Hi everyone. I'd like to take a break from the story to show the system I'm using for Imperial ranks. My two main sources are the
Star Wars Technical Commentaries site and the Star Wars Miniatures Battles game. Comments are welcome (getting the ranks in here also makes it easier for me to reference them when writing).
Imperial Army Ranks
Unit - Commander rank - # SEIV inf units - # SEIV vehicle units
Sector Army - High General - (4 armies) - x
Army - General - (4 corps) - x
Corps - Lt. General - (4 battleGroups) - x
Battlegroup - Brigadier General - 1280 - 256
Regiment - Colonel - 320 - 64
Battalion - Major - 80 - 16
Company - Captain - 20 - 4
Platoon - Lieutenant - 5 - 1
2nd Lieutenant, Lt. Colonel, High Colonel and Major General are staff ranks.
Sizes for the upper echelons are not given because they usually contain units of differing types.