Fleet Admiral
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 Fleet Admiral (O8) is the third most senior commissioned officer rank in the Imperial Navy.
Description (Specifications)
Each numbered fleet in the Imperium will be commanded by at least a Fleet Admiral, 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.
Fleet Admiral is sometimes known as Subsector Admiral.
Permanent appointment to this rank attracts the title of Knight[1]. i.e. Should there not be any appropriate Noble candidate, the non-Noble will be granted a knighthood as part of the promotion process.
Each sector will have a senior officer from each Imperial Navy Branch as local head of that branch and advising on the technical requirements of that branch to the Sector Admiral These officers have the rank of Fleet Admiral, are known as Staff Admirals and hold the title Flag Officer [ Sector ] ([ Branch ]) e.g. Flag Officer Deneb (Gunnery).[2]
History & Background (Dossier)
This rank is simply named after the "Admiral that commands a Fleet".
- 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
- ↑ Loren Wiseman. Nobles (Steve Jackson Games, 2004), 72.
- ↑ Martin Dougherty. Sector Fleet (Mongoose Publishing, 2010), 37.