CompForce Troopers are the soldiers of CompForce, serving as military police and political officers within the Imperial Military. They are divided into two very different cadres, Observation (also known as Observ), and Assault. As their name suggests, Assault units are front-line troops, pursuing professional military careers, whereas, officially at least, Observ personnel are loyalist volunteers, gaining first-hand experience of military life as a prelude to careers in the Army, Navy, or some other element of the Imperial armed forces. In fact, most of them end up pursuing careers in the Imperial Security Bureau itself, and Observ are regarded as political spies by line military personnel—an opinion which seems to have been subtly encouraged by operatives of the ISB's long-term rival, Imp