Rank

Ranks and Command

While rank is to be respected at all times, during normal operations, command is determined by position. If someone is given conflicting orders, they must give priority to those of their department’s superiors. The Commanding Officer’s authority is absolute and all personnel aboard must defer to his authority with the exception of specially dispatched officials from High Command or other Diplomatically Immune officials. The following section determines whose orders crew members are bound to follow.

• Enlisted: Enlisted personnel must obey any lawful order given to them by commissioned officers, with priority given to the CO, XO and those of their department. Additionally, enlisted combat marines must obey the orders of enlisted personnel with higher rank than theirs.

• Officers: Officers have authority over their own department but must obey the orders of the CO and XO or the person in command of the operation.

• Civilians: While in the AO(Area of Operation), all civilians must comply with orders given by military personnel. On ship, Civilians are under the direct authority of the Command and Security departments. They must obey their orders, but are not required to obey the orders of any other military personnel unless they are placed in a department, in which case they are also under the authority of all crewmembers of that department.

Succession/Chain of Command

Should the Commanding Officer become unfit to command, be it due to absence, SSD, Death, imprisonment or other circumstances, the next person on this list assumes command. The person in command of the operation does not assume their superior’s rank, title or powers such as access changes or ship modification, but other personnel must follow their orders that pertain to directing the operation such as construction or requisitions orders.

1. Commanding Officer
2. Executive Officer
3. Chief Engineer
4. Requisitions Officer
5. Chief MP
6. Staff Officer
7. Pilot Officer/Intelligence Officer
8. Senior Enlisted Adviser
9. Vehicle Crewman
10. Military Police
11. Squad Leader (Starts at Alpha and goes through the squads)
12. Cargo/Ordnance Tech
13. Ranking military personnel

Departments and Ranks

These are the departments which make up the USCM.

Command

Job	Rank	Rating
Commanding Officer	Captain	Officer
Executive Officer	Commander	Officer

Combat and Operations

Job	Rank	Rating
Staff Officer	Lieutenant	Officer
Pilot Officer	Ensign	Officer
Intelligence Officer	Ensign	Officer
Senior Enlisted Adviser	Gunnery Sergeant	Enlisted
Vehicle Crewman	Sergeant First Class	Enlisted
Squad Leader	Staff Sergeant	Enlisted
Squad Specialist	Sergeant	Enlisted
Squad Smartgunner	Corporal	Enlisted
Squad Engineer	Lance Corporal	Enlisted
Squad Medic	Lance Corporal	Enlisted
Squad Marine	Private First Class	Enlisted

Security

Job	Rank	Rating
Chief MP	Lieutenant Commander	Officer
Warden	Lieutenant	Officer
Military Police	Staff Sergeant	Enlisted

Engineering

Job	Rank	Rating
Chief Engineer	Lieutenant Commander	Officer
Ordnance Technician	Sergeant	Enlisted

Requisitions

Job	Rank	Rating
Requisitions Officer	Lieutenant Commander	Officer
Cargo Technician	Sergeant	Enlisted

Medical

Job	Rank	Rating
Chief Medical Officer	N/A	Civilian
Doctor	N/A	Civilian
Researcher	N/A	Civilian
Nurse	N/A	Civilian

Others

Job	Rank	Rating
Corporate Liaison	N/A	Civilian
Synthetic	N/A	N/A

USCM Ranks

Rank Terminology

Paygrade:	Description:
E	Enlisted. E.g. a person who is enlisted into the USCM.
O	Officer. E.g. a person who is commissioned into the USCM.

Classifications:	Description:
NCO	Non-commissioned officer (lance corporal, corporal, sergeant).
SNCO	Senior non-commissioned officer (any enlisted above sergeant).
Senior Officer	Commander, captain, commodore
Flag Officer	Any officer above commodore.

Officers

*Note: Members of the CO council get the honorary title of Commodore, this has no ingame benefits and is just fluff.

Paygrade:	Rank Name:	Abbreviation:	Jobs:
O9E	Sky Marshall	SMR	N/A
O9	Admiral	ADM	N/A
O8	Vice Admiral	VADM	N/A
O7	Rear Admiral (Upper Half)	RADM	N/A
O6	Rear Admiral (Lower Half)	RDML	N/A
O5E	Commodore	CDRE	CO Council
O5	Captain	CPT	CO
O4	Commander	CDR	XO
O3	Lieutenant Commander	LCDR	CE, CMP, RO
O2	Lieutenant	LT	SO, Warden
O1	Ensign	ENS	PO, IO

Enlisted

Paygrade:	Rank Name:	Abbreviation:	Jobs:
E9E	Command Sergeant Major (SNCO)	CSGM	None
E9	Sergeant Major (SNCO)	SGM	SEA
E8	Gunnery Sergeant (SNCO)	GySGT	SEA
E7	Sergeant First Class (SNCO)	SFC	VC
E6	Staff Sergeant (SNCO)	SSGT	SL, MP
E5	Sergeant (NCO)	SGT	Specialist, OT, MT, CT
E4	Corporal (NCO)	CPL	Smartgunner
E3	Lance Corporal	LCPL	Medic, Engineer
E2	Private First Class	PFC	Standard
E1	Private	PVT	Standard