Rear Admiral
| 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 Rear Admiral (O8 / O8a) is one of the senior commissioned flag-officer ranks in the Imperial Navy.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Historically, the rank was the third in command of a fleet and the leader of the rearguard elements of the fleet in the line of battle.
Task Forces and Large Task Groups of the Imperial Navy may be commanded by Rear Admirals, as well as Divisions, Squadrons, or Large Task Units if the role or size is such that a Commodore is not felt sufficiently senior. In some cases a Rear Admiral may be given charge of one of the Numbered Fleets in a sector's reserve fleet.
Permanent appointment to this rank attracts the title of Knight or Baronet [1][2]. i.e. Should there not be any appropriate Noble candidate, the non-Noble will be granted a knighthood as part of the promotion process.
- Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 6.
- Martin Dougherty. The Imperial Navy (Mongoose Publishing, 2023), 123-127.
- Collated by: BackworldTraveller
- ↑ Loren Wiseman. Nobles (Steve Jackson Games, 2004), 71.
- ↑ Matthew Sprange. Core Rulebook Update 2022 (Mongoose Publishing, 2021), 37.