Airhand Recruit

Imperial Army Close Orbit & Airspace Control Command Rank Grades
Commissioned Officers
O8 » Air Marshal (various grades)
O7 » Air Commodore
O6 » Group Leader (Staff Colonel)
O5 » Wing Leader (Staff Major)
O4 » Squadron Leader (Staff Captain)
O3 » Flight Leader (Staff Lieutenant)
O2 » Flying Officer
O1 » Pilot Officer
O0 » Officer Cadet (Flight Cadet)
Enlisted Ranks
E9 » Chief Master Flight Sgt (Flight Sgt Major)
E8 » Master Flight Sergeant
E7 » Senior Flight Sergeant
E6 » Leading Flight Sergeant
E5 » Flight Sergeant
E4 » Crew Chief
E3 » Senior Airhand
E2 » Leading Airhand
E1 » Airhand
E0 » Airhand Recruit

Airhand Recruit (E0) is the rank of a Flyer during basic training in the Imperial Army.

Description (Specifications)

Airhand Recruit (E0) is the rank of a Flyer during basic training in the Imperial Army. They will be ranked as a Airhand on completing that training.

• The equivalent rank in the Imperial Army (Ground Force Command) is Private Recruit.
• The equivalent rank in the Imperial Army (Nautical Force Command) is Sailor Recruit.

In other services:

• The equivalent rank in the Imperial Navy is Spacehand Recruit.
• The equivalent rank in the Imperial Marines is Marine Recruit.

History & Background (Dossier)

Airhand Recruit or just Recruit is the historic term for a Flyer without rank and still undertaking training. The term "Airhand" described the fact that the Sophont would have been working with Aircraft.

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Terrance McInnes. COACC (Game Designers Workshop, 1989), 95.
• Bryan Steele. Mercenary (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), 9.
• Collated by: BackworldTraveller