Major General
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The rank of Major General (O8) is the commissioned officer rank in the Imperial Army that commands a Division or has duties of similar importance.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
Each Division in the Imperial Army (and those few Mercenary units of sufficient size) will be commanded by a Major General. Several staff posts at Corps level or higher are also held by Officers with this rank. Appointment to this rank attracts the title of Knight or Baronet. [1]
- The equivalent rank in the Imperial Army Close Orbit and Airspace Control Command is Air Vice-Marshal.
- The equivalent rank in the Imperial Army Nautical Force Command is Sea Admiral.
In other services:
- The equivalent rank in the Imperial Navy is Fleet Admiral (Rear Admiral).
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
The rank "Major General" was historically that of "Sergeant-Major General", which explains why a Major General is junior to a Lieutenant General. The Sergeant Major General was traditionally in overall command of the Infantry Corps.
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.
- Douglas E. Berry. Ground Forces (Steve Jackson Games, 2000), 51.
- Gareth Hanrahan. Core Rulebook (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), 12.
- Collated by: BackworldTraveller
- ↑ Loren Wiseman. Nobles (Steve Jackson Games, 2004), 71.