Editing Imperial Army (Hektor Heresy) (section)

=History=
[[File:Colors collection old man by terribleart-d575hox.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Lord Commander Gufarnus Altmakar, the father of the Army]]
The Imperial Army grew out of the ordinary human soldiers who had fought for the Emperor during the [[Unification Wars (Hektor Heresy)|Unification Wars]] and their leaders such as the famous Lord Commander [[Gufarnus Altmakar]].  Although the [[Legiones Astartes (Hektor Heresy)|Legiones Astartes]] were seen as the primary means for unifying the [[Galaxy (Hektor Heresy)|Galaxy]], it was quickly apparent that additional manpower would be needed to garrison newly-won worlds.  At first, regiments were raised from the planets and stations of the Solar System - the famous ''Solar Pattern'' of Auxilia.  But as the conquering Legions pushed on, the worlds of humanity's cradle could not supply enough men.  New forces were levied or ''tithed'' from Compliant worlds to provide new Imperial Army forces.  [[The Carlisian Shock Troops]] were the first Imperial Army forces raised from outside of the Solar System, and they were soon joined by regiments of the [[Ardito Highwatch]], [[Haeltoth Starguard]], and [[the Kondrus Aeroguard]], among others.

In later decades, the Imperial Army would be deployed as counter-insurgency forces, then alongside crusading Space Marines.  Famous forces such as the [[Ciban Chasseurs]], [[Fischetti Numeri]] and [[the Markian Corps]] came into being to strength the Emperor's Legions.  During the second century of the Great Crusade, the Imperial Army would come to be deployed in independent [[Expedition Fleets (Hektor Heresy)|Expedition Fleets]].  The spirited [[the Auron Infantries|Auron Infantries]] and implacable [[Motroit Enforcers]] were raised at about this time and both, in their own way, express the new attitudes forming in the Army.  Regardless, the Imperial Army was considered an auxiliary force - hence their High Gothic name, the ''Imperialis Auxilia'' - and ultimately answered to Space Marine commanders.  Many armymen saw themselves as members of their Legion first and the Imperium second.

The personal, almost feudal organisation of the Great Crusade proved disastrous in the [[Hektor Heresy]].  Imperial Army commanders typically aligned themselves with the Legions to whom they had been subordinate, immediately providing the Traitors with a powerful auxiliary force.  Others went rogue in the anarchic conditions of the civil war, seizing control of planets or whole sub-sectors for themselves.  These renegades would have to be subdued in the Scouring, costing an already ravaged Imperium even more lives and resources.

To prevent such a catastrophe ever happening again, the Imperial Reformation broke up Imperial Army.  Land forces were reconstituted as the Imperial Guard, while a separate Imperial Navy would be responsible for the Imperium's warships.  Air assets were largely put at the disposal of the Imperial Navy, although the Imperial Guard retained VTOL and VSTOL vehicles for use in planetary campaigns.  This division sought to guarantee that no rebel officer would have both land forces and shipping at his disposal.