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What happened to "Supreme Commander"?

therealfluffytherealfluffy Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited August 2014 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
In the DS9 episode "You Are Cordially Invited", Sisko congratulates Martok for being promoted to Supreme Commander of the 9th Fleet. What happened to that KDF rank in the upcoming expansion?
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    risingstar2009risingstar2009 Member Posts: 329 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    It's not a KDF Operational Title. It was more in reference to the fact that Martok had Overall Operational Command of the Allied Forces during the Dominion War.
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    mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I am Thor, Supreme commander of the Asg... oh wait!

    i think that was just a nickname, martok was still a general and addressed as such until later on to his position as chancellor.
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    therealfluffytherealfluffy Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Martok replies to Sisko by complaining how much paper work there will be to be a Supreme Commander so it sounds like a real rank to me.
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    futurepastnowfuturepastnow Member Posts: 3,660 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Supreme Commander is position, not a rank. He was still a General.
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    edited August 2014
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    grayfoxjamesgrayfoxjames Member Posts: 1,516 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Perhaps it's similar to Eisenhower's "Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces" rank which is just a title/rank during war times only. Maybe similar to a Five Star General typically only for war time.
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    therealfluffytherealfluffy Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    futurepastnow wrote: »
    Supreme Commander is position, not a rank. He was still a General.
    The Wikipedia article on Military Rank mentions the term "position" in several paragraphs as if it was synonym to rank.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_rank
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    policestate76policestate76 Member Posts: 1,424 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    "supreme" is just a word to point that it is big deal, xD, nothing more. Adjetives are not used in ranks.
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    therealfluffytherealfluffy Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    policestate76 wrote: »
    "supreme" is just a word to point that it is big deal, xD, nothing more. Adjetives are not used in ranks.
    Is this an opinion or do you have any facts that validates this from a Star Trek IP perspective? Promoting General Martok to a Commander (albeit supreme) makes no sense.
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    belidosbelidos Member Posts: 452 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    therealfluffy wrote: »
    Is this an opinion or do you have any facts that validates this from a Star Trek IP perspective? Promoting General Martok to a Commander (albeit supreme) makes no sense.

    It wasn't a promotion or demotion in rank as such, it's a title given to him to show that he was the highest ranking general in that engagement or campaign and in charge overall, his full title and rank would probably be on the lines of ..

    General Martok, Supreme commander of the 9th fleet.

    Think of it like our title system in game.
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    policestate76policestate76 Member Posts: 1,424 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    therealfluffy wrote: »
    Is this an opinion or do you have any facts that validates this from a Star Trek IP perspective? Promoting General Martok to a Commander (albeit supreme) makes no sense.

    Supreme ensing... wtf.
    Supreme admiral.. wtf.
    Supreme cadet.. wtf.

    You get it?

    Besides, just read the previous post, that was what i meant.
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