[Namron] Torsade Scroll

Christopher Froste chrisfroste at gmail.com
Thu Mar 9 03:45:44 PST 2006


Good point, Grimolfr.

On 3/8/06, Kevin Valliquette <grimolfr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  When considering odd ranking systems it is also helpful to remember that
> ours is a Society in which knights outrank lords, so all of this navy stuff
> seems rather par for the course.
>
> Grímólfr
>
>
>  On 3/8/06, Duncan MacNamara <sca_macnamara at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >  Yes, they are seperate and distinct ranks. However, As the Admiral of
> the Ansteorran Royal Navy, I Captain the Flagship of the Ansteorran Royal
> Navy myself. The HMS Iron Lotus is not technically part of the Northern
> Region's command chain, as I do not report to the Regional. That should
> clear up the redundancy issue. The Regionals report to me, and I report to
> the Lord High Admiral, who in turn reports to Crown.
>
> The Lord High Admiral is in overall command of the Ansteorran Royal Navy.
> I am in command the Flagship of the Ansteorran Royal Navy and the Regional
> Flagships. The Regional Officers are in command of the various ships within
> their respective Regions who have signed on with the Ansteorran Royal Navy.
>
> Starting to make a bit more sense?
>
> As far as our ranking system, we have researched different ranking
> structures, and have been careful to remain as period as possible while
> still being app! licable to an SCA-like structure.
>
> As far as "captains" of households, the Black Company is a good example.
> The Patriarch of the Black Company preferrs to be called the Captain of the
> Black Company, though it is not a ship-based household.
>
> Please try to understand... in this grand game of persona play that is the
> SCA, we're trying to balance structure and rank while still leaving room for
> fun, because the SCA is in fact a game, and is therefore supposed to be fun.
>
>
> In Service,
>
> Lord Duncan MacNamara
> Admiral of the Ansteorran Royal Navy
> Captain of the HMS Iron Lotus
>
> *Matthias the Brewer <matthiasthebrewer at cox.net>* wrote:
>
>  I've always been under the impression that Captain and Admiral were
> separate and distinct ranks.  Maybe it's my military background, but I have
> trouble seeing someone as being both Captain and Admiral.  To my way of
> thinking, that is the same as being both a Private and a Corporal.  I've
> always seen an Admiral as commanding a number of ships, where each ship has
> a Captain.  The Admiral would control the "big picture" while the Captains
> controlled every! thing on the ship.  An Admiral commanding a ship would
> either a VERY unusual situation or an insult to the Admiral.  And when you
> throw in Commodore (which is between Admiral and Captain), things get even
> more confusing.  Any of these three ranks would control multiple ships.  But
> being both Admiral and Captain, while reporting to a Commodore, is
> contradictory.
>
> I know that this pattern of rank has been in place for hundreds of years,
> but I honestly couldn't say when it started, or even if this rank structure
> is at all period.
>
> I guess I should have stopped to consider that this is the SCA, where the
> unusual is the norm.  And being a Captain as a head of household is
> something completely outside of what I'd considered.
>
> I'm not trying to cause trouble on this.  I just have trouble making your
> ranks work within the rank structure as I know.
>
>
>
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