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Military ranks comparison
That was discussed extensively on the talk page with lots and back and forth. It's true that there are some arguments to be made for equaling BSG commander to real life rear admiral (and at some points the table was that way), but it's not that clean and there is some evidence to suggest the contrary. For example when Adama is promoted, Roslin says "I know that a captain who commands more than one ship is called an admiral". That kind of points to where the Colonials draw that distinction (incidentially it makes that comodore business somewhat redundant). All circumstantial evidence says that commander is generally the captain of a (large) ship without being a flag rank. Moreover, it seems XOs are normally colonels (real life commanders), like Tigh, Fisk and Belzen.
The thing is that the Colonial Fleet is not the US Navy. You don't have commanders commanding the ship and an admiral commanding the Battlestar Group. And you don't have commanders as CAGs for example. While there are parallels to modern militaries, it's not a mirror. And other navies do things differently here on Earth. There is no reason to force this into a direct 1:1 scheme.
Anyways, it was felt, that the most sensible thing would be to have commander = captain, and colonel = commander, and keeping it close to where BSG places the roles, while pointing out some points of divergence. Not everyone will agree, and said there are good arguments for either side, but it's just not meant to fit perfectly --Serenity 02:02, 22 August 2007 (CDT)