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| {{disline|For the rank structure of the [[Original Series]] and [[1980]], see [[Military Ranks (TOS)]] and [[Military Ranks (1980)]]}}
| | This is rank structure for the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|re-imagined series]] is derived from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|original series]] [[Military Ranks (TOS)|ranks]] as mentioned in [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s blog. |
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| | == Rank equivalencies == |
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| This table was originally based on an older blog entry by [[Ronald D. Moore]] posted in 2005, in which he replies to a question about the show's rank structure (see ''[[#Official Statements|Official Statements]]'' below). It has been expanded and altered since that time to include additional ranks that have been established since then (lieutenant colonel, rear admiral) and heavily supplemented by sources close to the show as well as a recently released rank pin chart. It should be noted that some of the ranks on the pin chart are listed differently elsewhere on this page for practical reasons. In some cases this is done because the rank given on the pin chart is assumed to represent a position rather than a specific rank (i.e. the only reference to term senior chief on screen (in "[[Blood on the Scales]]") appears to use it as a position rather than a rank, since only Tyrol holds the position of senior chief but both he and Peter Laird are chief petty officers) or because the the rank on the pin chart is consistently referred to differently on screen (i.e. crew specialist has always been referred to as specialist).
| | These ranks have been speculatively expanded into the following table in order to provide a rough rank equivalency with the United States Navy. Many aspects of the following table, including the addition of Vice and Rear Admiral ranks are speculative.<br> Rank equivalencies in real life are usually established only when two organizations with differing rank structures have to work together and establish who outranks whom. As this obviously isn't happening between [[Colonial Fleet]] and the United States military, the following table exists mainly to improve understanding of Colonial ranks for those familiar with the US military. |
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| The ranks are a mix of naval and marine ranks inherited from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], but mirror naval practices in execution and are elaborated during the series both on-screen and in production notes. It is possible to create a rough equivalence to real world armed forces. However, while the [[Colonial Fleet (TRS)|Colonial Fleet]] has many parallels with modern armed forces it is a fictional organization and diverges from reality in certain places, for example in the duties of commanders and admirals, or the place of the [[CAG]] within the ship's hierarchy.
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| The officer ranks of the [[Colonial Marine Corps]] (CMC) have yet to be established on screen (with the exception of lieutenant) or by official sources and thus are not listed here. The Marine Corps's enlisted ranks largely mirror real world ranks. <ref name="sfc"/>
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| ! style="font-size:100%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''COLONIAL FLEET RANK'''
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| ! style="font-size:100%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''COLONIAL MARINE CORPS RANK'''
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| | | style="font-size:95%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''BSG Military Rankings''' |
| | | style="font-size:95%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''Navy Equivalent''' |
| | | style="font-size:95%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''BSG Examples''' |
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| | Admiral <ref name="adm">'''Admiral''': [[Peter Corman]] wears the same admiral insignia as Adama and Cain, but with thick gold piping on his duty uniform. This raises the question of how a rear admiral can be distinguished from a full admiral in dress uniform, given that dress uniforms have no colored piping. It can be speculated that, as has been the case with the ranks of ensign and junior lieutenant, the production crew uses the same insignia for both admiral ranks, as only one type of admiral pin has been made for the show. It would normally be expected that different admiral grades would be distinguished by the number of gold bars (for example one set for a rear admiral, etc).</ref>|| | | | colspan="5" align=left style="font-size:85%;" | '''FLAG OFFICERS''' |
| | [[Nagala]], [[Peter Corman]]
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| | Rear Admiral <ref name="ra">'''Rear Admiral''': | | | [O-11] |
| *In the [[Pegasus (Extended Version)|extended version]] of the episode "Pegasus," Adama states "Fleet promoted her to rear admiral over half of the commanders on the list.," thus establishing this rank.
| | | Fleet Admiral |
| *When Adama is promoted to admiral in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" his new rank insignia are identical to Cain's.
| | | Fleet Admiral |
| *Cain seems to command both her battlestar and its [[Battlestar Group]]. In modern practice, a captain (the real-world rank most similar to the colonial rank of commander) commands only the ship, while an admiral is in charge of the Carrier Strike Group and is often on the same ship as a captain.
| | | [[Nagala]] <ref name="fa">'''Admiral''': It is assumed that [[Nagala|Nagala's]] given rank of Admiral ([[Miniseries]]) equates to that of Admiral in the US Navy. However, when he took personal command of the Colonial Fleet following the [[Cylon Attack]] ([[Miniseries]]), it is assumed he adopted the (war time) role of Fleet Admiral.</ref> |
| *While Cain wears a regular rear admiral's duty uniform with gold-over-silver piping, Adama continues to wear his commander's duty uniform with red-over-gold piping after his promotion to admiral. From a production point of view, this was most likely done so that the crew didn't have to create a new set of uniforms for the actor, but can be explained in-universe by a lack of male admiral uniforms in the Fleet's stores following the attack on the Twelve Colonies. Similarly, Hoshi also wears his lieutenant's duty uniform with one line of solid white pipping after his promotion to admiral.
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| | [[Helena Cain]], [[William Adama]] (Season 2.5+), [[Louis Hoshi]] {{TRS|Daybreak, Part II}} ||
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| | class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''SENIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER''' | | | [O-10] |
| | | Admiral |
| | | Admiral |
| | | [[Nagala]] <ref name="fa"/> |
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| | Commander || | | |[O-9] |
| | William Adama (Miniseries-Season 2.5), [[Barry Garner]] (Season 2.5), [[Jack Fisk]] (Season 2.5), {{callsign|Lee Adama}} (breveted, Season 2.5-Season 3.0), [[Felix Gaeta]] (unofficially, during mutiny in "[[Blood on the Scales]]") | | |Vice Admiral |
| | |Vice Admiral |
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| | Colonel || | | |[O-8] |
| | [[Saul Tigh]], [[Jurgen Belzen]] | | |Rear Admiral |
| | |Rear Admiral(Upper Half) |
| | |[[Helena Cain]], [[William Adama]] <ref name="ra">'''Rear Admiral''': |
| | *In the [[Pegasus (Extended Version)|Extended Version]] of the episode "Pegasus", Adama states "Fleet promoted her to Rear Admiral over half of the Commanders on the list." This could also indicate that Commander is not a flag rank in the BSG universe. |
| | *A [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Image:GalPegDradis.JPG screen capture] of ''Galactica'''s Dradis shows two stars next to ''Pegasus''. It is speculated that this denotes [[Helena Cain|Cain]] as a two-star Admiral. |
| | *When Adama is promoted to Admiral in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" his new rank insignia are indentical to Cain's. They also have two gold bars on the sides, which could be equivalent to today's two stars of a Rear Admiral, Upper Half.</ref> |
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| | Lieutenant Colonel <ref name="LtCol">'''Lieutenant Colonel''': | | |[O-7] |
| *This information [[Sources:Jack Fisk|comes from production materials]], which note [[Jack Fisk]]'s rank as lieutenant colonel in the portions of "[[Razor]]" before [[Jurgen Belzen]] is executed. Fisk wears different rank insignia from the normal colonel insignia, as seen [[:Image:Fisk LtCol insignia 1.jpg|here]] and [[:Image:Fisk LtCol pin 2.jpg|here]]. | | |Commander |
| *These devices have been previously used for [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]," but she is identified as a lieutenant in dialog. Insiders have indicated that Dualla's use of the lieutenant colonel insignia was a costuming error/necessity, that was necessitated during her first appearances after becoming an officer because there weren't enough junior lieutenant devices to go around. It has also been noticed that other characters including Chief Tyrol have used them from time to time for the same reason. | | |Rear Admiral(Lower Half) (formerly Commodore) |
| *Fisk's uniform piping as a lieutenant colonel is the same red-over-white as on a full colonel's uniform. Given that he is the only person ever even referred to as holding that rank, it is likely safe to assume that lieutenant colonel and colonel share the same colors. This is unusual in that all other senior officers' uniforms have distinctive piping, but can be explained by their potentially similar duties. However, this may - like the use of some rank devices - be a production necessity: It was far easier to use the actor's existing uniform than create a new one (Fisk's first appearance took place within the show's timeline after he had already been promoted to full colonel as Razor was filmed in between that season and the following one.</ref> || | | |[[Lee Adama]], [[Barry Garner]] <ref name="commander">'''Commander:''' The rank of Commander is somwhat unclear, and may in fact cover several rank positions within the Colonial Fleet. |
| | Jack Fisk ("[[Razor]]")
| | *Given [[William Adama]]'s apparent seniority (his ability to assume full command of the fleet on hearing of the death of [[Nagala]]) it could be argued has been equated to that of Vice-Admiral - thus making him senior enough to take over the role of Fleet Admiral without objection from other battlestar commanders. |
| | * However, given he is the ''commanding officer'' of a vessel, it could also be argued that Adama's rank equates to that of a U.S. Navy Captain. |
| | * Equally, Adama's rank could easily equate to that of Commodore on the grounds that he was potentially the commander of the [[75th Battlestar Group]] (assuming ''[[Galactica]]'' was the flag ship for BSG 75). For the purposes of this rank table, therefore, it is assumed that "Commander" encompasses both the flag ''and'' commanding officer roles, giving Adama an equivalent rank of Rear Admiral (Lower Half). |
| | * An in-universe explination for Adama easily taking command of the fleet, could be that he assumed ''Galactica'' was the only remaining fully functional battlestar after he received reports that the others fell victim to [[CNP|electronic malfunctions]].</ref> |
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| | class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''JUNIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER''' | | | colspan="5" align=left style="font-size:85%;" | '''COMMISSIONED OFFICERS''' |
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| | Major || | | |[O-6] |
| | [[Jackson Spencer]], [[Sherman Cottle]], [[Kendra Shaw]] <ref name="Major">After her promotion to major in "[[Razor]]," Shaw wears a colonel's red-over-white piping instead of the normal simple white piping normally worn by all junior officer ranks. This may have been an intentional decision to denote her position as ''Pegasus''{{'|s}} XO, or just a costuming error.</ref>, Lee Adama (Season 2.5+) | | |Colonel |
| | |Captain |
| | |[[Saul Tigh]], [[Jack Fisk]] <ref name="colonel">'''Colonel:''' The equivalence of the rank of Colonel is highly speculative. [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] is referred to as ''Galactica's'' [[Executive officer]] - which would nominally place him on a par with the US Navy rank of Commander. However, if Commander is equal to the USN rank of Rear Admiral (lower) then Colonel would equate with a US Navy Captain or a US Army Colonel.</ref> |
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| | Captain || | | |[O-5] |
| | Lee Adama (Miniseries-Season 2.5), {{callsign|Starbuck}} (Season 2.5+), [[Aaron Kelly]], {{callsign|Karl Agathon}} (Season 3+) | | |Major |
| | |Commander |
| | |[[Cottle|Doctor Cottle]] |
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| | Lieutenant || | | |[O-4] |
| | Kara Thrace (Miniseries-Season 2.5), Karl Agathon (Miniseries-Season 2)<ref name="helo">Agathon states his rank as "lieutenant junior grade" in "[[33]]," but he consistently wears the rank insignia of a full lieutenant.</ref>, [[Louanne Katraine]] (Season 1-2) | | |Captain |
| | |Lieutenant Commander |
| | |[[Kara Thrace]], [[Aaron Kelly]], [[Cole Taylor]] |
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| | Junior Lieutenant <ref>'''Junior Lieutenant''': | | |[O-3] |
| *The term "junior lieutenant" (or JRLT in short) is used in props and behind the scenes documentation. For example on Boomer's [[:Image:Boomer Raptor.JPG|Raptor nameplate]] in the [[Miniseries]] and Kara Thrace's disciplinary records in "[[The Son Also Rises]]". Although "lieutenant, junior grade" has also been used in dialogue a few times, for example by Karl Agathon in "[[33]]," the vast majority of on-screen references and behind-the-scenes documentation use the term "junior lieutenant," and is thus the term preferred by Battlestar Wiki.
| | |Lieutenant |
| *While Ron Moore's blog entry from a couple seasons ago (see "Official Statements" below) uses the term "lieutenant junior grade," it should also be pointed out that other differences between the blog entry and the actual terminology and structure have been definitively proven since that entry was written. </ref> ||
| | |Lieutenant |
| | [[Sharon Valerii]], {{callsign|Athena}}, [[Felix Gaeta]], [[Anastasia Dualla]] (Season 2+)
| | |[[Karl Agathon]] <ref name="helo"> Helo states his rank in as "Lieutenant, junior grade" in "[[33]]", but he consistantly wears the rank insignia of a full Lieutenant.</ref> |
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| | Ensign || | | |[O-2] |
| | [[Davis]], [[Diana Seelix]] (Season 3+), [[Samuel Anders]] (Season 4) | | |Lieutenant Junior Grade |
| | |Lieutenant Junior Grade |
| | |[[Sharon Valerii]], [[Felix Gaeta]], [[Louanne Katraine]] |
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| | class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''WARRANT OFFICER''' | | |[O-1] |
| | |Ensign |
| | |Ensign |
| | |[[Davis]] |
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| | Warrant Officer <ref name="warrant">'''Warrant officer''': Although to-date it has not been referenced in spoken dialogue, the rank of warrant officer is included in costuming notes, and is worn on-screen by background extras. It's existance is further supported by the uses of white uniforms by many background extras which are unique from the standard enlisted and commissioned officer uniforms.</ref> || | | | colspan="5" align=left style="font-size:85%;" | '''NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS''' |
| | Various background extras (Season 2+)
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| | class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''SENIOR ENLISTED (NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER)''' | | |[E-9] |
| | |Master Chief Petty Officer (Fleet); Sergeant Major (Marines) |
| | |Master Chief Petty Officer |
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| | Master Chief Petty Officer || Sergeant Major | | |[E-8] |
| | [[Socrata Thrace]] (CMC, retired) | | |Senior Chief Petty Officer (Fleet); First Sergeant (Marines) |
| | |Senior Chief Petty Officer |
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| | Chief Petty Officer || Gunnery Sergeant | | |[E-7] |
| | [[Galen Tyrol]] (Miniseries-Season 4), [[Erin Mathias]] (CMC), [[Peter Laird]] | | |Chief Petty Officer (Fleet); Gunnery Sergeant (Marines) |
| | |Chief Petty Officer |
| | |[[Galen Tyrol]] |
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| | Petty Officer 1st Class || Sergeant First Class <ref name="sfc">'''Sergeant First Class''': | | |[E-6] |
| *Unlike the other CMC enlisted ranks, this is not a US Marine Corps rank but the US Army equivalent to gunnery sergeant.
| | |Petty Officer 1st Class (Fleet); Staff Sergeant (Marines) |
| *In "[[Litmus]]" Sergeant [[Hadrian]] wears insignia listed here as petty officer 1st class. The term sergeant first class is never used on screen. However, behind the scenes documents list the Marine rank associated with the single chevron on green background worn by Hadrian (and shared with the rank of petty officer first class) as sergeant first class.</ref>
| | |Petty Officer 1st Class |
| | [[Hadrian]] (CMC)
| | |[[Hadrian|Sergeant Hadrian]] <ref name="hadrian"> While the role of the [[Master-at-Arms]] is generally awarded to a Chief Petty Officer (or possibly a Senior Chief Petty Officer), [[Hadrian|Sergeant Hadrian]] wears rank insignia that are very likely also used in the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] and could represent the rank of Petty Officer, 1st Class there.</ref> |
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| | Petty Officer 2nd Class || Crew Sergeant | | |[E-5] |
| | [[Anastasia Dualla]] (Miniseries-Season 2), [[Cally Henderson]] (Season 3-4), [[Donald Perry]] (Season 1) | | |Petty Officer 2nd Class (Fleet); Sergeant (Marines) |
| | |Petty Officer 2nd Class |
| | |[[Anastasia Dualla]] (Season 1-2) |
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| | class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''JUNIOR ENLISTED''' | | |[E-4] |
| | |Petty Officer 3rd Class (Fleet); Corporal (Marines) |
| | |Petty Officer 3rd Class |
| | |[[Venner]] ([[Marines|CMC]]) |
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| | Specialist <ref>'''Specialist''': The end credits for "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]" and "[[Revelations]]" list [[Anthony Figurski]] as specialist, 3rd class. Furthermore the rank of specialist, 2nd class was mentioned by writer [[Bradley Thompson]] in the [[Battlestar_Wiki:Official_Communiques/Archive7#Chief_Tyrol_.26_his_.27Knuckledragger_Crew.27.2C_Will_we_see_more.3F|Official Communiques]]. This indicates that there are three subdivisions for this rank which are used in the scripts. However, these ranks have not been used in dialogue yet and only a single rank insignia for specialists has been established so far.</ref> || Corporal <ref name="corporal">'''Lance Corporal''': The rank of lance corporal is introduced in "[[The Oath]]" with Eduardo Maldonado, however, no insignia is ever shown, and the new pin chart doesn't seem to have a separate rank device for it, it's unclear whether this is a mistake on the part of the writing staff or whether it is intended to be a separate rank.</ref> | | | colspan="5" align=left style="font-size:85%;" | '''ENLISTED PERSONNEL''' |
| | Cally Henderson (Miniseries-Season 3), [[Socinus]], [[Prosna]], [[Venner]] (CMC), Galen Tyrol (Season 4)
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| | Crewman <ref name="crewman">'''Crewman''': Many sources, including Ron Moore's blog, refer to this rank as "deckhand." However, more recent internal documents reveal the rank to be "crewman."</ref> || Private First Class | | |[E-3] |
| | [[Scott Kelso]] (CMC), [[Stewart Jaffee]] (CMC) | | |Crewman Specialist (Fleet); Private 1st Class (Marines) |
| | |Seaman |
| | |[[Cally Henderson]], [[Socinus]], [[Prosna]], [[Scott Kelso]] ([[Marines|CMC]]) |
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| | Crewman Apprentice || Private | | |[E-2] |
| | [[Sykes]] (CMC) | | |Deckhand (Fleet); Private 2nd Class (Marines) |
| | |Seaman Apprentice |
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| | |Recruit (Fleet); Private Recruit (Marines) |
| | |Seaman Recruit |
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| | |colspan=3 align=left style="font-size:12pt;"| '''OFFICERS''' |
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| | colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Senior Commissioned Officer''' | | |'''Admiral''' |
| | |'''Commander''' |
| | |'''Colonel''' |
| | |'''Major''' |
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| | [[File:NBSG-AdmiralPin1.jpg]]
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| | [[File:NBSG-AdmiralPin.jpg]] | | |
| | [[File:NBSG-CommanderPin.jpg]] | | |[[Image:Admiralpip_sm.jpg]] |
| | [[File:NBSG-ColonelPin.jpg]] | | |[[Image:Commanderpip_sm.jpg]] |
| | [[File:NBSG-LtColonelPin.jpg]] | | |[[Image:Colonelpip_sm.jpg]] |
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| | '''Admiral''' <ref name="adm"/>
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| | '''Rear Admiral''' <ref name="ra"/> | | |'''Captain''' |
| | '''Commander''' | | |'''Lieutenant''' |
| | '''Colonel''' | | |'''Lieutenant JG''' |
| | '''Lieutenant Colonel''' <ref name="LtCol"/> | | |'''Ensign''' |
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| | |[[Image:Captainpip_sm.jpg]] |
| | |[[Image:lieutentantpip_sm.jpg]] |
| | |[[Image:Ltjuniorpip_sm.jpg]] |
| | |[[Image:Ensignpip_sm.jpg]] |
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| | [[File:NBSG-MajorPin.jpg]]
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| | [[File:NBSG-CaptainPin.jpg]]
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| | '''Major <ref name="Major"/>''' | | |colspan=3 align=left style="font-size:12pt;"|'''Enlisted''' |
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| | '''Junior Lieutenant/<br/>Ensign'''<ref>'''Junior Lieutenant/Ensign Rank Device''': The use of junior lieutenant insignia for the rank of ensign in episodes like "[[Scar]]" and "[[Dirty Hands]]" is a costuming necessity, as the production staff never created a separate pin for the ensign rank.</ref> | |
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| | colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Warrant Officer''' | | |
| | |'''Master Chief''' |
| | |'''Chief Petty Officer''' |
| | |'''Petty Officer''' |
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| | [[File:NBSG-WOPin.jpg]] | | |[[Image:masterpopip_sm.jpg]] |
| | |[[Image:Chiefpopip_sm.JPG]] |
| | |[[Image:pettyofficerpip_sm.jpg]] |
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| | '''Warrant Officer''' <ref name="warrant"/> | | |'''Specialist''' |
| | |'''Deckhand''' |
| | |'''Recruit''' |
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| | colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Senior Enlisted/Non-Commissioned Officer'''
| | |[[Image:specialistpip_sm.jpg]] |
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| | |[[Image:deckhandpip_sm.jpg]] |
| | [[File:NBSG-MCPOPin.JPG]]
| | |[[Image:recruitpip_sm.jpg]] |
| | [[File:NBSG-CPOPin.jpg]] | | |
| | [[File:NBSG-PO1Pin.jpg]] | |
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| | '''Master Chief Petty Officer(CF)/<br/>Sergeant Major (CMC)'''<ref>'''Master Chief/Sergeant Major Rank Device''': The rank device for master chief petty officer/sergeant major has never been worn on-screen as such, but the design is part of the civilian flight wings worn by the pilot of Colonial One.</ref>
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| | '''Chief Petty Officer (CF)/<br/>Gunnery Sergeant (CMC)'''
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| | '''Petty Officer 1st Class (CF)/<br/>Sergeant First Class (CMC)''' <ref name="sfc"/>
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| | '''Crew Specialist (CF)/<br/>Corporal (CMC) <ref name="corporal"/>'''
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| | '''Crewman (CF)/<br/>Private First Class (CMC)'''
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| | '''Crewman Apprentice (CF)/<br/>Private (CMC) <ref>'''Crewman Apprentice/Private''': These insignia have not yet been shown on-screen, but are found in production materials.</ref>'''
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| These pictures were created by Jim Stevenson a.k.a. "137th Gebirg". With more recent device created by members of the battle star wiki community using his original designs as templates. | | These images of the ranks were drawn by Kevin Houghton and are based on Ronald Moore's list. The ones seen so far on the show are Admiral, Commander, Colonel, Major, Captain, Lieutenant, Chief Petty Officer, Petty Officer 2nd class, Petty Officer 1st class, and Specialist. The rest are conjecture based on a somewhat logical progression of the different ranks as seen, and how most military ranks progress. |
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| Senior officers' ranks can also be identified by the color of the piping on their [[Uniforms (RDM)|uniforms]]. The rank for lieutenant colonel is depicted as worn by Jack Fisk in "Razor," although the same insignia has also been worn by others with the simple junior officer white piping.<ref name="LtCol"/>
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| <gallery caption="Senior Commissioned Officers" widths="115px" heights="103px" perrow="4">
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| Image:Insignia_Admiral.jpg|Admiral
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| Image:Insignia_Commander.jpg|Commander
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| Image:Insignia_Colonel.jpg|Colonel
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| Image:Insignia_Lieutenant_Colonel.jpg|Lieutenant Colonel
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| <gallery caption="Junior Commissioned Officers" widths="115px" heights="103px" perrow="4">
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| Image:Insignia_Major.jpg|Major
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| Image:Insignia_Captain.jpg|Captain
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| Image:Insignia_Lieutenant.jpg|Lieutenant
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| Image:Insignia_Ensign.jpg|Jr. Lieutenant/<br>Ensign
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| <gallery caption="Warrant Officer" widths="115px" heights="103px" perrow="4">
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| Image:Insignia_Warrant_officer.jpg|Warrant Officer
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| <gallery caption="Senior Enlisted Personnel/Non-Commissioned Officers" widths="115px" heights="103px" perrow="4">
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| Image:Insignia_Crew_Master_Chief.jpg|Master Chief (CF)
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| Image:Insignia_Crew_Senior_Chief.jpg|Senior Chief (CF)
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| Image:Insignia_Sergeant_First_Class.jpg|Sergeant First Class (CMC)
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| Image:Insignia_Sergeant.jpg|Crew Sergeant (CMC)
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| Image:Insignia_Crewman.jpg|Crewman (CF)
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| Image:Insignia_Crewman_Apprentice.jpg|Crewman Apprentice (CF)
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| As mentioned above some of these ranks differ from that listed elsewhere on Battlestar Wiki for practicality purposes. In addition it is important to remember that each enlisted device corresponds to two ranks: the colonial fleet version and its colonial marine corps rank equivalent.
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| '''Q:''' What is the rank structure? It doesn't seem consistant ''[sic]'' with the Navy.
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| '''[[Ronald D. Moore]]:''' The rank structure is derived from the original series. I didn't want to change Commander Adama to Captain Adama or Colonel Tigh to Commander Tigh, so I elected to simply embrace the co-mingled nature of the original rank structure.
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| | *In a [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/02/index.html#a000020 blog entry] on February 19, 2005 Ronald Moore gave a little insight into the rank structure of Battlestar Galactica: |
| | <blockquote>"What is the rank structure? It doesn't seem consistant with the Navy." |
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| For our internal purposes, we've decided that the ranks are indeed a mixture of naval and army nomenclature and are basically as follows: | | "The rank structure is derived from the original series. I didn't want to change Commander Adama to Captain Adama or Colonel Tigh to Commander Tigh, so I elected to simply embrace the co-mingled nature of the original rank structure. For our internal purposes, we've decided that the ranks are indeed a mixture of naval and army nomenclature and are basically as follows: |
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| * Admiral | | *Admiral |
| * Commander | | *Commander |
| * Colonel | | *Colonel |
| * Major | | *Major |
| * Captain | | *Captain |
| * Lieutenant | | *Lieutenant |
| * Lieutenant Junior Grade | | *Lieutenant (junior grade) |
| * Ensign | | *Ensign |
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| * Master Chief Petty Officer | | *Master Chief Petty Officer |
| * Chief Petty Officer | | *Chief Petty Officer |
| * Petty Officer (1st, 2nd Class) | | *Petty Officer (1st, 2nd Class) |
| * Specialist | | *Specialist |
| * Deck Hand | | *Deck Hand |
| * Recruit | | *Recruit |
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| Just to complicate matters further, there are also Marines aboard ''Galactica'' which conform more closely to the traditional enlisted Marine ranks, with Sergeants, Sergeant-Majors, etc. Unresolved is the question of whether the Marine officers would also adhere to the mixed rank structure (which sounds odd) or if they are strictly army equivalents (which makes no sense given that the "Navy" ranks seem oblivious to there being any such distinction). Aren't you glad you asked? | | Just to complicate matters further, there are also Marines aboard Galactica which conform more closely to the traditional enlisted Marine ranks, with Sergeants, Sergeant-Majors, etc. Unresolved is the question of whether the Marine officers would also adhere to the mixed rank structure (which sounds odd) or if they are strictly army equivalents (which makes no sense given that the "Navy" ranks seem oblivious to there being any such distinction). Aren't you glad you asked?"</blockquote> |
| | source = <ref name="rdm_blog_ranks">{{cite web | url = http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/02/index.html#a000020 | title = RDM Blog: February 19, 2005 | author = Ronald D. Moore | publisher = Syfy | date = 2005-02-19 | accessdate = 2025-12-24 }}</ref>
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| ==See Also== | | ==See Also== |
| * [[Uniforms (RDM)]] - Uniforms of the [[Re-imagined Series]]. | | * [[Uniforms (RDM)]] - Uniforms of the [[re-imagined series]]. |
| * [[Insignia (RDM)]] - Additional insignia and patches for uniforms in the Re-Imagined Series.
| | * [[Military Ranks (TOS)]] - Ranks of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|original series]]. |
| * [[Military Ranks (TOS)]] - Ranks of the [[Original Series]]. | |
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| {{archivelink|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003---news/rank-insignia-and-symbolism-analysis-for-battlestar-galactica-2003-update.html|title=Rank Insignia and Symbolism Analysis for Battlestar Galactica 2003|live=No}} - A detailed analysis of ''Battlestar Galactica'''s uniform devices by Jim Stevenson, and also the source this article's artistic images.
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