Zahavan Imperial Guard

Structure
The Ordo Hetaeri is broken up into six battalions called Spatharios, made up for 300-800 guardsmen each three active and two in a reserve status and one training battalion for new recruits.

Each Spatharios has a specific detail, with the first Spatharios of the Ordo Hetaeri serving as an elite  unit under direct command of the general staff and Primogenitor and separate from the regular Imperial Army. The second and third Spatharios serve as active guards for the Primogenitor, foreign officials Imperial residences and shrines to the Imperial cult, and as a secondary police force in Arcanium while the fourth and fifth Spatharios serves in a support reserve roll, and the sixth focuses primarily on training new recruits and assisting the other Spatharios as needed.

Criteria and Training
Ordo Hetaeritraining is extremely rigorous. The attrition rate fluctuates, but averages at about 80 percent. The average candidate spends over a year in a series of formal training courses before being officially confirmed as a member of the Ordo Hetaeri.

The Basic initial criteria for entrance into the Ordo Hetaeri are as follows:
 * Be a male Zahavan citizen
 * Be on Active Duty in any branch of the Imperial armed forces and volunteer for Ordo Hetaeri training
 * Have a General Technical Score of 105 or higher
 * No physical limitations or disabilities
 * Qualify for and successfully complete Airborne and Aquatic warfare training
 * A person of good character no pending or prior criminal or military tribunal cases in the past 48 months
 * Able to attain at minimum a Secret clearance
 * Pass physical requirements

Training is broken up into various stages and candidates much complete and qualify at each stage in order to gain membership into the order. Training is divided into two tracks, one for enlisted and junior non-commissioned officers and one for senior enlisted, commissioned, and warrant officers. The latter places has additional stages focused on leadership and management skills. To maintain readiness, all four Spatharios train constantly, focusing largely on marksmanship, physical training, medical training, small unit tactics and mobility. Additionally members of the Ordo Hetaeri are typically sent to specialized schools, for things such as sniper training, pathfinding, jump school, underwater demolition and aquatic warfare, sabotage and reconnaissance, and survival and evasion training for operating behind enemy lines.

Equipment
The Ordo Hetaeri is equipped with standard weapons such as the BR-20 Rifle and operates a number of Kataskopos infantry fighting vehicles Hoplite AFV's and HG-60 Phoreus helicopters.