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Thread: What's the rank structure???
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Arabell
Mon Aug 25, 2003 12:31 am
#14
Weird they'd mix the Warrant Officers in with the NCOs. Strange that they'd use a weird rank like Staff Corporal that ranks above Staff Sergeant. Well it appears I have several thousand fp to earn before I earn a comission. Thanks for the help.
Tatsuhiro
Sat Feb 26, 2005 7:57 pm
#15
c'mon lads - break it up 
btw what's the in-game benefit of riding up through the ranks (apart from being able to slap stormees)?
Actairr
Sat Feb 26, 2005 9:37 pm
#16
"not obligated to follow the Marine Corps"
BS its not. Chesty Puller would whip the crap out of any imp. I would put my fully automatic .50 cal against any platoon of Storm Troopers any day. And for the Brit, the Marine Corps still has LCpls as well, and they come right before Cpl.
BS its not. Chesty Puller would whip the crap out of any imp. I would put my fully automatic .50 cal against any platoon of Storm Troopers any day. And for the Brit, the Marine Corps still has LCpls as well, and they come right before Cpl.
HardwiredXMan
Sun Feb 27, 2005 1:13 pm
#17
Calel_Haven wrote:
JinobiQuan wrote:
According to the SWG Guide the Ranking System goes as follows:
Imperial Ranks:
1.Private 2. Corporal 3. Lance Corporal 4. Sergeant 5. Staff Corporal 6. Staff Sergeant 7. MAster Sergeant 8. Warrant Officer II 9. Sergeant MAjor 10. Warrant Officer I 11. First Lieutenant 12. Second Lieutenant 13. Army CAptain 14. MAjor 15. Lieutenant Colonel 16. Colonel 17. High Colonel 18. Brigadier General 19. MAjor General 20. Lieutenant General 21. General 22. High General 23. Surface Marshall
Rebel Ranks:
Are all identical accept that they have one less rank than the Imperial Faction...that being High Colonel
Hope this was helpful
Imperial Ranks:
Well that's wrong for a start. I was 2nd Lieutenant and I just moved up to Lieutenant. Not 1st Lieutenant but Lieutenant. Captain is next.
Also for who ever talked about lance corporals being dismounted soldiers, I should point out the lance corporal is the rank below corporal in the british army still.
THe highest rank SWG will allow you to get is Colonel....Noone can go higher in either faction. I also confirmed this on TC with the blue frogs....they gave free faction points to test the new changes to the GCW.......the recruiter gave me no choices to get promoted after colonel even with capped faction points.
Now I don't remember the exact rank order after warrant officer II, but up to that point, I am sure the rest are in order.
1.Private 2. Corporal 3. Lance Corporal 4. Sergeant 5. Staff Corporal 6. Staff Sergeant 7. MAster Sergeant 8. Warrant Officer II
(these I am 100% sure are in the correct order, as I remember them on live as I was climbing the ranks myself.
However, there was a thread a few months back that showed all the ranks in the right order confirmed from playing on live servers (not the swg guide, not from TC, not from military, not from swg books).....it was the order in which we could gain them by actually playing the game....and in my opinion, until the devs say otherwise, that is the correct order. Although i was in the military and from that standpoint, these are definitely not in the right order at all.
HardwiredXMan
Sun Feb 27, 2005 1:33 pm
#18
Ok, just recieved this email from my guildmate....this is what it says about the ranks and FP cost.
>
> Private - 200
>
> Lance Corpral - 600
>
> Corpral - 800
>
> Seargent - 1200
>
> Staff Sergeant - 1600
>
> Staff Corpral - 2000
>
> Warrant Officer II - 2500
>
> Seargent Major - 3000
>
> Warrant Officer - 3500
>
> Second Lieutenant - 4000
>
> Lieutenant - 5000
>
> Captain - 5000
>
> Major - 5500
>
> Lieutenant Colonol - 5500
>
> Colonel - 6000
>
and of course i'm sure all of you know that the faction points are what you need in addition to the 200 minimum requirement to still belong to your selected faction.
> Private - 200
>
> Lance Corpral - 600
>
> Corpral - 800
>
> Seargent - 1200
>
> Staff Sergeant - 1600
>
> Staff Corpral - 2000
>
> Warrant Officer II - 2500
>
> Seargent Major - 3000
>
> Warrant Officer - 3500
>
> Second Lieutenant - 4000
>
> Lieutenant - 5000
>
> Captain - 5000
>
> Major - 5500
>
> Lieutenant Colonol - 5500
>
> Colonel - 6000
>
and of course i'm sure all of you know that the faction points are what you need in addition to the 200 minimum requirement to still belong to your selected faction.
kikimufti
Tue Mar 01, 2005 2:51 am
#19
Actually, I just went through several of the imperial ranks last week and I am absolutely sure that I did:
Private
Lance Corporal
Corporal
Staff Corporal
Sergeant
in that exact order, so how come you all say Staff Corporal comes afer Sergeant and stuff like that?
Oh, and YES, I am SURE that's the order in which I got my promotions...
Private
Lance Corporal
Corporal
Staff Corporal
Sergeant
in that exact order, so how come you all say Staff Corporal comes afer Sergeant and stuff like that?
Oh, and YES, I am SURE that's the order in which I got my promotions...
TheLoneWolf
Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:01 am
#20
Navy Rank Structure
Seaman/Airman/Fireman Recruit
Seaman/Airman/Fireman Apprentice
Seaman/Airman/Fireman
Petty Officer 3rd Class
Petty Officer 2nd Class
Petty Officer 1st Class
Chief Petty Officer
Senior Chief Petty Officer
Master Chief Petty Officer
Warrant Officer 1
Chief Warrant Officer 2
Chief Warrant Officer 3
Chief Warrant Officer 4
Ensign
LT Junior Grade
LT
First LT
LT Commander
Commander
Captain
Rear Admiral Lower Half
Rear Admiral Upper Half
Admiral
Fleet Admira
(The Warrant officer may be out of order it has been 11.5 years since I was in the navy)
Army Rank
Private/PVT
Private/PV2
Private First Class
Specialist/Corpral(Junior NCO)
Sergeant
Staff Sergeant
Sergeant First Class
Master Sergeant/First Sergeant
Sergeant Major
Warrant Officer 1-4 (army only has 4 ranks of Warrant Officer)
2nd LT
1st LT
Captain
Major
LT Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier General
Major General
LT General
General
Airforce
Airman Basic
Airman
Airman First Class
Senior Airman
Staff Sergeant
Tech Sergeant
Master Sergeant/First Sergeant
Senior Master Sergeant/First Sergeant
Chief Master Sergeant/First Sergeant
(OC Same as Army)
Marine
Private
Private First Class
Lance Corporal
Corporal
Sergeant
Staff Sergeant
Gunnery Sergeant
Master Sergeant/First Sergeant
Master Gunnery Sergeant/Sergeant Major
(OC ranks same as Army)
TheLoneWolf
Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:08 am
#21
Also I want to point out that the Imperial uniform is based of the German uniform. And thier highest rank was General Feldmarschall (Field Marshal). That is why if IRL you are putting together an Imperial uniform then you want to buy the German Nazi Uniform boots.
Yes SW has a deeper meaning than a lot of people may realize.
Ottergame
Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:39 am
#22
TheLoneWolf wrote:Also I want to point out that the Imperial uniform is based of the German uniform. And thier highest rank was General Feldmarschall (Field Marshal). That is why if IRL you are putting together an Imperial uniform then you want to buy the German Nazi Uniform boots.Yes SW has a deeper meaning than a lot of people may realize.
Yes, the Imperial army is pretty much patterned after the Nazis and Germany's military of the second world war. The Nazi solders were called... Stormtroopers.
ShivKatal
Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:08 pm
#23
I agree with kikimufti (same experience). Looks like non-coms are fixed now.
Oh and we almost did have a Field Marshal, but the guy up for it was named
George C. Marshall and he refused be known as Field Marshal Marshall.
source:
How to Make War (Fourth Edition) : A Comprehensive Guide to Modern Warfare in the Twenty-first Century -- by James F. Dunnigan
Oh and we almost did have a Field Marshal, but the guy up for it was named
George C. Marshall and he refused be known as Field Marshal Marshall.
source:
How to Make War (Fourth Edition) : A Comprehensive Guide to Modern Warfare in the Twenty-first Century -- by James F. Dunnigan
NexusSyndicateFounder
Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:43 pm
#24
Atleast thats better than Major Major Major Major 
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