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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Phoenix: [QB] OK - here's an alternative. Inatead of starting from the RN, I will start from the USN. As you can see, it is very similar to the previous one. Ranks: Crewman 3rd Class Crewman 2nd Class Crewman 1st Class Petty Officer Chief Petty Officer Senior Chief Petty Officer (I will explain why this is how it is at the end) Early TNG: CM3/2/1: None PO: As Ensign CPO: As Lt JG SCPO: As Lt Late TNG/Early DS9: CM3/2/1: None PO/CPO/SCPO: Black pip Late DS9: CM3: None CM2: 1 Chevron CM1: 2 Chevrons PO: 3 Chevrons CPO: 3 Chevrons, 1 dot SCPO: 3 Chevrons, 2 dots Right, now the reasons. O'Brien is promoted to CPO in TNG. Therefore he was a PO before. Now, the US Navy has 3 grades of PO. However, if this were the case in Starfleet, the 2nd grade could (theoretically) have the hollow pip, but this would leave the lowest grade with nothing. I think that if some ranks have insignia and some dont, it would be infinitely more likely for Starfleet to start giving out insignia when CM changes to PO than when PO3 changes to PO2. Therefore, I have put only one level of PO. Secondly, I have not included MCPO for too reasons. (a) I find it impossible to believe that our fantastic Chief of Operations wasn't promoted to this. (b) From the tone of the brag of Miles' father, it seems that Senior Chief is the highest enlisted grade. ("My son went all the way" kind of thing) Perhaps they abolished MCPO (as well as the PO grades), due to the lesser number of enlisted personnel on automated ships compared with modern ships. To reiterate: PO O'Brien wears 1 solid pip as helm officer. CPO O'Brien wears 1 solid, 1 hollow pip as transporter chief. (CPO O'Brien is mistaken for Lt JG by Cmdr Riker) CPO O'Brien wears 1 hollow pip as Transporter Chief. SCPO O'Brien wears 1 hollow pip as Chief of Operations. SCPO O'Brien wears 3 Chevrons, 2 dots as Chief of Operations. This means that the correct form of address for a Senior CPO is "Chief", as SCPO O'Brien is called this every single time. In summary: USN ranks minus MCPO, with the POs merged into 1 and with the form of address of SCPO changed. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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