Thus the Imperial Fleet, a larger force with a slight edge and superiority in terms of technology, was in practice evenly matched with the Alliance. However despite the defeat, the practice of appointing admirals based more on their noble class than on any actual ability was an error repeated throughout the war. Due to a combination of inexperience and overconfidence, Herbert's force was decisively defeated by Alliance admirals Lin Pao and Yūsuf Topparol at the Battle of Dagon. Despite internal conflict and past rebellions within the Empire, the Imperial Fleet had never suffered an outright defeat in battle against an external enemy. An expeditionary force was quickly organised to subjugate the Alliance and Kaiser Friedrich III appointed his 3rd son, Grand Duke Herbert, as commander in an attempt to groom Herbert for assuming the role of Crown Prince. As the Empire did not recognise the existence of any other governments or states other than itself and as the Alliance had been founded by a group of escaped penal convicts, the Alliance was quickly labelled as a "rebel" group. In 640 UC (331 IC / 3440 CE ), the Empire discovered the Free Planets Alliance. It was not until the the mid stages of the Alliance–Imperial War that the huge personnel losses forced the Empire to admit commoners into the officer ranks and even so, few became flag officers regardless of merit or achievements. The Imperial Fleet was composed of commoners making up the enlisted ranks and only nobles reaching the rank of officers, based more on their noble title than their training and actual competence for such role. The early years of the fleet were spent suppressing remnant republican strongholds or planetary rebellions that could endanger the rule of the elite. It first served to enforce the views of the Kaisers and their supporters. Since its foundation the Imperial Fleet was the instrument of the ruling nobles. The Imperial Armed forces were formed from the Galactic Federation Armada in 310 UC (1 IC / 3110 CE ) by Rudolf von Goldenbaum following his establishment of the Galactic Empire. Imperial soldiers battle insurgents shortly after Rudolf's death
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