Captain (IM)
| Imperial Marine Ranks |
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| Commissioned Officers |
| O9 » Marshal-Commandant of the Corps |
| O8 » Brigadier-General (Marshal) |
| O7 » Brigadier |
| O6 » Coronel |
| O5 » Lieutenant Coronel |
| O4 » Force Commander |
| O3 » Captain (Force Captain) |
| O2 » First Lieutenant (Force Lieutenant) |
| O1 » Second Lieutenant (Force Ensign) |
| O0 » Cadet / Midshipman |
| Enlisted Ranks |
| E9 » Chief Master Gun. Sgt (Sergeant Major) |
| E8 » Master Gunnery Sgt. (First Sergeant) |
| E7 » Master Sergeant (Leading Sergeant) |
| E6 » Staff Sergeant (Gunnery Sergeant) |
| E5 » Sergeant |
| E4 » Lance Sergeant |
| E3 » Corporal |
| E2 » Lance Corporal |
| E1 » Marine/Private (Private 1st Class) |
| E0 » Marine Recruit / Apprentice |
The rank of Captain (O3) is the commissioned officer rank in the Imperial Marines that commands a Company or has duties of similar importance.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
Each Company in the Imperial Marines and many Mercenary and Huscarle units will be commanded by a Captain. Several staff posts at Brigade level or higher are also held by Officers with this rank.
- The equivalent rank in the Imperial Navy is Lieutenant.
- The equivalent rank in the Imperial Army (GFC) is Captain.
- The equivalent rank in the Imperial Army (NFC) is Lieutenant
- The equivalent rank in the Imperial Army (COACC) is Flight Leader / Flight Lieutenant
n.b. While aboard ship, an Imperial Marine Captain will be temporarily promoted to Force Commander (a promotion without meaning or change of duty) to prevent confusion with the "skipper" of the vessel who is always known as The Captain. Such Imperial Marine Captains are often referred to informally as "Major" (e.g. "The Major" or "Marine Major").
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
The term "captain" derives from "katepánō" (Greek: κατεπάνω, lit. "[the one] placed at the top", or "the topmost"), which was used as title for a senior Byzantine military rank and office. The word was Latinized as capetanus/catepan, and its meaning seems to have merged with that of the late Latin "capitaneus" (which derives from the classical Latin word "caput", meaning head). This hybridized term gave rise to the Anglic term "captain" and its equivalents in other languages
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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- Douglas E. Berry. Ground Forces (Steve Jackson Games, 2000), 51.
- Gareth Hanrahan. Core Rulebook (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), 20.
- Collated by: BackworldTraveller