High Colonel

High Colonel is the title given in the Imperial Army to the officer commanding a battlegroup, as well as the title given in the Stormtrooper Corps to the officer commanding a legion. In the latter case, "High Colonel" is the highest rank available to the entire branch.

A typical High Colonel had four regiments under his command, totaling just over ten thousand front-line troops, with the next highest rank being Major General. Such a command represented a significant military resource usually deployed for extended campaigns against organized enemies, although Imperial Army strategists did not consider it enough to undertake the conquest or pacification of an entire planet.

One such campaign was fought on Picutorion, under High Colonel Theol Drost in cooperation with Commodore Bevven of the Imperial Navy

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