Commodore

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 Commodore (O7) is the sixth most senior commissioned officer rank in the Imperial Navy and the first flag rank.

Description (Specifications)

Each Squadron in the Imperial Navy will be commanded by at least a Commodore, although this may occasionally be a temporary rank for an officer of lesser substantive rank standing in while a new senior officer arrives, being "tried in office" and/or awaiting confirmation of promotion.

Permanent appointment to this rank attracts the title of Knight.

History & Background (Dossier)

This rank is an ancient one found in wet-navies before the advent space-going communities.

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 Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 6.
• Marc Miller. Players' Manual (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 55.
• Collated by: BackworldTraveller