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Old 10-30-2021, 03:24 PM
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Regarding Colonel Kira being made a Commander in Starfleet...




PNQ: Shouldn't she be a Captain?



As an aside I decided to look up a chart comparing Army (i.e. Bajoran Militia) and Navy (i.e. Starfleet) ranks. Major is equivalent to Lieutenant Commander, which is odd is retrospect. I think Kira was in charge of the entire Militia within the Bajoran system (besides Bajor, of course).



Perhaps she was really a Lieutenant Colonel, which is equivalent to Commander. A full Colonel is equivalent to Captain. Memory Alpha confirms the Colonel/Captain thing and brings up Colonel West.



Then again, Colonel West wore uniform decoration above the level of a Captain (and again, insert Nate's theory that army-ranked people were really members of UESPA integrated into Starfleet).



Of course, I suddenly wonder why Bajor would use Earth rank titles anyway.



And while we're on this rank kick, I found myself wondering why the Romulan Commander would equal a Starfleet Captain and where the term "Sub-commander" came from.



Apparently for Sub-commander T'Pol it was declared that the rank was somewhere between Commander and Captain.



Memory Beta has a chart comparing Vulcan and Romulan ranks. Which is odd, you'd think they'd be the same. And don't forget, the Vulcans have their own fleet separate from Starfleet.


The Trek BBS forum has a nice conversation comparing Vulcan and Starfleet ranks.
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