Template talk:Scout Fleet Ranks 2
| IISS Bureaucracy Ranks |
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| Administrator Rank |
| IS-18 (O9) » Sector Scout Leader |
| IS-17 (O8) » Senior Scout Leader |
| IS-16 (O7) » Scout Leader |
| IS-15 (O6) » Scout Commander |
| IS-14 (O5) » Senior Administrator |
| IS-13 (O4) » Group Administrator |
| IS-12 (O3) » Administrator |
| IS-11 (O2) » Junior Administrator |
| IS-10 (O1) » Administrator Trainee |
| Ordinary Rank |
| IS-9 (E9) » Senior Supervisor |
| IS-8 (E8) » Supervisor |
| IS-7 (E7) » Asst. Supervisor |
| IS-6 (E6) » Team Leader |
| IS-5 (E5) » Asst. Team Leader |
| IS-4 (E4) » Skilled Worker |
| IS-3 (E3) » Journeyman |
| IS-2 (E2) » Clerk / Apprentice |
| IS-1 (E1) » Scout Recruit |
NOTES ON RANK TABLE:
Scout Fleet
The Scout Fleet consists of all of the vessels used by the Scout Service. Because the operation of space vessels requires a great deal of supervision, training, and control, the Scout Fleet is organized similar to a naval unit. Vessels used in the Field (for exploration or communications, for example) belong to the Scout Fleet, even if operated by individuals not specifically assigned to that office. The Scout Fleet supports the Communications Office and Exploration Office activities, and provides ships (as well as some personnel to crew them) to those offices. [1][2]
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In detailing the Scout Fleet Rank Table, I utilized the Scout Bureaucracy Rank Table as a general guideline for the level and scope of authority of the ranks, importing titles from it directly where they made sense for ranking in a ship's crew structure. When individual titles were too "bureaucratic" for such a purpose, I turned primarily to a slightly more "military-styled" version of the Merchant Service Ranks adopting a slightly "naval" spin on certain ranks. This kept the ranks from becoming too overtly military, while still retaining a paramilitary "government" style. In keeping with Scouts as highly technically proficient and not requiring fine gradings of rank, I kept the overall rank structure simple and utilitarian, based on what a larger vessel was likely to need, and based on required crew function rather than individual achievement-based pecking-order.
- Scout Bureaucracy Rank Equivalencies
- Administrators (Officers) = Commander or Lieutenant
- Supervisor = Warrant Officer
- Asst. Supervisor = Chief (Petty Officer)
- Team Leader = Petty Officer
- Asst. Team Leader = Leading Scout
- Skilled Worker = Scout 1st Class
- Journeyman = Scout
I chose "Commander" rather than "Captain" or "Master" to give the Officers a slightly more military feel as compared to Merchants or other civilian services, and it fit with the existing use of Commander for the higher-level Scout Bureaucracy Officers.
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- --WHULorigan (talk) 15:29, 20 August 2025 (UTC)
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Footnotes:
- ↑ Marc Miller. Scouts (Game Designers Workshop, 1983), 6.
- ↑ Jon F. Zeigler. First In (Steve Jackson Games, 1999), 7.