Imperial Guard (Izumo)

A military arm of the Empire staffed mostly by aristocrats and Izumese of royal lineage, the Royal Guards serve as the guards of the Shogunate. The smallest of all the military branches in the armed forces of Imperial Izumo, the Royal Guard's main force are equivalent to two divisions of personnel, which are further split into four regiments' worth of people; three of the regiments are the 1st, 2nd, and the 24th Guard Regiments, with the various independent security units of the Regent Houses making up the numbers for the last regiment of personnel. Deployed equipment is all procured independent of the Empire of Izumo's other armed forces, as according to the traditions of the Royal Guard; in recent times, their equipment is also scaled according to the rank of its assigned user.

Answering directly to the ruling nobility rather than Ministry of Defence, they are a separate arm of the military dedicated to the security of the Shogun, the Regent Houses, and the legitimacy of the shogunate alongside the Izumese government. Despite their traditionalist tendencies, the Royal Guard does promote inter-branch cooperation within the military, and frequently engages in personnel exchanges with the Imperial Army/Mainland Defence Force if the need arises.

As the primary security of the Shogunate, any threat to them, their seat of power in Kyoto or the assets they have around Izumo will result in the mobilization of the Royal Guards against said threats, whether they are BETA or human. While the Royal Guards do not organize and carry out assaults against the BETA on the scale of the IIA/MDF, they will participate in such battles if they feel the need to or are requested to.


 * Sakura Division
 * Chrysanthemum Division