Military Rank Chart

Common Space Naval Ranking Schema:
Whatever other systems they have pushing them apart, practically every space navy in the universe uses a nine-grade enlisted rank system. Names of the grades differ but they generally come down to, from lowest to highest:
Apprentice Spacer, Spacer, Senior Spacer Petty Officer 3rd Class, Petty Officer 2nd Class, Petty Officer 1st Class Chief Petty Officer, Senior Chief Petty Officer, Master Chief Petty Officer Warrant Officers are a side track of noncommissioned officers parallel to Petty Officers but generally with greater accepted authority. The ISN has five Warrant grades: Warrant Officer, Warrant Officer 1st Class, Chief Warrant Officer, Senior Chief Warrant Officer, Master Chief Warrant Officer. Generally, a system of warrant officer grades will have no fewer than two and no more than six grades. With some exceptions, officer ranks generally fall into either a “British” or “Prussian” ranking scheme. British ranks: Grade Rank Responsibilities OF-D Midshipman/Cadet Officer-Candidate/Student OF-1 Ensign* Shift Leader OF-1 Sub-Lieutenant** Division Leader OF-2 Lieutenant Department Head OF-3 Lieutenant Commander Department Head/Destroyer CO OF-4 Commander Senior Dept Head/Light Cruiser CO OF-5 Captain Major Shore Installation/Capital Ship CO F-1 Commodore Destroyer Squadron F-2 Rear Admiral Cruiser Squadron F-3 Vice Admiral Battle Squadron or Carrier Battle Group F-4 Admiral Task Force or Numbered Fleet F-5 Fleet Admiral Commanders in Chief
*: Sometimes not included in the ranking scheme **: Sometimes Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Rank titles: Where two ranks share a similar name, it is customary to verbally use the name of the unmodified rank to address them. In the Navy, the ranks affected by this are Sub-Lieutenant and Lieutenant Commander. As a rule of thumb, a starship can be commanded by an officer up to one grade higher than its command billet. Prussian ranks: Rank Grade Common Term Responsibilities OF-1 Lieutenant or Ensign Department Officer OF-2 Lieutenant Senior Department Officer OF-3 Captain Lieutenant Department Command/Destroyer XO OF-4 Destroyer Captain Destroyer Command/Cruiser XO OF-5 Cruiser Captain Cruiser Command/Ship XO OF-6 Star Captain Ship or Divisional Command OF-7 Counter Admiral Squadron Command OF-8 Vice Admiral Squadron Command OF-9 Admiral Fleet Command OF-10 Grand Admiral High Command British-style ranks are traditionally used by Anglophone countries such as the United Kingdom (obviously), United States and Canada, and nations with traditional ties to the navies of those countries, such as Japan, Iran, and India. Prussian-style ranks are traditionally used by German- and Romance language-speaking nations including Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, and nations with traditional ties to those countries.
Enlisted ranks are usually more simple – there are three types of enlisted (junior enlisted, NCOs and senior NCOs), and an enlisted person is typically referred to by their rating rather than their rank. Typical Enlisted ranks: E-1 Spacer Recruit E-2 Able Spacer E-3 Spacer First Class E-4 Petty Officer 3rd Class E-5 Petty Officer 2nd Class E-6 Petty Officer 1st Class E-7 Chief Petty Officer E-8 Senior Chief Petty Officer E-9 Master Chief Petty Officer
Professionally, persons of E-1 through E-3 rank are considered equivalent to Apprentice Spacers in merchant marine service, E-4 through E-6 to Journeyman Spacers and E-7 through E-9 to Master Spacers. The Interstellar Navy uses a modified British ranking system Grade Rank Grade Rank E-1 Spacer Apprentice O-UG Midshipman/Cadet E-2 Able Spacer O-1 Ensign E-3 Spacer 1st Class O-2 Sub-Lieutenant E-4 Petty Officer 3rd Class O-3 Lieutenant E-5 Petty Officer 2nd Class O-4 Lieutenant Commander E-6 Petty Officer 1st Class O-5 Commander E-7 Chief Petty Officer O-6 Adjutant/Captain* E-8 Senior Chief Petty Officer F-1 Counter Admiral E-9 Master Chief Petty Officer F-2 Rear Admiral W-1 Warrant Officer F-2 Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy W-2 Chief Warrant Officer F-3 Vice Admiral W-3 Warrant Lieutenant F-4 Admiral W-4 Warrant Commander F-5 Fleet Admiral
Enlisted members of the military are titled by three grade bands. An E-1 to E-3 spacer is called by their rating (an Able Spacer Jones rated as Power Technician is “Power Technician Jones” or “P-Tech Jones” for short). An E-4 to E-6 Petty Officer is called “Mate” (“P-Tech’s Mate Jones”), and an E-7 to E-9 Chief Petty Officer is called “Chief” (“Chief P-Tech Jones”). A Warrant Officer holds an Allied Warrant in lieu of Commission. Warrant Officers are typically selected before reaching the rank of Chief Petty Officer. In terms of authority a W-1 Warrant Officer holds equivalent authority to a Senior Chief Petty Officer (E-8). A Chief Warrant Officer is equivalent in authority to an Ensign, but since a CWO typically has between 10 and 15 years in the service already before receiving their warrant, they are often given more respect and implicit authority than their low officer ranking equivalent might suggest. A W-3 Warrant Lieutenant has the same authority as an O-3 Lieutenant, and a W-4 Warrant Commander has the same authority as an O-4 Lieutenant Commander who is not Line-tracked. An officer of grade O-6 who is qualified to command a starship or shore installation is titled “Captain,” all other O-6s are titled “Adjutant.” O-6 Adjutants are sometimes referred to as “Warrant Captains,” even though O-6 is a Commissioned rank and not a Warranted rank. The Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy is a single Enlisted person who serves as the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Admiralty. This unique position is professionally enlisted but in terms of ceremony and salary is equal to a Rear Admiral. Although MCPON does not hold a commission from the Allied Council, it is a Flag Officer rank. The current MCPON as of SE 351 is Master Chief Petty Officer Mateja Babić, who has held the position since SE 344.

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Civic, Military, Generic