Interpreting the Imperial Sextant

Originally, there was a single version of the Sextant that represented all Imperial agencies. That lasted for about a day. All of the major branches of the Imperial military and government use thier own color combination, with many units and agencies using thier own insignia which is built around the Sextant.

Shown below are the more significant versions of the Sextant, shown on thier background colour. On smaller fields or backgrounds of a different colour, the Sextant may or may not be surrounded by a small circle of the appropriate colour. The surrounding circle is more frequently left out with the more distictive sextants, particularly the Space Rescue Corps' and Imperial Intelligence's versions. In fact, the only major agency of the Empire that does not use the Sextant in it's insignia is the Sector Rangers.

All of these insignia can be found on vessels and facilities of the appropriate agencies, but not all of them use it on thier uniform.

Army: Red on a black field

Navy: White on a black field

Navy, Starfighter Corp: Grey on a black field (semi-official)

Intelligence: Black with a dark grey outline and light grey inserts on a black field.

ISTC: Black on a white field

Units/agencies directly attached to the Court: Black on a red field

Space Rescue Corps: White on a black and/or red field, with red and black insets

ISB: Black on a tan field

COMPForce: Red with black edging on a dark grey field

SAGroup: Black on a light grey field

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