Fleet Commander Rank?

[Keome (OP)]

I've been playing for awhile without any real issues, until now.

In my current game (conventional start if that matters) , which has lasted 29 years so far, the commander of my Sol Fleet Headquarters decided to retire.   He was a Rear Admiral (Lower Half) at retirement.   When I go to assign a new commander, it says that the required rank is 5 (Rear Admiral Upper Half).   I have two Rear Admiral (Lower), one promoted from captain to fill the spot left by the retiring admiral.

I played a further two years to see it would clear up, and it hasn't.

The staff officers are still assigned, but I still can't assign a new commander due to the rank requirement.

So, I used SM mode to promote of of the Rear Admiral (Lower) and this is where it gets even more fun.

With each rank increase I gave the officer, the required rank for the fleet headquarters went up as well.   I promoted an officer all the way to rank 8 (Fleet Admiral) and the reqired rank for the fleet headquarters spot is rank 9???

So what gives here, did something break? Known issue? Bug? Random silliness?

[Brian Neumann]

Was the officer you promoted on the staff?  The reason I ask is the commander needs to be 1 rank higher than anybody on the staff positions.  You might try saving a copy of the game, removing all of the staff officers and seeing what the rank to command is then.

Brian

[Keome (OP)]

Brian, that fixed it.   One of the other Rear Admirals was the staff communications officer.   Removing him dropped the required rank and I got a new commander assigned.   Thanks!