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Marc Farstan is a proud Imperial citizen, manager of boloball club Corellia B.C., and dedicated member of the Imperial Navy. Currently, Farstan serves as High Admiral and Chairman of the Imperial Military Council.  
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Marc Farstan, OES, is the ranking officer of the Imperial Military and Chairman of the Military Council.  
  
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==Early Life==
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== Early Life ==
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Marc Farstan was born on Hapes, the youngest of three children in a wealthy family of privilege. His father was a well-established financier with major investments in the mining industry, while his mother was a popular socialite welcome within many high society circles.
  
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===Growing Up===
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A child of the Hapan upper-middle-class aristocracy, Marc enjoyed an elite education, complete with private tutors, etiquette training, and an emphasis on refinement. Like many of his peers, Marc was instructed on fencing, classical dance, and piloting from a young age - each considered essential skills for young men of status. Among his many studies, Marc displayed an early talent for piloting, excelling in both atmospheric and spaceflight simulations.
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Marc was born in Year -6 to a working class family in the Hapan capitol city Ta'a Chume'Dan. In a city dominated by the Hapan elite and nobility, the Farstans often struggled to make ends meet. Alfonso Farstan, a mechanic at the Hapan shipyards over the twin planets of Olanji and Charubah, was often absent for long periods of time. Marc's mother, Jessica, was thus largely responsible for raising Marc and his sister. In the midst of Marc's childhood his family began to struggle financially, requiring Jessica to begin working at the Hapes Royal Library.  
 
  
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As Marc entered his teenage years his family began to rely on him to help take care of his younger sister Julia. Later at age 15, Marc found a part-time job as a shopkeeper's assistant selling hunting blasters to the city's rich and famous. The pay was low, but proved a vital contribution to his family's welfare.
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However, his life of comfort ended abruptly in his early teenage years when a New Republic-aligned group launched a terrorist attack on local mining facilities, which his father’s company was significantly invested in. The attack, justified as “a strike against the oppression of the Imperial Union”, obliterated his family's financial standing.  
  
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In his studies Marc was an above average student but far from being considered a prodigy or genius. Many of his teachers felt that Marc was not performing to his full potential academically but also understood that Marc's duty to earn a supplemental income for his family limited his ability to perform academically. A predicament not uncommon among his classmates.  
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With their wealth erased in an instant, the family found itself in a rapid downward spiral. His father, unable to face the financial ruin and public humiliation, abandoned them. The circumstances of his disappearance became the subject of widespread gossip and speculation, with rumors ranging from allegations of embezzlement to personal betrayal.
  
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===Work as a Merchantman===
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Struggling against both the stigma of their fall from grace and the harsh realities of poverty, the remaining Farstans relocated to [[Coruscant]], seeking a fresh start in the Imperial capital.  
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After completing secondary school with respectable grades, Marc entered a vocational program intended to train crewmen for merchant shipping. After completing the program Marc was taken on by a Hapes-based wine conglomerate to help crew  the company's small  fleet shipping wine from the Hapes cluster into Imperial space. During the next three years Marc developed a deep love for space and for astro-navigation, using his wages to help pay for his sister's university tuition.
 
  
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In time, Marc began to rise up in the company from a common crew member to eventually being given command of his own group of five freighters at the relatively young age of 21. Two years later Marc's responsibility had grown to nearly a quarter of his company's fleet. He soon found himself chained to a desk at the company office in Coruscant far more often than in space. While Marc would have preferred spending more time on a ship, the pay was great and the situation was about to become all the more sweeter: His sister was due to graduate university in Hapes and had been accepted to continue her studies at the prestigious University of Coruscant. His father was due to retire from the shipyards and Marc had found a small position at his company for his mother, enabling his entire family to relocate to the Imperial capitol. The good life was at Marc's fingertips: his family would be reunited and his career prospects were bright.
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== Civilian Life ==
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Following the family's relocation to Coruscant, the Farstan’s were thrust into a life far removed from the privilege of their Hapan upbringing. The once-refined existence of tutors, etiquette lessons, and high-society galas was replaced by the harsh realities of survival in the galactic capital. With the family's wealth gone and their father vanished, Marc's older brothers took on work as freighter pilots, hauling cargo across the galaxy to keep the family afloat. Though still young, Marc quickly realized that he, too, would have to contribute.
  
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In Year 18 Marc was traveling back to Hapes to attend his sister's graduation. He had been there only a month before but was forced to return to Coruscant for a short time to deal with an issue at the company office. Now he was on his way back home due to arrive the morning of his sister's graduation, but with two weeks of vacation time approved. Plenty of time to celebrate then begin moving the family to Coruscant.  
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Seeking employment, he found work with a Coruscant-based wine importer and exporter, a company specializing in the movement of high-end vintages between the Core Worlds and wealthier Mid Rim markets. At first, he was given the lowly job of freighter pilot, tasked with ferrying shipments of premium wines across the hyperspace lanes. Over time, his responsibilities expanded. Recognizing his aptitude for numbers and logistics, his employers entrusted him with elements of the company's bookkeeping. He quickly learned the intricacies of commercial shipping: navigating customs regulations, optimizing trade routes, and balancing financial ledgers.
  
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On the day of his intended arrival, the starliner exited hyperspace to find the Hapes' cluster in full lockdown. The ship was boarded and searched by Royal Hapan Military personnel who offered no explanation. It would be five long agonizing hours before the news was finally shared with passengers. The rebels had set off bombs throughout the Hapan capitol city that morning targeting the city's lower-income areas. As such the starliner was forced to return to Coruscant.
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Just as Marc had begun to build a stable life for himself, his mother suddenly fell ill and passed, a devastating blow that shattered what remained of the family. His brothers, no longer bound to Coruscant, moved to different corners of the galaxy, leaving Marc truly alone for the first time in his life.
  
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Though it took weeks before official word reached him, Marc had known the moment he heard the news of the terrorist attack: He was alone.
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It was in this moment—tired of instability, struggling to stay afloat, and spurred by a simmering resentment toward the New Republic—that Marc made a fateful decision. Civilian life, with its constant uncertainty and fragile security, was no longer enough. He wanted structure. He wanted purpose.
  
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==Imperial Service==
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With nothing left tying him to Coruscant, Marc submitted his application to the Imperial Academy, receiving his acceptance a few short weeks later.
  
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===Time at the Academy===
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== Imperial Service ==
  
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After returning to Imperial space, Marc went straight to the nearest Imperial recruiting center and applied for admission into the Imperial Academy. His grades were a concern, but his work experience proved critical in his subsequent acceptance.  
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=== Imperial Academy and Early Career ===
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Upon his acceptance into the Imperial Academy, Recruit Farstan distinguished himself as a talented and disciplined cadet. His experience as a freighter pilot allowed him to excel in flight exercises, while his background in business and logistics gave him an edge in fleet management and strategy. Though he initially struggled with marksmanship and physical training, Marc grew increasingly competent through perseverance and seeking additional help from his Training Officer.
  
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At the Academy, Marc was able to focus on his studies in a way he had never had the opportunity to do before. He excelled in his classwork and found every excuse to log more and more space hours. Before long Marc graduated the Academy with honors and was commissioned as an Ensign in the Emperor's Navy.
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Graduating with Honors and with his Training Officer’s endorsement, Marc was commissioned into the [[Imperial Navy]] as a Lieutenant (O-3) and was dispatched to the 8th Assault Group, headquartered in Corellia. Upon arrival in Corellia, Marc was assigned to the Group’s Capital Command, assuming command of an Imperial frigate. Soon after, Marc met then-Lieutenant Commander [[Cihl Rezik]], a man who was to be his commanding officer and would become a close friend and mentor.
  
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===Imperial Navy===
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=== Command and Leadership ===
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Farstan’s early Navy career saw him rise through the ranks with rapid efficiency. After serving with distinction in the 8th Assault Group and performing well in the unit’s peacekeeping and anti-piracy operations, Marc was appointed as Group Executive Officer. Seeking to develop his analytical and observational skills, Farstan applied for and was accepted into the Department of Military Intelligence as the Intelligence Liaison for the Ruby Region. In his duties as Liaison, Marc analyzed scouting reports, coordinated between [[Imperial Intelligence]] and local military and government commanders, and to develop cross-branch coordination skills.
  
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After graduating from the Imperial Academy, Marc entered service as an officer in the Imperial Navy with the rank of Lieutenant, due to his prior spacefaring experience and performance in the Academy. Marc served for some time, earning commendations for his displayed abilities in combat exercises and in deployment. Eventually, Marc was named as Executive Officer of the 8th Assault Group under then Commodore [[Cihl Rezik]]. In this role, Marc saw action against the rebel sympathizer organization United Front and participated in the campaign resulting in the destruction of the UF's base.
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After serving in his dual role capacity, and following his mentor’s appointment to 3rd Fleet Command, Marc was selected as Interim Commanding Officer of the 8th Assault Group, a position he held for one year before receiving his first official fleet command: 1st Fleet Commanding Officer. An appointment that would bring Marc back to his adoptive home for the first time in years.  
  
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In mid-Year 21, Marc was later named as Interim Group Commanding Officer for the 8th.  
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Marc’s rise in the Imperial Navy had been rapid and dizzying. Though he loved the Navy and the officers under his command, Marc began to feel a loss of purpose. Recognizing the impact that this uncertainty was having on his command, Farstan made the rare decision to resign his command of the 1st Imperial Fleet and request a transfer to the Imperial Army. After waiting a short time, word came from Military Command, along with a personal note from his old mentor. His request had been approved, but Lord Admiral Rezik admonished him not to treat this change as the end - rather to embrace it as a new beginning.  
  
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===Department of Military Intelligence===
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Commissioned as a Colonel (O-6) in [[3rd Imperial Legion]], Marc struggled with the transition from the bridge of a Super Star Destroyer to the mud of a forward operating base. To make matters worse, his marksmanship had hardly improved since his time in the Imperial Academy. However, thanks to the guidance of his Non-Commissioned Officers and commanding officer, General [[Isolder von Alard]], Colonel Farstan slowly developed his abilities as an Infantry Commander.
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In early Year 21, Marc was assigned to Imperial Intelligence's military arm as the Military Intelligence Regional Liason for the Ruby Region.
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After proving his abilities in ground warfare, urban combat, and planetary operations, Marc was soon appointed as commanding officer of the 3rd Imperial Legion. Thanks to his Naval and Army experience, Marc demonstrated his ability to seamlessly integrate fleet and ground operations, earning distinction from his superiors. Farstan’s growing reputation led to his appointment as Emerald Task Force Commanding Officer overseeing all Military Operations in the Emerald Region.
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Farstan’s career reached its peak when Emperor Jai I appointed him as Supreme Commander of the Imperial Military. As Supreme Commander, he would hold absolute authority over all branches of the Imperial Armed Forces, overseeing strategic operations and dictating military policy. However, the role was short-lived as Marc declared the dissolution of the position and formation of the Imperial Military Council as his first official act as Supreme Commander. With the restructuring of military leadership, Marc was appointed as Chairman of the Imperial Military Council - tasked with coordinating Military operations across the Galaxy, developing and administering Military policy, and bringing the armed forces to a state of unprecedented operational readiness.
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As Chairman of the Military Council, Marc was also appointed to Imperial High Command and named to Emperor Jai I’s Ruling Council, roles that he continues to fulfil to this day.
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== Imperial Service Records ==
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===Imperial Military===
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|[O-3] || https://art.swc-empire.com/ranks/NAV-O3.png || Lieutenant || Year 20 Day 310 || 4th October, 2019 || CAPCOM
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|[O-5] || http://art.swc-empire.com/ranks/NAV-O5.png || Commander || Year 21 Day 171 || 14th January, 2020 || 8th Group Executive Officer
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|[C-6] || http://art.swc-empire.com/ranks/NAV-O6.png || Captain || Year 22 Day 20 || 12th December, 2020 || 8th Group Interim Commanding Officer
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|[C-1] || http://art.swc-empire.com/ranks/NAV-C1.png || Commodore || Year 22 Day 128 || 4th April, 2021 || 1st Fleet Commanding Officer
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|[C-2] || http://art.swc-empire.com/ranks/NAV-C2.png || Rear Admiral || Year 23 Day 99 || 6th March, 2022 || 1st Fleet Commanding Officer
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|[O-7] || http://art.swc-empire.com/ranks/NAV-O7.png || Senior Captain || Year 23 Day 174 || 20th May, 2022 || 1st Fleet INSC
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|[O-6] || http://art.swc-empire.com/ranks/STC-O6.png || Colonel|| Year 23 Day 194 || 9th June, 2022 || 3rd Legion Infantry
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|[C-1] || http://art.swc-empire.com/ranks/STC-C1.png || Brigadier General || Year 23 Day 352 || 14th November, 2022 || 3rd Legion Commanding Officer
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|[C-4] || http://art.swc-empire.com/ranks/STC-C4.png || General|| Year 24 Day 84 || 19th February, 2023 || Emerald Task Force Commanding Officer
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|[C-4] || http://art.swc-empire.com/ranks/NAV-C4.png || Admiral || Year 24 Day 220 || 5th July, 2023 || Emerald Task Force Commanding Officer
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|[C-5] || http://art.swc-empire.com/ranks/NAV-C5.png || Fleet Admiral|| Year 25 Day 85 || 20th February, 2024 || Emerald Task Force Commanding Officer
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|[HC-2] || http://art.swc-empire.com/ranks/STC-HC2.png || Lord Admiral<br>High Admiral|| Year 25 Day 142 || 17th April, 2024 || Supreme Commander<br>Chairman of the Military Council
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Revision as of 06:11, 15 March 2025

Marc Farstan
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Biographical Information
Race Hapan
Homeworld Hapes
Mother Jessica Farstan
Father Alfonso Farstan
Spouse None
Siblings Julia Farstan
Children None
Born Year -16 Day 34 (Age 42)
Imperial Service
Branch IN_mini.png
Imperial Navy
Positions Chairman of the Military Council
Prior Service Emerald TFCO,3LCO,1FCO, 8GCO, 8GXO, CAPCOM
Awards 9131_farstan.png


Marc Farstan, OES, is the ranking officer of the Imperial Military and Chairman of the Military Council.

Early Life

Marc Farstan was born on Hapes, the youngest of three children in a wealthy family of privilege. His father was a well-established financier with major investments in the mining industry, while his mother was a popular socialite welcome within many high society circles.

A child of the Hapan upper-middle-class aristocracy, Marc enjoyed an elite education, complete with private tutors, etiquette training, and an emphasis on refinement. Like many of his peers, Marc was instructed on fencing, classical dance, and piloting from a young age - each considered essential skills for young men of status. Among his many studies, Marc displayed an early talent for piloting, excelling in both atmospheric and spaceflight simulations.

However, his life of comfort ended abruptly in his early teenage years when a New Republic-aligned group launched a terrorist attack on local mining facilities, which his father’s company was significantly invested in. The attack, justified as “a strike against the oppression of the Imperial Union”, obliterated his family's financial standing.

With their wealth erased in an instant, the family found itself in a rapid downward spiral. His father, unable to face the financial ruin and public humiliation, abandoned them. The circumstances of his disappearance became the subject of widespread gossip and speculation, with rumors ranging from allegations of embezzlement to personal betrayal.

Struggling against both the stigma of their fall from grace and the harsh realities of poverty, the remaining Farstans relocated to Coruscant, seeking a fresh start in the Imperial capital.

Civilian Life

Following the family's relocation to Coruscant, the Farstan’s were thrust into a life far removed from the privilege of their Hapan upbringing. The once-refined existence of tutors, etiquette lessons, and high-society galas was replaced by the harsh realities of survival in the galactic capital. With the family's wealth gone and their father vanished, Marc's older brothers took on work as freighter pilots, hauling cargo across the galaxy to keep the family afloat. Though still young, Marc quickly realized that he, too, would have to contribute.

Seeking employment, he found work with a Coruscant-based wine importer and exporter, a company specializing in the movement of high-end vintages between the Core Worlds and wealthier Mid Rim markets. At first, he was given the lowly job of freighter pilot, tasked with ferrying shipments of premium wines across the hyperspace lanes. Over time, his responsibilities expanded. Recognizing his aptitude for numbers and logistics, his employers entrusted him with elements of the company's bookkeeping. He quickly learned the intricacies of commercial shipping: navigating customs regulations, optimizing trade routes, and balancing financial ledgers.

Just as Marc had begun to build a stable life for himself, his mother suddenly fell ill and passed, a devastating blow that shattered what remained of the family. His brothers, no longer bound to Coruscant, moved to different corners of the galaxy, leaving Marc truly alone for the first time in his life.

It was in this moment—tired of instability, struggling to stay afloat, and spurred by a simmering resentment toward the New Republic—that Marc made a fateful decision. Civilian life, with its constant uncertainty and fragile security, was no longer enough. He wanted structure. He wanted purpose.

With nothing left tying him to Coruscant, Marc submitted his application to the Imperial Academy, receiving his acceptance a few short weeks later.

Imperial Service

Imperial Academy and Early Career

Upon his acceptance into the Imperial Academy, Recruit Farstan distinguished himself as a talented and disciplined cadet. His experience as a freighter pilot allowed him to excel in flight exercises, while his background in business and logistics gave him an edge in fleet management and strategy. Though he initially struggled with marksmanship and physical training, Marc grew increasingly competent through perseverance and seeking additional help from his Training Officer.

Graduating with Honors and with his Training Officer’s endorsement, Marc was commissioned into the Imperial Navy as a Lieutenant (O-3) and was dispatched to the 8th Assault Group, headquartered in Corellia. Upon arrival in Corellia, Marc was assigned to the Group’s Capital Command, assuming command of an Imperial frigate. Soon after, Marc met then-Lieutenant Commander Cihl Rezik, a man who was to be his commanding officer and would become a close friend and mentor.

Command and Leadership

Farstan’s early Navy career saw him rise through the ranks with rapid efficiency. After serving with distinction in the 8th Assault Group and performing well in the unit’s peacekeeping and anti-piracy operations, Marc was appointed as Group Executive Officer. Seeking to develop his analytical and observational skills, Farstan applied for and was accepted into the Department of Military Intelligence as the Intelligence Liaison for the Ruby Region. In his duties as Liaison, Marc analyzed scouting reports, coordinated between Imperial Intelligence and local military and government commanders, and to develop cross-branch coordination skills.

After serving in his dual role capacity, and following his mentor’s appointment to 3rd Fleet Command, Marc was selected as Interim Commanding Officer of the 8th Assault Group, a position he held for one year before receiving his first official fleet command: 1st Fleet Commanding Officer. An appointment that would bring Marc back to his adoptive home for the first time in years.

Marc’s rise in the Imperial Navy had been rapid and dizzying. Though he loved the Navy and the officers under his command, Marc began to feel a loss of purpose. Recognizing the impact that this uncertainty was having on his command, Farstan made the rare decision to resign his command of the 1st Imperial Fleet and request a transfer to the Imperial Army. After waiting a short time, word came from Military Command, along with a personal note from his old mentor. His request had been approved, but Lord Admiral Rezik admonished him not to treat this change as the end - rather to embrace it as a new beginning.

Commissioned as a Colonel (O-6) in 3rd Imperial Legion, Marc struggled with the transition from the bridge of a Super Star Destroyer to the mud of a forward operating base. To make matters worse, his marksmanship had hardly improved since his time in the Imperial Academy. However, thanks to the guidance of his Non-Commissioned Officers and commanding officer, General Isolder von Alard, Colonel Farstan slowly developed his abilities as an Infantry Commander. After proving his abilities in ground warfare, urban combat, and planetary operations, Marc was soon appointed as commanding officer of the 3rd Imperial Legion. Thanks to his Naval and Army experience, Marc demonstrated his ability to seamlessly integrate fleet and ground operations, earning distinction from his superiors. Farstan’s growing reputation led to his appointment as Emerald Task Force Commanding Officer overseeing all Military Operations in the Emerald Region.

Farstan’s career reached its peak when Emperor Jai I appointed him as Supreme Commander of the Imperial Military. As Supreme Commander, he would hold absolute authority over all branches of the Imperial Armed Forces, overseeing strategic operations and dictating military policy. However, the role was short-lived as Marc declared the dissolution of the position and formation of the Imperial Military Council as his first official act as Supreme Commander. With the restructuring of military leadership, Marc was appointed as Chairman of the Imperial Military Council - tasked with coordinating Military operations across the Galaxy, developing and administering Military policy, and bringing the armed forces to a state of unprecedented operational readiness.

As Chairman of the Military Council, Marc was also appointed to Imperial High Command and named to Emperor Jai I’s Ruling Council, roles that he continues to fulfil to this day.

Imperial Service Records

Imperial Military

Grade Insignia Rank Promotion Date (CGT) Promotion Date (OOC) Positions
[O-3] NAV-O3.png Lieutenant Year 20 Day 310 4th October, 2019 CAPCOM
[O-4] NAV-O4.png Lieutenant Commander Year 21 Day 48 15th January, 2020 CAPCOM
[O-5] NAV-O5.png Commander Year 21 Day 171 14th January, 2020 8th Group Executive Officer
[C-6] NAV-O6.png Captain Year 22 Day 20 12th December, 2020 8th Group Interim Commanding Officer
[C-1] NAV-C1.png Commodore Year 22 Day 128 4th April, 2021 1st Fleet Commanding Officer
[C-2] NAV-C2.png Rear Admiral Year 23 Day 99 6th March, 2022 1st Fleet Commanding Officer
[O-7] NAV-O7.png Senior Captain Year 23 Day 174 20th May, 2022 1st Fleet INSC
[O-6] STC-O6.png Colonel Year 23 Day 194 9th June, 2022 3rd Legion Infantry
[C-1] STC-C1.png Brigadier General Year 23 Day 352 14th November, 2022 3rd Legion Commanding Officer
[C-4] STC-C4.png General Year 24 Day 84 19th February, 2023 Emerald Task Force Commanding Officer
[C-4] NAV-C4.png Admiral Year 24 Day 220 5th July, 2023 Emerald Task Force Commanding Officer
[C-5] NAV-C5.png Fleet Admiral Year 25 Day 85 20th February, 2024 Emerald Task Force Commanding Officer
[HC-2] STC-HC2.png Lord Admiral
High Admiral		 Year 25 Day 142 17th April, 2024 Supreme Commander
Chairman of the Military Council
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