“There are things in the universe that are simply and purely evil. A warrior does not seek to understand them, or to compromise with them. He seeks only to obliterate them.”

The Ascendancy Military is led by a Syndic who represents the Ministry of Defense on the Syndicure and oversees its two branches, the active force Expansionary Defense Fleet and the reservist Defense Force with a mandate to build active combat capacity to serve the Chiss government and its citizens.