alor Jaster Mereel in 60 BBY and fought under Mereel's command (and later Mand'alor Jango Fett's command) during the early Mandalorian Civil War (60-32 BBY). The Order went dormant for over a decade before reemerging to help resist a Republic invasion of the Mandalore system during the Clone Wars, though they put extra effort into keeping the details of their operations in the dark. As the invasion dragged on into the Imperial era, the Order's members carried out a number of assassinations on hundreds of Republic/Imperial officials on Mandalore and on multiple other worlds in the galaxy. Some other members served the Order as smugglers, spies, or armorsmiths that supported allied Supercommando groups. In 3 ABY, the elders that commanded the Order were all killed in an attack by Imperial forces, and the Order was reformed under Naastau, who had briefly served the Order during the early Imperial era. The Order continued its raids and infiltrations of Imperial facilities in and around the Mandalore sector until its dissolution in 7 ABY.

Organization
In it's early years, the Order of Mandalore was led by a High Master (Laamyc Kalyr), who was elected by a council of nine Order Masters (Ke'kalyr), whose positions were hereditary. Following its reformation in 100 BBY, only the council remained intact as the Order's leadership, though the titles High Master and Order Master had already phased out of use by then. The last elder council to lead the Order was wiped out by Imperial forces, and were all succeeded by Naastau, who was addressed as "General Naast" and did not use a traditional title. His lieutenants used the title "commander", and squad-leaders often used the titles "ensign" and "master chief".

Tactics
In their first centuries, the Order served as lawmen in the cities in which they operated. This included enforcing the Mand'alors law among civilians and putting down local rebellions, which were extremely common throughout Mandalore's history. Eventually, however, the Order's members began operating with much more secrecy and abandoned their policing role. The Order's members became assassins and carried out multiple assassinations and sabotages against assets of rival political factions over the years. On some occasions, the Order carried out larger-scale raids on enemy installations. Modern era members of the Order were renowned among other warriors for their use of technologically augmented armor and weapons in combat, which were often suited for infiltration.