![]() ![]() Its vessels were dedicated to the defence of Imperial space and strategic Warp routes. In ancient times, during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras, the Imperial Navy was not an independent armed force of its own but was considered a part of the greater Imperial Army and was known as the Armada Imperialis. The battlefleets of the Imperial Navy are constantly engaging threats both inside and outside the Imperium's borders. While the Astra Militarum ( Imperial Guard) represents the Imperium's ground forces, the Imperial Navy is responsible for the fleets of starships that maintain order between the stars and planets in the Imperium, for all space and air support provided to the infantry of the Astra Militarum through its Aeronautica Imperialis branch, and for transporting those Guardsmen across the galaxy to the Imperium's myriad warzones. ![]() ![]() The two groups even invented derogatory nicknames for their counterparts.The Imperial Navy, known as the Navis Imperialis in High Gothic, is one of the primary armed forces of the Imperium of Man. Since Imperial starfighters were used by both Navy and Army, rivalries erupted between pilots in the two branches. It used ships and equipment from the Old Republic, but eventually new designs formed the majority of the navy and spearheaded the Empire's expansion into the Outer Rim Territories and the Unknown Regions. ![]() The Imperial Navy was formed from the Republic Navy of the Clone Wars. History Forming from the Republic Īfter Order 66 and the fall of the Jedi, and rise of the Sith and Empire, the Republic Navy formed into the Imperial Navy, taking on new ship designs, such as the Imperial I Class Star Destroyer, or the TIE/ln Starfighter. ![]()
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