Posted by: Alucard
« on: May 26, 2018, 05:02:12 AM »Quote from: Lamandier link=topic=9609. msg103539#msg103539 date=1500051354
Some of them are a little silly, but that's kind of a groundless criticism. Rank titles are not meant to be a comprehensive job description.
Besides, they're still better than some of the fictional ranks I see in space-navy sci-fi books. I'd rather call a junior rating 'Astronaut' than, say, 'Spaceman'. Now *that* would be rubbish.
They are indeed not a job description, but they should not imply a different job IMO. I mean, it is silly if they are contradictory to what the person is doing. And they may not be the worst imaginable but my point is, they are not better than the existing NAVY/Air-Force ranks. So if they can't come up with something better, they should use those.