Re: Army ranks

From: Tim Ellis <tim_at_...>
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 17:59:15 -0000

Martin Laurie writes
> John writes:
>
> << I'm looking for Lunar army rank structure: specifically, I'm
> looking for nco-equivalent ranks for Quartermaster types who you
> might find in an Alda Chur market or upon the Tarsh Road circa
> 1620. If there is regimental or uniform information available, so
> much the better.>>
>

<snip>

> But, given that this level of complexity is confusing to many who
> are less than interested in military minutia, the old standbys work.

I thought that. Why not just use "Quartermaster" as the rank?

> Having said that, I instituted a rank system for the PargAddi unlike
> any RW naming convention and the players bacame used to it within a
> session, even though they aren't military nuts. Its pretty easy
> really - they look around and say "hes above me and I'm above him"
> and thats all that rank is.
>

OK then "Quartermaster", "Senior Quartermaster", "Quartermaster 1st Class" and so on?