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I was curious as to why 2 ranks were not added to this game.

1/Fleet captain 2/ Commodore

If you remember ,Captain Pike was a Fleet Captain in the menagerie
and Commodore Decker from the Doomsday weapon?

These ranks actually exist- A commodore normally commands 3-4 ships or a Squadron
the rank is Just below admiral

Fleet captain is about equal to a commodore but less then a Admiral..

Ive been thinking for a while that the ranks in game should look like this-

Luitenent ,Luitenent-C , Commander , Captain, Fleet Captain ,Commodore, Rear admiral

The only drawback i can see with additional ranks is they need more ship designs
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Please search the forums for this answer. This is one of the top discussions from the first month of launch. What you want to know is here already.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    One of my many issues. There was no reason for Rear Admiral rank. There is no example of a Admiral being in active command of a ship. The few time it did happen it as a tempary thing. At the end of the story or show they were quicky removed for command of the ship.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    These "ranks" only existed in the TOS era, after that they were never used again. I guess that's why they are notused in game.

    *smart TRIBBLE mode on*

    Secondly fleet captain and commodore are a position not a rank. A fleet captain (historically) is the chief of staff of an admiral and a commodore is a titel bestowed on a captain temporarily to command a squadron. When his mission is completed he's just a normal captain again.


    *smart TRIBBLE mode off*:p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    delete admiral rank

    makes no sense

    spock told kirk being an admiral sux

    people cap here and get bored- why? admiral

    what does an admiral do? give orders and sit around?

    the cryers for content will never be satisfied-skip them - they need to delete content and reorganize
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Sleeves wrote:
    One of my many issues. There was no reason for Rear Admiral rank. There is no example of a Admiral being in active command of a ship. The few time it did happen it as a tempary thing. At the end of the story or show they were quicky removed for command of the ship.



    I absolutely agree, Captain should have been the max level in this game (with the title of Fleet Captain or Commodore placed on you possibly). Cryptic should have left the Admiral ranks for a possible expansion in a few years were you can take command of fleet of NPC ships or Captain and lower ranked player ships.


    This is starting to remind me of Star Wars on line were in any give town you see countless Jedi running around, in STO there are way too many Admirals doing stuff on their own or even worse 5 Admirals teamed up doing missions.

    For me this was probably number 47 on the list of bone headed decisions by Cryptic.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Yeah, maxing out as a Rear Admiral this early in a game.....that was Kirk in the first movie. He wasn't too thrilled with being an admiral either :D.

    So basically, we are doing 20+ years worth of ranking in X amount of months? Figure about 22 years old for an ensign (18 or so Y/O + 4years of Starfleet acadamy), Kirk was the youngest captain at 30ish, most probably not until they are late 30's/early 40's.

    I know Picard was a Captain for a VERY long time, from the Stargazer to the Enterprise-D. My books are old, so it might have been changed, but the Stargazer mission was 22 years long, plus the Enterprise tour....30 years or so at Captain? I'm not sure if he was the captain of the Stargazer the entire 22 years though.

    So basically, we are playing (if we were Kirk for instance) from his first assignment to TMP?

    I for one think Captain should have been the max rank. The could even stretch out the ranks further with brevet/acting ranks, done all the time in major wars. For example you are really a Lt. but acting as a Lt. Commander, definetly a cut above a typical Lt., but not really a Lt. Commander, though their actions have earned them recognition. After a while (more XP in game), the rank could be made official. Granted it is stretching credibility having so many acting/brevet types around....but a lot less so than all the rear admirals as it is currently.

    Edit: Really there should be a Lt. junior grade and full Lt. as well (first and second Lt. in the Army) instead of just a Lt.. That rank right there would have capped us at Captain.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Captain.... Commander ...Lieutenant Commander... Lieutenant
    Lieutenant(junior grade).... Ensign

    is what the wiki us navy ranks show

    negating admiral ranks

    could also have demotions

    for people that attack 7 vs1 in pvp or die all the time

    they get a coward demotion or something
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    attacko wrote:

    they get a coward demotion or something


    That doesn't sound like the typical coward......:p:D
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