Captain (IN)
| Imperial Navy Ranks |
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| Commissioned Officers |
| O10 » Grand Admiral |
| O9 » Sector 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 |
| 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 Captain (O6) is the most senior commissioned officer before one reaches flag-rank in the Imperial Navy.
- For other uses of the Rank of Captain see Captain {Disambiguation}
- The Skipper of almost any ship will also hold the title Captain. This is NOT a Naval rank.
Description (Specifications)
The Captain would expect to command a Battleship or equivalent line unit or have similar levels of responsibility as a staff officer. Appointment to this rank will cause the individual to rise to the level of social distinction of an Imperial Gentleman in Imperial Society by default should he not already be of a more prestigious background personally. [1]
- The Imperial Army Ground Force Command equivalent is Colonel.
- The Imperial Marines equivalent is Coronel.
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.
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- Marc Miller. Players' Manual (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 55.
- Collated by: BackworldTraveller
- ↑ Matthew Sprange. Core Rulebook Update 2022 (Mongoose Publishing, 2021), 37.