Lieutenant (IN)

Imperial Navy Ranks
Commissioned Officers
O10 » Grand Admiral
O9 » Sector Admiral
O8c » Fleet Admiral (Admiral)
O8b » Fleet Admiral (Vice Admiral)
O8a » Fleet Admiral (Rear Admiral)
O7 » Commodore
O6 » Captain
O5 » Commander
O4 » Lieutenant Commander
O3 » Lieutenant
O2 » Sub-Lieutenant
O1 » Ensign
O0 » Cadet / Midshipman
Enlisted
E9 » Master Chief Petty Officer (MCPO)
E8 » Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO)
E7 » Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
E6 » Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
E5 » Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
E4 » Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
E3 » Able Spacehand (ASH)
E2 » Spacehand (SH)
E1 » Spacehand Apprentice (A)
E0 » Spacehand Recruit (R)

The rank of Lieutenant (O3) is an officer rank in the Imperial Navy, junior to a Lieutenant Commander and senior to a Sub-Lieutenant.

Description (Specifications)

An naval Lieutenant is the commander of a department aboard ship.

• The Imperial Army Ground Force Command equivalent is Captain.
• The Imperial Army Close Orbit and Airspace Control Command equivalent is Flight Lieutenant.
• The Imperial Marines equivalent is Captain.

History & Background (Dossier)

The rank of Lieutenant has a long history from its first inception in the wet-navies of pre-spaceflight planetary naval services. This rank's name indicates that the holder deputised for a commander or was their second-in-command.

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• Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 6.
• Collated by: BackworldTraveller