Star Wars Royal Guard Lore (Fiction)

The Emperor's Royal Guard

By: InTheWhaleGaming (aka Dominus or the ex Commander of the RG at the Undead severs in Garry's mod)

Introduction:

In my findings of lore in the Royal Guard in the past, I would say eight months to a year, I have found a lot of interesting topics that I would like to dive into here today. First, The divisions of the Royal Guard and how they were categorized both by the actual Royal Guard itself and all its sub regiments of the Guards of the Emperor. Next we will touch base on the equipment of the Royal Guards and each Sub Regiment of the Guards of the Emperor. Furthermore, we will get into greater detail of the missions and guarding duties of each of the guard types. Lastly, we will go over the history of each of the guard types.

Divisions:

The divisions of the Royal Guard fell (from lowest to highest), Royal Guards, Shadow Guards, Sovereign Protectors, Saber Guards, the Imperial Senate Guards, and finally the Imperial Senate Sentinels (reference)

To show you the grades of the guards that where used in the Garry's mod server that I was in, you can find them here. For the other ones, they are listed bellow:

The Imperial Senate Guards ranks/grades are hard to find. I searched among Google for a while and it came up null. I would assume that they are the same as the Royal Guards (I would just make them up for RP purposes, like we did for Shadow Guards and Saber Guards if you don't want to keep them the same as Royal Guards).

The Imperial Senate Sentinels ranks/grades where also hard to find. I looked on Google and it came up negative. (For RP purposes I would just come up with them myself as well)

Equipment:

The Royal Guards (reference2) were equipped with force pikes, T-21(b) rifles, helmets, and crimson red robes.

The Shadow Guards (reference3) were equipped with lightsaber pike's, a heavy blaster pistol, a medpac, full body armor, black robes, and a red visor.

The Sovereign Protectors (reference4) were equipped with a heavy blaster pistol, a double vibroblade, and a black chest plate and helmet.

The Saber Guards (reference5) were equipped with dual lightsabers that emitted red-colored blades (red crystals).

The  Imperial Senate Guard (reference6) were equipped with a cortosis staff and a personal energy shield.

The Imperial Senate Sentinels (reference7) were equipped with powerful force pikes and helmets.

Duties:

The Royal Guards were used as the primary force of guarding Emperor Palpatine and also partook in investigation missions and assassinations of targets. The Shadow Guards where not only Emperor Palpatine's guards, but also Darth Vader's personal guards. They were also sent on assassination missions. The Sovereign Protectors flew red tie interceptors for the Emperor and guarded temples and monasteries. Saber Guards were trained on Kamino, unlike the other guards, and they were strong enough to be paired next to the soldiers in the Acolyte program. The Imperial Senate Guard served the senators of the Empire. However, their true purpose was to make sure the senators were not plotting against the Emperor. They also guarded important installations and hunted force sensitives. Lastly, the Imperial Senate Sentinels were tasked with guarding the Jedi Temple(s) and making sure there were no survivors and killing anyone who tried to enter without clearance.

History:

The Royal Guards were originally known as the "Red Guards" and they were formed by Sheev Palpatine. They were first made up during the clone wars for trust purposes, not for elite status. Most of the Sun Guard were assassinated and the remainder were placed in the Shadow Guard. Also it was thought that corrupt Jedi were placed in the ranks in later years. Sovereign Protectors Guarded Many places over the years and Carnor Jax tried to overthrow the Emperor after acquiring the rank in 11 ABY. Saber Guards were there when Starkiller tried to over through Darth Vader and he tried to take Kamino and the cloning facilities. Imperial Senate Guards were on a mission to capture the Jedi Rham Kota. They were then killed by Starkiller. The Imperial Senate Sentinels were there to guard the Jedi temple from rogue Jedi that might come back to the temple. 

Conclusion:

All in all, the regiment of the Royal Guard is broken up into many variants and to explain them all in one place felt very important to me so I decided that I would. Therefore I finally did. I went over the types, the equipment, their duties, and the history of the Royal Guard. Without this post, I feel that there would be nothing to bind all the types together except one video. Therefore, I have put more "glue" out in the playing field, so to speak.