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Post by lordroel on Apr 3, 2019 15:33:35 GMT
Can you as a Rear admiral command a squadron of ships ore can you now command a fleet, ore do you need to wait until your next promotion. I think it would probably depend on the date as to what sort of forces a rear admiral commanded, plus of course other events. IIRC but could easily be wrong that the entire fleet would be under an Admiral's command with assorted squadrons in it being either rear or vice admirals. Mind you it also considers what naval system we're using as different nations, probably also at different time have different definitions. For instance see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear_admiral_(Royal_Navy), for the RN stance. According to that I would be the junior of the three ranks, commanding the less demanding rear of the line while the vice admiral commands the foremost units and the primary admiral in command would be in the centre. Well your next rank will be Squadron vice admiral, wich is not a rank that was used by the Royal Netherlands Navy wich most of the ranks are based on. |
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Post by Zyobot on Apr 3, 2019 19:30:15 GMT
I think it would probably depend on the date as to what sort of forces a rear admiral commanded, plus of course other events. IIRC but could easily be wrong that the entire fleet would be under an Admiral's command with assorted squadrons in it being either rear or vice admirals. Mind you it also considers what naval system we're using as different nations, probably also at different time have different definitions. For instance see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear_admiral_(Royal_Navy), for the RN stance. According to that I would be the junior of the three ranks, commanding the less demanding rear of the line while the vice admiral commands the foremost units and the primary admiral in command would be in the centre. Well your next rank will be Squadron vice admiral, wich is not a rank that was used by the Royal Netherlands Navy wich most of the ranks are based on. I take it there were a few ranks you probably had to devise yourself? Looking at the Royal Netherlands Naval ranks on Wiki, there doesn't seem to be that many left for a given member to achieve after reaching x number of posts. |
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Post by lordroel on Apr 3, 2019 19:47:41 GMT
Well your next rank will be Squadron vice admiral, wich is not a rank that was used by the Royal Netherlands Navy wich most of the ranks are based on. I take it there were a few ranks you probably had to devise yourself? Looking at the Royal Netherlands Naval ranks on Wiki, there doesn't seem to be that many left for a given member to achieve after reaching x number of posts. Well the Squadron vice admiral is a rank in use by the French navy but doubt Steve will mind that, I think. |
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Post by stevep on Apr 3, 2019 20:11:01 GMT
I take it there were a few ranks you probably had to devise yourself? Looking at the Royal Netherlands Naval ranks on Wiki, there doesn't seem to be that many left for a given member to achieve after reaching x number of posts. Well the Squadron vice admiral is a rank in use by the French navy but doubt Steve will mind that, I think.
Bloody damned Frogs!  Seriously it sounds like basically the same rank as the RN vice admiral. |
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Post by lordroel on Apr 4, 2019 3:09:55 GMT
Well the Squadron vice admiral is a rank in use by the French navy but doubt Steve will mind that, I think. Bloody damned Frogs! Seriously it sounds like basically the same rank as the RN vice admiral. Ore close to Lieutenant admiral which was used by the Royal Netherlands Navy but i like the sound of Squadron vice-admiral. |
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Post by lordroel on Apr 8, 2019 13:47:29 GMT
Congratulation to our first female Commander raunchel |
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Post by raunchel on Apr 8, 2019 14:15:31 GMT
Congratulation to our first female Commander raunchelThank you! This really is a moment of immense pride to me! |
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Post by lordroel on Apr 8, 2019 14:20:57 GMT
Congratulation to our first female Commander raunchelThank you! This really is a moment of immense pride to me! It is a pleasure for me to see everybody who post on Alternate Timelines not only receive a rewards when they post but also show in a rank that they are dedicated in posting here, some more than others. |
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Post by lordroel on May 8, 2019 2:59:28 GMT
Congratulation to Captain Zyobot.  |
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Post by Zyobot on May 8, 2019 12:25:41 GMT
Congratulation to Captain Zyobot. Thank you, thank you! I said I'd attain 2K posts by the end of May, and I delivered accordingly. That actually makes me wonder how many posts I'll have by the end of 2019, though getting further into that discussion is for a different thread. Anyways, it's good to be Captain. |
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Post by lordroel on May 11, 2019 18:37:54 GMT
Congratulation to Ensign forcon |
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Post by James G on May 11, 2019 18:44:17 GMT
Congratulation to Ensign forcon One day he'll be a Captain like me... but by then I shall be an Admiral. |
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Post by lordroel on May 11, 2019 18:47:10 GMT
Congratulation to Ensign forcon One day he'll be a Captain like me... but by then I shall be an Admiral. I think he will be a Commander before you are a Commodore, James G |
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Post by forcon on May 11, 2019 19:31:40 GMT
Congratulation to Ensign forcon Thanks Lordroel! |
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Post by lordroel on Jun 17, 2019 3:46:46 GMT
Congratulations to lieutenant @vonhitchofen  |
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Seriously it sounds like basically the same rank as the RN vice admiral. 
