Sea Captain
| Imperial Army Nautical Force Command ranks |
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| Commissioned Officers |
| O8 » Sea Admiral (various grades) |
| O7 » Sea Commodore |
| O6 » Sea Captain |
| O5 » Commander |
| O4 » Lieutenant Commander |
| O3 » Lieutenant |
| O2 » Sub-Lieutenant |
| O1 » Ensign |
| O0 » Officer Cadet (Sea 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 Sailor (AS) |
| E2 » Sailor (SO) |
| E1 » Sailor Apprentice (SA) |
| E0 » Sailor Recruit (SR) |
The rank of Sea Captain (O6) is the most senior commissioned officer before one reaches flag-rank in the Imperial Army Nautical Force Command.
- For other uses of the Rank of Captain see Captain {Disambiguation}
- The Skipper of almost any ship will also hold the title Captain. This is NOT a Nautical rank.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
The Sea Captain would expect to command a Battleship or equivalent line unit or have similar levels of responsibility as a staff officer.
- The equivalent rank in the Imperial Army Ground Force Command (GFC) is Colonel.
- The equivalent rank in the Imperial Army Close Orbit and Airspace Control Command (COACC) is Group Leader (Group Captain).
The equivalent rank in other services are:
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.
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- Bryan Steele. Mercenary (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), 12.
- Collated by: BackworldTraveller