I have been slowly playing since the game launched and in the last few months attained the rank of Rear Admiral, Lower Half. I have discovered the rank breaks immersion and is quite cumbersome; it makes dialogues unnecessarily winded and detracts from the experience as a whole. I decided to do some research to see if there were real life parallels and discovered most real English speaking navies use the title of Commodore. It seems that in 1983 the US Navy changed the rank of Commodore to RA, LH, in order to settle a pay dispute with the other Armed Services.
Considering most real life navies use titles such as commodore, that Star Trek is supposed to be a an idyllic portrayal of all the worlds nations working together, and the rank unnecessarily complicated: I propose the rank of Rear Admiral, Lower Half, be changed to Commodore, with appropriate changes to Rear Admiral, Upper Half.
~ WilliamKinglsey
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_%28United_States%29
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http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Commodore
/leaves room quickly
That would be fine.
~ WK
Agreed, as I have before.
Community edited wiki with no, repeat no, canon examples to back it up on that particular point.
That would be nice, but I think Fleet Captain is a lower rank than Commador not a higher rank.
Chirstopher Pike was Fleet Captian in "The Menagerie". It is a command officer rank. During the battle of Fort Donelson, a flotila under command of Flag Officer Andrew Foote attempted to assault the fort, but was mauled by the fort's artillery. It is notable in that there was no Admiral Rank in the US Navy at this time. One can argue that Flag Officer Foote could have been either a Commador or a Fleet Captain.
After all they now let Lieutenants Command starships lol.
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