Zahavan General Staff

The Zahavan General Staff or Strategos Militaris Tacticorum, is the full-time body at the head of the Sanctorus Imperialis Militarum, responsible for the continuous study of all aspects of, and for drawing up and reviewing plans for mobilization or campaign. The general staff has roughly existed since the reign of Eteokles in 1026, and was formally established by law in 1513, making it one of the first true general staffs in existence. It was distinguished by the formal selection of its officers by intelligence and rather than patronage or wealth, and by the exhaustive and rigorously structured training which its staff officers undertook. The head of the general staff, known as the Magister Tacticius or "Master of war" is the appointed official head of all Imperial armed forces, with appointment coming from the Primogenitor themselves.