Organisational Structure

§2.1 — The First Consul

The First Consul (Consul Primus) is the apex individual office of the Republic. The First Consul holds final authority over doctrine, strategic direction, external posture, and the Charter. Presides over the Consilium, sanctions Purge Bulletins, confirms Commissar appointments, and is the sole office empowered to amend the Charter.

§2.2 — The Consilium (High Command)

The Consilium is the collegial body surrounding the First Consul. It is composed of the First Consul (presiding), the ten Directors, the Quaestor Aerarii (voting on treasury matters), and the Commissarius Generalis (with voice but limited vote on operational matters and full vote on doctrinal matters).

The Consilium meets in scheduled session, in crisis session, and in ceremonial session. Its decisions are recorded and binding on all Directorates. A Legatus Foederatus of a Foedus Militaris alliance holds a non-voting advisory seat, activated only when joint matters are under discussion. Peregrini have no seat or representation in the Consilium.

§2.3 — The First Council

The First Council (Consilium Primum) is the founding body of the Republic, convened on the day of foundation. Its founding deliberations are doctrinal bedrock. The First Council is not an active governing body — the Consilium is — but its decisions are referenced with institutional gravity and cannot be overturned except by the First Consul acting under the Charter.

The ten Directorates (Praetoriae) divide the Republic's organisational remit. Eight are vertical — each owns one Branch and the operational domain that Branch serves. Two are horizontal — they serve all other Directorates across the whole organisation.

Vertical Directorates (own a Branch)

• Praetoria Bellica — Operations. Owns Arma: fighter wings, capital crews, ground marines, boarding.
• Praetoria Materiae — Industry. Owns Industria: mining, salvage, refining, cargo, manufacturing.
• Praetoria Frontis — Frontier. Owns Frontis: scouting, scanning, cartography, jump-point survey.
• Praetoria Operum — Engineering. Owns Opera: base-building, repair, infrastructure.
• Praetoria Medica — Medical Authority. Owns Medicina: field medicine, augmentation review, Mutation Protocol.
• Praetoria Subsidii — Logistics. Owns Subsidium: refuel, rearm, transport, supply.
• Praetoria Vigiliae — Intelligence. Owns Vigilia: threat assessment, Pillar classification, counter-intel.
• Praetoria Vocis — Communications. Owns Vox: public voice, propaganda, internal bulletin.

Horizontal Directorates (serve all Branches)

• Praetoria Civium — Recruitment & Citizenship. Intake pipeline, Oath scheduling, Peregrini register, Registrum Foederatorum.
• Praetoria Fidei — Doctrine & Discipline. Houses the Holy Office (Sanctum Officium Vigiliae); Director is the Commissarius Generalis.

§3.3 — Specialised Office: Quaestor Aerarii

Beyond the ten Directorates, the Quaestor Aerarii (Treasury Office) sits at the Directorate layer as a specialised technical office rather than as a Directorate. It does not own a Branch, does not cut across all Branches, and reports directly to the Consul Primus. Holds technical authority (registries, claim verification, processing, reporting); no operational command, no political authority over policy, no doctrinal jurisdiction.

A Branch (Cohors) is the organised set of members who share a primary in-game specialisation. A member belongs to one primary Branch. Dual-Branch membership is permitted with Director approval when sustained contribution in two disciplines is shown.

Peregrini participate in Branch operations but are not assigned to a Branch. They are listed on operation manifests as Peregrinus.

Sub-units within Branches

• Arma — Wing (4–12 pilots), Squadron (2–4 Wings).
• Industria — Guild per craft (Fodina, Reliquia, Purificatio, Mercatura, Fabrica).
• Frontis — Patrol (2–6 scouts).
• Opera — Crew (3–10 engineers).
• Medicina — Station (2–6 medics).
• Subsidium — Convoy.
• Vigilia — Cell (3–6 analysts).
• Vox — Desk (2–5 producers).

Detail per Branch is in the corresponding chain articles (L3.T1.A003 through L3.T1.A010).

The same rank ladder applies to every Branch and Directorate for sworn Citizens. A member's full identity is a triplet: [Rank] · [Branch (Cohors)] · [Directorate].

⊘ RANK LIMITATION — CANONICAL: This ladder applies only to sworn Citizens (Tiro through Consul Primus). Peregrini Vigiliae hold no rank. Foederati hold external identity only — their rank equivalence is a functional one for joint operations, not a grant of TR rank.

• Consul Primus — apex of the Republic. All access.
• Praetor (Director) — one Directorate. Directorate + Consilium access.
• Praefectus (Commander) — Wing / Squadron / Guild / Cell / Convoy. Tactical + personnel in span.
• Centurio (Officer) — direct member management. Operations + personnel in span.
• Decanus (Veteran) — informal mentor; operational anchor.
• Miles (Soldier) — full operational Citizen in arms.
• Civis (Citizen) — integrated member establishing record.
• Tiro (Recruit) — provisional entrant under orientation.
• ⊘ Peregrinus Vigiliae — no rank, unsworn community member.
• Miles Foederatus — external identity, no TR rank.
• Legatus Foederatus — external identity, ≈ Praefectus coordination only.

Notes

• Soldier (Miles) is the standard operational rank after a Citizen demonstrates specialisation. A Citizen who remains non-operational remains a Citizen.
• Officer and Commander are both management ranks; the difference is span of command.
• Director is the rank of the head of a Directorate; there are exactly ten.
• First Consul is a single office; succession is defined in the Charter.
• Quaestor Aerarii is an office at the Directorate layer; the holder retains their existing rank for the duration of their term.

The Republic formally recognises three ways for a person or group to be part of its community. All three are legitimate. None is a degraded form of another.

• Sworn Citizen — Civis → Miles → … Consul Primus. Oath: Sacramentum Vigiliae. Full IC life available. Rank ladder open. Doctrinal authority of the Holy Office applies. Discipline through the staircase and Ius Gladii.
• Unsworn member — Peregrinus Vigiliae. No oath. No RP obligation. ⊘ No rank — by canonical prohibition. Community rules only. Discipline through OOC administrative action by the Praetoria Civium.
• Allied organisation — Legio Foederata / Miles Foederatus. Oath: Iuramentum Foederis by the Legatus. RP framing optional. No rank in the Republic; functional equivalence in joint operations. Discipline by Foedus dissolution or Iurisdictio Territorialis.

Sworn Citizen track — assignment flow

• Intake — Praetoria Civium receives the prospect (First Contact).
• Orientation — Recruit period; Branch preference declared; trial operation.
• Oath of Vigil — Recruit becomes Citizen; assigned to the Branch Directorate matching their declared and demonstrated specialisation.
• Assignment — Branch Director assigns to a sub-unit and an Officer.
• Progression — train, operate, evaluate by Officer and Commander for promotion.
• Transfer — possible with Director approval on both sides.

Peregrinus track — joining without an oath

• Community contact (Discord join, enquiry, or direct contact) — no formal First Contact procedure required.
• Praetoria Civium assigns the Peregrinus Vigiliae Discord role; entered in the Peregrini register.
• Immediate full operations access; no probation, no oath, no ceremony.
• Voluntary conversion is always available — contact any Officer; minimum 1-week orientation; then Sacramentum Vigiliae; enter as Tiro.

No Officer may pressure a Peregrinus to swear the Sacramentum. The oath is freely offered and freely taken.

• No Officer outranks their Director in matters owned by that Directorate. Disputes across Directorates escalate to the Consilium.
• No Director overrides the First Consul on doctrinal matters.
• No Commander issues orders across Branches without coordination with the receiving Branch's Commander.
• No Officer promotes, demotes, or purges outside their span and outside the Discipline Staircase.
• A Commissar is not in the chain of command — Commissars flag; the Holy Office reviews; the First Consul sanctions.
• All appointments to rank of Officer or above are recorded in the Consilium's register and acknowledged on the internal bulletin.
• Branch transfers are not routine — they require two Director signatures and a trial period.
• Every Directorate keeps its own register of members, assignments, promotions, and commendations.
• Every operation above Class D produces a record — briefing, AAR, Commander's commendations.
• Bilingualism is a structural rule — every Directorate's internal bulletin and General Orders are issued in EN and PT-PT.
• No Officer may grant rank to a Peregrinus without the Sacramentum Vigiliae. Rank assignment without the oath is null and void.
• No Officer may pressure a Peregrinus to convert. Voluntary conversion is the only kind recognised.
• No Officer may exclude a Peregrinus from operations based on unsworn status, except where operational security requires a specific sworn-member clearance.
• No member of any rank may impose any contribution on individual play — see the No-Tax Rule (canonical and inviolable, L3.T8.A001 §5).