Comments by "Walter Bailey" (@walterbailey2950) on "Battle Order" channel.

@notreallydavid Makes me think of the American novel Catch-22. An American officer with the rank of captain and the name of Major Major Major protested his posting as squadron leader based on his lack of qualification as a pilot. But his superior officer told him that was less important than having the appropriate rank for the posting. So he promoted him to Major thereby making him Major Major Major Major.
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Yeah and don’t you have an RAF rank called “pilot officer” held by people who are not actually pilots? Don’t you have ranks like squadron leader and group captain held by people who don’t lead squadrons or groups? Beyond the HG Wells aspect this is just confusing
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As others have said they need to adopt naval ranks. They may not have starships now but in the future how is it going to look if they commander of the enterprise is a “Colonel.” It didn’t work on Battlestar Galactica.
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