Grand Admiral

Grand Admiral was a highly placed and very influential rank in the Imperial hierarchy, subordinate to none other than the Emperor, the Supreme Commander, and the Grand Vizier. It was the highest rank attainable in the Imperial Navy, and was the equivalent of the Imperial Army's Grand General rank. The Imperial Grand Admirals gained a reputation for being brilliant military commanders, instilling fear into their enemies.

During the reign of, there were a total of twelve Grand Admirals that were appointed. One of the Grand Generals served on Naval Command as the Chief of Naval Staff, while the others held either other positions in Imperial High Command or were given important field postings. The Grand Generals and Army Command reported directly to, the Supreme Commander/Military Executor at the time.

Most of the original Grand Admirals were killed during the Post-Endor Imperial power struggle, following the death of Emperor Palpatine. Taking complete control over resources at their disposal and elsewhere, these Grand Admirals carved out their own spheres of influence and warred amongst each other as warlords.

By 9 ABY, all the original Grand Generals had either been killed during the Imperial infighting, had disappeared (such as Thrawn, who vanished into the ) or captured by New Republic forces. When Emperor Vastir Tokrev rose to power, he began awarding the rank again, setting out to regain glory of the Empire and the Imperial Navy.

Grand Admiral were appointed by the Emperor and the Emperor alone, and answered directly to the Executor (or in certain cases in which the Executor could not be reached, the Emperor), in all matters. The creation of the rank of Grand Admiral two years before the was widely recognized as a means to increase the Emperor's direct control of the Imperial Military. However, although all exceptionally gifted officers, the Grand Admirals were not just front-line commanders; rather, they included several technical specialists and theoreticians, enabling them to serve as a leadership cadre for the whole military—and indeed the whole Empire.

All Grand Admirals, upon promotion to the rank, were also given the esteemed and unique position in the Empire known as Warlord, a post held only by a few of the Emperor's most gifted military commanders.

Under Palpatine

 * Martio Batch
 * Nial Declann
 * Octavian Grant
 * Josef Grunger
 * Ishin-Il-Raz
 * Afsheen Makati
 * Danetta Pitta
 * Peccati Syn
 * Miltin Takel
 * Osvald Teshik
 * (Core name "Thrawn")
 * Rufaan Tigellinus
 * Demetrius Zaarin

Others
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