The leader of the Government, and the Military. The role of Empress is traditionally abdicated every few decades with a new leader taking on the role.

The Empress exerts extensive control over the upper most rank structure of the Imperial Court. This includes the Generals who make up the command structure of the Diguo Junshi, with ranks being added or removed as necessity dictates.

The Officer corps is made up of professional soldiers, often purpose-built for their roles though Enlisted have been promoted up to their ranks.

The enlisted ranks are filled with both professional warriors and conscripted citizen soldiers with different but parallel ranks.

Unlike most of its Earth descended peers, the Jūnshì primarily relies on its trans-human capabilities in order to hone its capability into a lethal edge. All warriors and soldiers are programmed with the knowledge, information and know-how to do their jobs, very quickly making them viable as unpracticed but well studied combatants from the very beginning of their careers. The majority of the Jūnshì's time spent with fledgling warriors and raw recruits is instead focused on training, honing their skills and developing them through drill and practice. Warriors and soldiers go through augmented reality inside modular rooms where their senses of perception towards the training objects is altered to fit whatever scenario they need, ranging from door to door urban warfare to the engineering skills necessary to maintain their high-end weapons and vehicles.

Due to its more physical nature though, augmented reality is used more sparingly as periodic testing instead, with the vast majority of their training being within the confines of full immersion virtuality. Here, reality bends and warps at the instructors' wills as time is accelerated to suit their needs. The training sessions that occur within its confines can vary from quick room entry to complex battlefield scenarios. Despite this though, some of their very first training starts with the trainees reliving the history of Daqinren servitude as the Zhùlǐ, as well as the Termination and the following escape. Though it is embellished, the history based roleplay scenarios include additional encounters to drastically increase the difficulty, and is tailored to target second class citizens, indoctrinating them in the process.

Following this, fledglings and recruits often tackle the following standardized, normal VR training with additional enthusiasm. Having been indoctrinated, their mental states and psychology are also assessed and also trained as they are prepared for the final exams. Though there are several components to it, the most punishing and brutal aspect of it consists of a fully fleshed out scenario where they are defending the Dàqín Dìguó from the combined might of several invading human nations. Though its virtual nature means that the real-time spent is relatively short, the warrior and soldier candidates effectively spend several weeks under siege or counter-attacking, their performance constantly assessed. And perhaps most importantly, the trainees no longer realize that they are in a virtual reality simulation, and believe that the end of the empire is a real, tangible possibility. 'Early' deaths are mentally blocked for the duration of training from both the individual and their cohorts, only for them to be reinserted so that they may continue training. These trainees are only allowed to 'die' during 'Hell Week', the last seven days that determines the most elite of operators. Throughout the entire process, they are psychologically assessed and analyzed as well during this stressful, trying time.

Should they pass, they become the most battle hardened, experienced warriors and soldiers feared by humanity, with a short training tour on board one of the empire's museum ships to both decompress, and be reminded just why they fight.

Notes:

• Need to find proper names for sub-divisions of the military
• Need to come up with ranks and such, note that Auxiliaries are called differently
• Can be divided into the Navy, Marines/Assault Forces and the Auxiliary
• Navy is the most important strategically, but is supported by the other two
• Navy is mostly medium-small ships and overall not large, but kept very up to date with the latest designs
• Marines/Assault Forces attack and capture enemy ships, key facilities and important terrestrial areas
• Marines/Assault Forces include armored vehicles and the like
• Marines/Assault Forces are typically found as part of a ship's complement, but do exist separately follow up after the Navy
• Auxiliary is used as a supporting force, consisting of logistics ships and 2nd Class Citizens
• Auxiliary is typically used as either logistics protection, garrison, and as side/rear line screening
• Auxiliary will often get some Dog Types to work with them too, since they're usually very friendly and outgoing with allies

Daqinese military equipment is generally considered to be the best known to humanity, and its performance in the field makes this very clear. Rather than relying on traditional armor plate carriers for an example, their average soldier wears a vacuum rated bodysuit with energy shielding, something rarely seen even on powered armor among human nations. Meanwhile, their assault rifles are capable of firing smart-rounds when needed, curving shots around corners to hit targets. And perhaps most daunting of all, is their use of super carriers. Due to all space faring vessels traveling in the same medium, the age of the battleship had returned. Right until the Daqinren implemented technology allowing small craft to out-accelerate much larger ships with ease.

Their technology isn't simply advanced however. The Daqinren minds responsible for engineering their equipment made sure that it all even looked the part, their form kept well in mind despite function being prioritized. For this reason, their ships can feature sleek and elegant lines to exude the sense of refined, elegant might, or hard, stealthy angles to give off a predatory menace. As a result, their ships are slightly decorative without being overly so with the implementation of fins, protrusions and the like that also serve various purposes such as radiating heat, housing sensors and so forth.

See: Diguo Junshi Equipment

The Fleets of the Diguo Junshi wield considerable economic and political power within the empire, and exert extensive control over what equipment to use and how to organize their forces. The fleets themselves take their names from the Four Symbols