Second Lieutenant (IM)
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The rank of Second Lieutenant (O1) is the commissioned officer rank in the Imperial Marines that is held by officers that are being given on-the-job training in the practicalities of the role of Officer.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
The rank of Second Lieutenant (O1) is the commissioned officer rank in the Imperial Marines that is held by officers that are being given on-the-job training in the practicalities of the role of Officer.
- The equivalent rank in the Imperial Navy is Ensign .
- The equivalent rank in the Imperial Army (Ground Force Command) is Second Lieutenant
- The equivalent rank in the Imperial Army (NFC) is Ensign
- The equivalent rank in the Imperial Army (COACC) is Pilot Officer
Second Lieutenant may also be known as:
- Force Ensign: because of the historic role of carrying the unit's flag (and defending it to the death)
- Shavetail: {Generally disparaging} because of the historic habit of shaving the tails of newly broken-in pack animals called Mules.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
The term Lieutenant is indicative of this rank being derived from the role of being the deputy commander of a Company under a Captain.
A Second Lieutenant is aspirant to that exalted position, and is considered to still be under on-the-job training.
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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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 Far Future Enterprises 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), 20.
- Collated by: BackworldTraveller