There are descriptions for each title that should be put on the page, but I'm unsure how to add them without crowding the table. Adding another one seems excessive as well. They are here, should anyone wish ot add them
- Freeholder: The Imperial title of freeholder gives an Imperial citizen the right to own productive private property. In the Empire, most freeholders own no more than a tiny shop or taxi, but some can become very wealthy as merchants, entrepreneurs, or investors.
- Yeoman: The Imperial title of yeoman is held by those who serve a noble lord in an important, specific way. While it is not a noble title and offers no economic rights beyond those of a freeholder, it does give the holder the right to use low-level psychic abilities.In the Empire, this title is often held by high-level soldiers, warskiff pilots, spies, advisors, diplomats, intrusion operatives, and other key individuals.
- Esquire: The Imperial title of esquire is held by individuals at the lowest level of nobility. Esquires are subordinate nobles who mostly do what their liege lord tells them. In the Empire, esquires might own a city building or a farm complex. During wartime, an esquire might lead a platoon of troops, captain a frigate, or serve their lord as a specialist or advisor. Their low rank makes them paradoxically less useful as diplomats than yeomen. Sending a low-ranked esquire to a negotiation can itself be seen as an insult, whereas a yeoman negotiator is seen as only representing his lord.
- Knight: The Imperial title of knight is held by subordinate nobles of significant stature, but without a leadership role. Knights serve higher lords in all their actions, but they are ranked high enough to command respect from everyone. In the Empire, a knight will control a factory complex, commercial district, or small farming region. In combat, a knight typically leads a company of troops or a small fleet assault group. Knights are expected to engage personally in work and battle.
- Praetor: The Imperial title of praetor is a bridge between the service-oriented lower titles below and the power-holding nobility above. In the Empire, praetors usually hold title to a city district, asteroid sector, or agricultural region. At war, they take authority over the smallest combat units that fight independently. On the ground, a praetor will lead a troop cohort. In the fleet, a praetor will captain a destroyer or a combat group.
- Count: The Imperial title of count is the middle rank of middle nobility. In the Empire, a count would hold title to a city or colony, and might have a small personal fleet possibly including capital ships.
- Duke: The Imperial title of duke is the highest of the middle nobility.\n\nIn the Empire, dukes control provinces, mega-cities, or moons. At war, a duke can field a division-level force, or a fleet with capital ships an dozens of support craft.
- Consul: The Imperial title of consul is a lower level of high nobility.\n\nIn the Empire, consuls control planets. At war, a consul can usually field an army-sized force of multiple divisions, supported by several fleets. Some command from a super-capital ship or control space-based megastructures.
- Stellarch: The Imperial title of stellarch represents dominion over an entire star system.\n\nIn the Empire, since interstellar travel times are years long, stellarchs rule their systems with a great degree of independence. They each swear fealty to the Emperor, but since the Emperor may be many light-years away, a stellarch may go years or decades without interacting with him.
- Emperor: The Imperial title of emperor indicates sovereign dominion over the entire Empire, all its peoples, planets, and fleets. All other lords swear fealty to a high lord, while the Emperor swears fealty to no one. However, even the Emperor depends on the support of lower nobles to remain in power.