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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] As for the alien ranks page, I suggest that the Bajoran ranks be reorganized according to what Frank G came up with at [URL=http://frankg.dgne.com/bri/index.html]http://frankg.dgne.com/bri/index.html[/URL] That's some serious research, and would seem to match the canon data very well. Also, I see little reason to bump a Bajoran General down to the level of a Starfleet Fleet Captain - Generals should be flag officers (Admirals in Starfleet parlance) in all the naming systems. The Romulan system looks all right to me, based on what precious little we know of it so far. One could, however, insert the putative rank of Sub-centurion there as well, and thus fill the gaps in comparison with Starfleet ranks (Centurion=Lt.Cmdr, Sub-centurion =Lt). For the lowest rank in the Tal'Shiar system, I suggest sticking to good old US Army ranks, since all the other T'S ranks seem to follow that pattern as well. So instead of Uhlan, there would simply be 1st Lt. The Cardassian system could be more complex than shown, for the simple reason that the Universal Translator refuses to translate the rank names. It could be that there is no correlation between Cardassian and Starfleet ranks at all. A Gul could correspond to any Starfleet rank, depending on circumstances - perhaps the position is more decisive than the rank, so that the commanding officer of a tiny patrol boat is a Gul, grossly outranked by the Glinn of a larger ship. It seems to matter which "Order" the officer is coming from, too - apparently, the smaller the number of the Order, the higher the influence of the officer. The Klingon system is of course a total mess (not because you'd have messed it up, but because Paramount did). I simply refuse to believe that the Klingon Colonel could be a flag rank. More probably, the Klingon system once again is a perfect parallel of the US system, yet the Klingons utilize both Army *and* Navy ranks. What about this theory: Klingons vastly prefer Army ranks, since those show that the officer has shown prowess in ground combat, the highly honorable form of warfare. Naval warfare is less honorable because you can't slay starships with bare hands, but have to relinquish some of the honor of the kill to a *machine*. Thus, even the people flying the starships typically carry Army ranks, but there are special situations where they accept naval designations. OTOH, to proudly carry nothing but a naval rank shows that the guy or gal must be REALLY good at what he's doing in terms of space battle. In fact, the only Klingon naval ranks we have heard so far are "Captain" and "Commander", right? And these might not be ranks at all, but simply positions: the top officer of a ship (probably a Colonel, Lt.Colonel or Major in rank) is the captain of the ship, or the commander of his crew, by job description! Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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