A quick question for a story I'm writing. I've got a Federation officer in charge of three fighters with a small crew on each. What's the rank? I've used "group commander" for the time being, but I'm not sure that's right.
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steve.rogerson@journalist.co.uk wrote:
A quick question for a story I'm writing. I've got a Federation officer in charge of three fighters with a small crew on each. What's the rank? I've used "group commander" for the time being, but I'm not sure that's right.
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Rogerson" steve.rogerson@mcr1.poptel.org.uk To: "Lysator" blakes7@lists.lysator.liu.se; "Freedom City" freedom-city@blakes-7.org Sent: 11 April 2001 0:40 Subject: [B7L] command question
A quick question for a story I'm writing. I've got a Federation officer
in charge
of three fighters with a small crew on each. What's the rank? I've used
"group
commander" for the time being, but I'm not sure that's right.
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.
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)
Wildean
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
Steve,
A quick question for a story I'm writing. I've got a Federation officer in
charge
of three fighters with a small crew on each. What's the rank? I've used
"group
commander" for the time being, but I'm not sure that's right.
I suggest 'Major' or 'Space Major' as a possibility, as Jarvik was made an acting Major and given three pursuit ships to command in 'The Harvest of Kairos' in order to take the Liberator.
Murray
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