From: Pat Sumner wildean@freedomcity.fsnet.co.uk
Space Commander would appear to be the appropriate rank. In "Duel", Space Commander Travis was in charge of three ships. He had (at least) two crewmembers on his ship; it's reasonable to deduce that there were at
least
two or three on the other two ships.
In "Hostage", the commander of the twenty-ship flotilla that attacked Liberator was also a Space Commander.
Certainly fits. Or you could do what the scriptwriters did, and just make up any old rank that sounds good - Wing Commander, Flotilla Commander, Squadron Leader etc
I never really liked the title "Space Commander." It always seemed a bit Flash Gordon-y (connotations of REALLY cheap and IMHO rubbish 50s sci-fi)
Older even than that. Flash Gordon - 1936. Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars - 1938. Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe - 1940. The original comic strip is even older. The De Laurentiis remake is obviously a lot more recent but triffic fun.
Neil
Wildean