A director in Advanced Weapons Research wore six red squares over six blue.

ДЄ Lieutenant Commander in the Imperial Military Department of Advanced Weapons Research division of the ISB wore a plaque with a row of six red squares. An admiral, as with the regular military, was six red over six blue. An ISB Inspector General wore a plaque with three red followed by one blue, and a colonel wore a plaque with three red squares followed by three blue ones. Agents of the ISB wore either two blue squares next to one grey and one red, or at a higher level three blue squares next to two yellow ones. A loyalty officer featured a plaque bearing one blue square followed by three red ones. Imperial Security Bureau Д«oth lieutenants and majors of the Imperial Security Bureau had two red squares over two blue on their plaques. Both Grand Admiral and Grand General bore a plaque with three blue squares followed by three yellow, over trios of blue and red. An admiral was shown by six red squares over six blue, or a single row of either four red squares followed by two yellow, two blue squares followed by four red, or a row of six blue squares. ДЄn Imperial Vice Admiral wore a rank plaque depicting five red squares over five blue. A general could also be shown by six blue squares over six red, a line of six red squares, or four yellow squares followed by two red. A major, a colonel and a commodore were all shown by four red squares over four blue, along with the rank of general, although in this case the squares were spaced out further than other ranks. Chiefs wore a plaque of four yellow squares followed by two red or three blue followed by two red. A commander also wore a plaque with three red over three blue, or a line of two red squares, or a line of four blue followed by two red. A captain could also wear a row of six yellow squares, three red squares followed by one blue, or three blue squares followed by two red. The rank of captain, or commandant for those commanding academies, was signified by three red squares over three blue. Alternatively, a single row of three, four or six blue squares could be used, or a single row of two red squares followed by one blue (which also denoted a Second Lieutenant). A standard lieutenant was also shown by two red squares over two blue. The rank of ensign was shown by one red square over one blue, and that of Junior Lieutenant by two red squares over two blue, or a row of two blue squares. Thrawn was presented with a new rank insignia plaque upon his promotion to Grand Admiral. Main articles: Imperial Navy#Ranks and Imperial Army#Ranks Members of media organizations such as the Imperial Press Corps wore Imperial media badges. Rank plaques could be encoded with information readable by devices such as electronic locks. The different types of tiles came in blue, red, gold yellow, and grey. Double-row plaques were made from two separate parts of one row each, rather than two rows of caps on a single backing piece. Those plaques could comprise one or two rows of tiles mounted on top of another. The plaque, which was worn on the left side of the regulation tunic over the heart, consisted of translucent, colored rectangular tiles mounted on a metal bar. They were originally used by Republic officers during the Clone Wars, when Palpatine was still Chancellor of the Galactic Republic. Rank insignia plaques, also referred to as rank pins, were badges used in the military forces of Sheev Palpatine's Galactic Empire as a means to indicate and distinguish officer ranks. ' You are in command now, Admiral Piett.' вЂ• Darth Vader, promoting Captain Piett

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