Royal Caledon Navy Officer Ranks and Titles
Entry: Graduates of the Royal Caledonian Naval Academy start at age 21 at O1 rank, below.
In each successive term, they roll for promotion on the Promotions Table, below.
| Grade | Command Billet (Type) | Adjutant Billet (Type) | Lt (Non-Cmd Billet) | Staff Billet | Notes | |
| O11 | Admiral of the Fleet | - | - | - | - | |
| O10 | Vuce Admiral (Station/Fleet) | - | NA | Chief of Naval Staff | - | |
| O9 | Rear Admiral (Task Force/FOB) | Adjutant (Station/Fleet) | NA | Navy Staff Department Head [1] | - | |
| O8 | Commodore (Squadron) | Adjutant (Task Force/FOB) | NA | Chief of Station Staff | - | |
| O7 | Captain of the Line (BB, CV) | Adjutant (Squadron) | NA | Commander, RCN Base (Navy Base) | - | |
| O6 | Frigate Captain (FF/AXH/Major Auxiliary) | First Lieutenant (BB, CV) | NA | Commander, Department (Base Department) [1] | At this level, all officers are either commanders, First Lieutenants, or in the Staff | |
| O5 | Corvette Captain (DD/Corvette/AXL) | First Lieutenant (FF/AXH/Major Auxiliary) | Lieutenant | Staff Senior Lieutenant | - | |
| O4 | Lieutenant Commanding (Sloop/Small Aux) | First Lieutenant (DD/Corvette/AXL) | Lieutenant | Staff Lieutenant | - | |
| O3 | - | First Lieutenant (Sloop/Small Aux) | Lieutenant | Staff Junior Lieutenant | - | |
| O2 | - | - | Sub-Lieutenant | NA | All Sub-Lieutenants are in effect on the command track; Ensigns who don't make the cut become Warrant Officers (WO1) | |
| O1 | - | - | Ensign | - | All Ensigns are being evaluated for further progress on Command, Warrant Officer tracks. |
[1] At the major levels of command (Base, FOB, Station/Fleet, Navy), there are always four staff departments:
- Logistics
- Intelligence
- Operations
- Administration.
Promotions Table
Referee's Note - To account for different game and dice systems, a fairly abstract promotions system is provided here.
It involves adding a character's Intelligence, Leadership, and either Ship Tactics (O6 or below) or Fleet Tactics (O7 and above) ratings, and rolling against the result.
- Outstanding Success is 1/4 or less of the number arrived at above
- High Success is 1/2 or less of the number above.
- Success is less than the number arrived at above
- Failureis greater than the number arrived at.
Note that the number will change as the officer gets additional Ship/Fleet Tactics and Leadership skill levels through his/her career.
Applying Die Results - Results are given in terms of "Grades" (Rows on the chart) and "Tracks" (Columns on the chart). For example, an O2 Non-Command Lieutenant who rolled High Success would get a result of "Up 1 Grade/Left 1 Track". That means he/she would be promoted to O3, and moved to the Executive Officer track.
Going "Off The Chart" - When a character is in the "Command Billet" rank column (commanding ships), and they get a further "Left 1 Track" result, it will take an additional "Right 1" track to move him/her onto the "Adjutant" track; once one is esconced in command, it's harder to get out.
However, once one is on the "Staff" (rightmost) track, all future promotions will be on the Staff track.
| Character Is... | Roll vs. Leaderhip + Intelligence +... | Outstanding Success | High Success | Success | Failure | Notes | |
| O10 | ...Fleet Tactics | Grade Up 1/Track Left 1 | Grade Up 1/Track NA | Grade Up 1/Track Right 1 | Grade Up 0/Track Right 1 | If in a Staff Billet, "Fail" = Retirement | |
| O9 | ...Fleet Tactics | Grade Up 1/Track Left 1 | Grade Up 1/Track NA | Grade Up 1/Track Right 1 | Grade Up 0/Track Right 1 | If in a Staff Billet, "Fail" = Retirement | |
| O8 | ...Fleet Tactics | Grade Up 1/Track Left 1 | Grade Up 1/Track NA | Grade Up 1/Track Right 1 | Grade Up 0/Track Right 1 | If in a Staff Billet, "Fail" = Retirement | |
| O7 | ...Fleet Tactics | Grade Up 1/Track Left 1 | Grade Up 1/Track NA | Grade Up 1/Track Right 1 | Grade Up 0/Track Right 1 | If in a Staff Billet, "Fail" = Retirement | |
| O6 | ...Fleet Tactics | Grade Up 1/Track Left 1 | Grade Up 1/Track NA | Grade Up 1/Track Right 1 | Grade Up 0/Track Right 1 | If in a Staff Billet, "Fail" = Retirement | |
| O5 | ...Ship Tactics | Grade Up 1/Track Left 1 | Grade Up 1/Track Left 1 | Grade Up 1/Track Right 1 | Grade Up 0/Track Right 1 | - | |
| O4 | ...Ship Tactics | Grade Up 1/Track Left 1 | Grade Up 1/Track Left 1 | Grade Up 1/Track Left 1 | Grade Up 0/Track Right 1 | - | |
| O3 | ...Ship Tactics | Grade Up 2/Track Left 1 | Grade Up 1/Track Left 1 | - | Grade Up 0/Track Right 1 | ||
| O2 | ...Ship Tactics | Grade Up 2/Track Left 1 | Grade Up 1/Track Left 1 | Grade Up 1/Track NA | Grade Up 1/Track Right 1 | - | |
| O1 | ...Ship Tactics | Grade Up 2/Track NA | Grade Up 1/Track NA | Grade Up 1/Track NA | Track - Warrant Officer | - |