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So far we've met with the Federation President Aennik Okeg, Klingon Chancellor J'mpok and Proconsul D'tan, but we've yet to see the C.inC.
More often than not, it seems Admiral Quinn is acting as the CinC's proxy which seems a little bit strange and asymmetrical. I mean, where is the C.inC. in all this? Sending a proxy or, stranger still, the highest brass in the whole United Federation of Planets.
WHO is the C.inC.?
Will it ever be revealed? ( I know there was something in the pipeline some time ago.)
More often than not, it seems Admiral Quinn is acting as the CinC's proxy which seems a little bit strange and asymmetrical. I mean, where is the C.inC. in all this? Sending a proxy or, stranger still, the highest brass in the whole United Federation of Planets.
WHO is the C.inC.?
Will it ever be revealed? ( I know there was something in the pipeline some time ago.)
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I disagree. One of the devs said a while ago that there was big plans for the C. in C. and, by that point we already knew Okeg was President.
As far as I'm aware, Quinn is only C. in C. of ESD, not Starfleet.
"Cryptic's lead writer Christine Thompson has denied previous theories of Quinn being the head of Starfleet Command, as this post is supposed to be saved for "someone special." "
Ensign: we are a Starbase, we are stationed in space.
Captain: Dammit, they screwed me!
On a more serious note, does Quinn have anything to do with Admiral Quinn in the first season of TNG?
No, they're separate. One was a Human. Gregory Quinn, the other, Jorel Quin is a Trill.
Thanks for cleaing that up.
In Star Fleet Rear Admirals and Vice Admirals command Starbases, Sectors and fleets, 4 star Admirals are at HQ planning their next dinner party, if there is a 5 star or Fleet Admiral then that person should be tucked safetly away in the HQ as well. Seeing as there is only one of them, the last thing you would want is your CiC being stationed someplace dangerous.
The highest rank Quinn should have is Vice Admiral, either that or get him to hell of that Starbase and back to HQ where he belongs.
It's a shame the isn't a dev at hand to clarify who is (or isn't) the C in C. definitively
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Also, stop basing arguments on what the US Navy does. Starfleet gives promotions from cadet to captain in a matter of weeks and admirals have their own commands. The only thing the two organisations share are the names of some of the ranks.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
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For this, they would have to make the rank "Admiral of Starfleet", which would be the same as the "Admiral of the Navy." But this is to simplify the Chain of Command.
Which for the U.S Military is.
C.I.C. - President
Joint Chief's of Staff - Admiral of the Navy, General of the Army, General of the Air Force, General of the Marines(I know the name are probably off for the last two.)
But with Star Trek, you only have one military force, Starfleet. And its not really suppose to be a military force.
The only faction that still works in this manner are the Klingons. For the KDF it goes Emperor ~> Chancellor ~> High Command ~> Klingon Defense Force.
For Starfleet it goes Monkey in Charge ~> Every other monkey.
I'd be inclined to agree.
And we have heard very little about either. We know Riker is/was on the Titan and Janeway investigated Hobus and that's about all we know. It leaves plenty of wriggle room if either were to be used.
No, they're saving the position for the inevitable player rank inflation after the next level cap increase. I mean we're already Fleet Admirals not much room to go up from there.
They just won't admit it now, because that would discourage people from buying the T6's.
I wouldn't put too much weight into that, sooner or later players will demand an increase. They won't necessarily demand paying $35 for a ship though... but it will be complicated and may need some thinking through apart from the naming issue (which could be resolved by either creating fantasy rank names or a mass demotion of Fleet Admirals back to captain, with the other ranks getting deflated accordingly), since many of the systems in place are clearly designed with 60 as "top cap" in mind. Changing them can also lead to a similar situation as with the 60 increase with those players who've hit the wall already being in a more difficult position to rank up and use the new content than those who come to 60 freshly.
Well, templates are there as a basis to work from and individualize. So even if they started off with getting inspired by the US navy for everything not settled by canon, they may as well use a different system.