[Androgeos Exeunt]

Nope on Squadwar, i was ONE freakin ullysses kill away from making Commander when PXO died.....

Wow. It must've died quite suddenly then.

[Colonol Dekker]

It happened between my net sessions. BAck then 56k dial-up was mucho-expensiev.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

At least you got to play PXO. I was born too late to experience it myself. By the time I have the Internet connection and the game, PXO was already dead for almost half a decade.

[Bob-san]

I'm pretty sure I flew on PXO once, and I know I tried many times more. Other than that, it could just be that we only ever saw Admirals because Alpha 1 was always assigned to a squadron that ended up in major assaults. Who captained the Colossus? And remember that we're talking about gigantic militarizes... millions strong operating hundreds of gigantic ships.

[Akalabeth Angel]

And remember that we're talking about gigantic militarizes... millions strong operating hundreds of gigantic ships.

       And you base that on what? Other than opinion that is.

[Bob-san]

And remember that we're talking about gigantic militarizes... millions strong operating hundreds of gigantic ships.

       And you base that on what? Other than opinion that is.

10,000 people per destroyer, several destroyers per fleet, 12 or so terran fleets, 12 or so vasudan battlegroups, the Big C, all the corvettes, all the cruisers, all the transports, all the military installations, and then adding to that the support personal on planets and everywhere else. Also remember the scaling factor... ships in space are much larger than our own ships in the water. Also don't forget other branches such as GTVI, which would add a few percent (maybe) of the GTVA's personal.

Edited for typo

[Stormkeeper]

Who captained the Colossus?

I think this is a very good question. Who captained that monster?

[Akalabeth Angel]

Who captained the Colossus?

I think this is a very good question. Who captained that monster?

         Some bald headed guy.

[Snail]

         Some bald headed guy.

Head-CM1 ain't bald.

[colecampbell666]

No, the bald black guy was 3^rd Fleet HQ.

[Snail]

You mean Terran Frakking Command?

[colecampbell666]

No, that was Samuel L. Mutha****in Jackson.

[NGTM-1R]

But it is Admiral Petrach, not Midshipman Petrach, leader of the Vega fleet! Maybe each fleet only has one Admiral. But perhaps all the other destroyers are Rear or Vice Admirals??

I'm pretty sure Petrarch is stated to be a Vice Admiral, which makes perfect sense from USN standpoint, as he has a fleet command. Task force command usually devolves upon a rear admiral, or the most senior captain, depending on its importance and the availability of a more senior officer to command it. A full admiral is usually a theater commander, or the commander of a fleet that is significantly larger than normal.

There are also a variety of administrative or shore posts that merit a rear or vice admiral, but we have no clue as to those for the GTVA.

[colecampbell666]

What's the ranking? Vice<Admiral<Rear?

[Droid803]

Admiral > Vice > Rear

[Stormkeeper]

[V] forgot to leave behind a detailed GTVA command structure.

[Snail]

[V] forgot to leave behind a detailed GTVA command structure.

Or just didn't want to/couldn't be bothered.

[Droid803]

Most people just assume something similar to modern day wet navies.

[Dilmah G]

Most people just assume something similar to modern day wet navies.

Well there isn't exactly a good reason to change the structure of the navy just based on a new environment similar in operation to an atmospheric theatre of ops. It's not like there's anything dramatic that should be changed (Why make a new rank just because there's no water, the Navy still functions as a cohesive, organised, disciplined unit). But I mean rank is there as a discplinary/ chain of command/assosciation component, so unless there's a need to change disciplinary structure, the rank system probably wouldn't change, other than some subtle changes, such as new periods of service for officers and such

[Snail]

Well, that, and it's 300+ years in the future.