Editing Captain (IM)

{{Imperial Marine ranks}}
The rank of [[Captain]] (O3) is the commissioned officer rank in the [[Imperial Marines]] that commands a [[Company]] or has duties of similar importance.  

== Description (Specifications) ==
Each [[Company]] in the [[Imperial Marines]] and many [[Mercenary]] and [[Huscarle]] units will be commanded by a [[Captain (IM)|Captain]]. Several staff posts at [[Brigade]] level or higher are also held by Officers with this rank.

* The equivalent rank in the [[Imperial Navy]] is [[Lieutenant (IN)|Lieutenant]]. 

* The equivalent rank in the [[Imperial Army]] ([[Ground Force Command|GFC]]) is [[Captain (IA)|Captain]].
* The equivalent rank in the [[Imperial Army]] ([[Nautical Force Command|NFC]]) is [[Lieutenant (IA-NFC)|Lieutenant]]
* The equivalent rank in the [[Imperial Army]] ([[Close Orbit and Airspace Control Command|COACC]]) is [[Flight Leader|Flight Leader / Flight Lieutenant]]

n.b. While aboard ship, an [[Imperial Marines|Imperial Marine]] [[Captain (IM)|Captain]] will be temporarily promoted to [[Force Commander (IM)|Force Commander]] (a promotion without meaning or change of duty) to prevent confusion with the "''[[Ship's Captain|skipper]]''" of the vessel who is always known as '''[[Ship's Captain|The Captain]]'''. Such Imperial Marine Captains are often referred to informally as "'''Major'''" (e.g. "'''''The Major'''''" or "'''''Marine Major'''''").

== History & Background (Dossier) ==
The term "'''captain'''" derives from "''katepánō''" (Greek: κατεπάνω, lit. "[the one] placed at the top", or "the topmost"), which was used as title for a senior Byzantine military rank and office. The word was Latinized as capetanus/catepan, and its meaning seems to have merged with that of the late Latin "capitaneus" (which derives from the classical Latin word "caput", meaning head). This hybridized term gave rise to the [[Anglic]] term "'''captain'''" and its equivalents in other languages


== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
{{wikipedia|Captain}} 
{{Sources
 | {{Ludography cite|name=Ground Forces|page=51}}
 | {{Ludography cite|name= Core Rulebook |page= 20 |version=Mongoose Traveller}}
 | Collated by: [[User:BackworldTraveller|BackworldTraveller]]
}}

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