Vice Admiral
| Imperial Navy Ranks |
|---|
 |
| Commissioned Officers |
| O10 » Grand Admiral |
| O9 » Sector Admiral (General 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 (Ratings) |
| 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 Vice Admiral (O8 / O8b)* is one of the senior commissioned flag-officer ranks in the Imperial Navy.
- * - Some Rank Scales grade the ranks of Fleet Admiral as ranks O8-O10, in which case a Vice-Admiral rates a rank of O9
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Historically, the rank was the second in command of a fleet and the leader of the vanguard elements of the fleet in the line of battle.
A Battle Fleet or Large Task Force or a detachment of multiple Task Groups or squadrons from one or more numbered fleets in the Imperium will be normally be commanded by a Vice Admiral. A Vice-Admiral may sometimes be given charge of one of the Numbered Fleets in a sector.
Permanent appointment to this rank attracts the title of Baronet [1][2]; i.e. Should there not be any appropriate Noble candidate, the non-Noble will be granted a knighthood and/or Baronetcy 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.