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The Gonian Legion was the supreme military power of the Gonian Ascendancy. No other organized army in the galaxy could match it in combat. The Legion works for the Gonian Government, with support from the Gonian Clan that was currently in power. In peace time, the Legionnaries served as guards, although in war, they have also been used as an invasion force.

In war, the Gonian Legion was a feared and unstoppable force. Their huge numbers and strict discipline caused even the most battle hardened army to question their tactics. The Gonian Legion attacked just as that: a legion. With wide ranks of hundreds of disciplined soldiers, the Gonian Legion was not a force to be trifled with.

The Gonian Legion sprang up from the hardy stock of the Dragon's Teeth Region of Gonia, the rugged highlanders with their hardy and undiluted blood. Complemented by the Sannyasa, or Force Users, and sophistication of the other regions of Gonia, and inspired by the methods and equipment of the Chiss Ascendancy, the Legion became a potent force in galaxy wide affairs during the reign of the Kshatriya Clan. Since the conquest of Coruscant, the Legion in the Gonian Ascendancy's Territorial Possessions had become a very cosmopolitan organization, made up of both homogeneous occupying units and unique auxillary arms that employ local irregulars as agents.

Structure
The Gonian Legion itself was sub divided into smaller armies, also called Legions, with numericals added for identification. For instance, the 23rd Legion who participated in the invasion of Csilla.

Senior Officers

 * Purushartha: A title of the later Gonian Ascendancy, or the Republic Phase, referring to a general in charge of two or more Expeditionary Force Legions. While the title Purushartha could refer to a Grand Admiral or Mobile General, it usually referred to the commander in chief of the Uruk Infantry garrisoned on a planet.
 * Pradipika: The overall legionary commander. This post was usually filled by a member of the Kshatriya Clan, appointed by the clan currently in power, who held command for three to four years, although he could serve for a much longer period. In a Gonian Territorial Possession the Pradipika was also the planetary governor.
 * Bhakti: Though generally quite young and less experienced than the Raja, he served as second in command of a legion, behind the Pradipika. If the Pradipika died he would take command of the legion, although during battle he was not really the second in command.
 * Karma: Generally he was a long serving veteran who had previously served as a Jnana and finished his twenty five years with the Legions. He was the battle commander and actual second in command.
 * Raja: Each legion had five military officers from the higher clans. They served as staff officers of the legion, but also commanded detachments from the legions.
 * Jnana: The commanding officer of the first division and the senior officer of the entire legion. This was the highest rank a career officer could achieve in the required twenty five years of service.