Prom001 wrote...
I was talking about the 1st Special Operations Biotic Company
i would guess they have not beeen on a mission as this unit and Kadian is still putting them together training them.
FeralEwok wrote...
daqs wrote...
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Don't know. If it suits the needs of the higher echelons, they will break protocol or standard proceedure for whatever dubious reasons.
Modifié par Prom001, 12 février 2012 - 12:07 .
FeralEwok wrote...
Don't know. If it suits the needs of the higher echelons, they will break protocol or standard proceedure for whatever dubious reasons.
If that is not the case then chalk it up to the writters not really giving a damn about having to get THAT technical.
I've watched plenty of movies or played games that had the whole military backdrop and just about all of them get some technical aspects wrong. Those that do not are usually straight stories that deal more with military life and less about a typical story plot.
Most of the time directors/writers/editors will avoid sitting down and explaining all of this because it is not as important to them as driving the story forward.
Commander Shepard is Commander Shepard. He/She is a space hero who can punch reporters, kill batarians, and go dancing at a night club all in one day. Accuracy about military structure is not the top priority.
FeralEwok wrote...
Prom001 wrote...
I was talking about the 1st Special Operations Biotic Company
i would guess they have not beeen on a mission as this unit and Kadian is still putting them together training them.
It didn't state in that codex entry outright that it is either a training unit or a combat unit. If you see a bunch of guys throwing around singularities during some fight scenes then go with combat Prom.
Regardless if it is a training unit or a combat unit, the mindset is that you are always training.
CaptainZaysh wrote...
Slidell505 wrote...
Ash jumps from LT in ME2, to LT Commander in ME3. Four ranks. One year. That would not happen, ever. Yes it's nit picky, but it's also dumb as hell. VS doesn't need to be shoehorned into importance. They already get spectre status.
Actually I personally know a man who was promoted from Colour Sergeant to Captain for doing a good job in Afghan. Great guy but he didn't save the seat of galactic politics or anything. I think this might not be as dumb as you think it is.
Wulfram wrote...
I assume Shepard's promotion got tied up in politics, then he died. Which tends to put a damper on your career advancement.
Huh, not quite, especially after the events of Arrival, the politicians want to avoid war with the terminus systems, they wll not be lookng at Shepards heroic deeds, they will in fact want to throw him to the dogs as appeasement, of course they won't do that because that also means they lose the confidence of their own people, in this respect they wll be "in a difficult position"royard wrote...
Wulfram wrote...
I assume Shepard's promotion got tied up in politics, then he died. Which tends to put a damper on your career advancement.
Actually, no. If someone become a big-name hero, there's no politics involved in promoting him. No one wants to be the politician that "didn't want to promote our Shepard." It's the assignment (the position they give him after the promotion) part that could be political. Seeing Shepard should still be commanding Normandy at that time, that complication also didn't exist.
And if someone dies defending their ship? I will say this is an automatic 2-rank promotion. Dying (honorably) in battle guarantees your promotion.
Wulfram wrote...
But if that someone became a big-name hero for disobeying orders and stealing a warship?
DJBare wrote...
Huh, not quite, especially after the events of Arrival, the politicians want to avoid war with the terminus systems, they wll not be lookng at Shepards heroic deeds, they will in fact want to throw him to the dogs as appeasement, of course they won't do that because that also means they lose the confidence of their own people, in this respect they wll be "in a difficult position"royard wrote...
Wulfram wrote...
I assume Shepard's promotion got tied up in politics, then he died. Which tends to put a damper on your career advancement.
Actually, no. If someone become a big-name hero, there's no politics involved in promoting him. No one wants to be the politician that "didn't want to promote our Shepard." It's the assignment (the position they give him after the promotion) part that could be political. Seeing Shepard should still be commanding Normandy at that time, that complication also didn't exist.
And if someone dies defending their ship? I will say this is an automatic 2-rank promotion. Dying (honorably) in battle guarantees your promotion.
chengthao wrote...
as an Asian, i am offended of your use of the term Nip (durogatory term for Japanese is Nips, comes from the word Nippon which is Japanese for Japan)
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Slidell505 wrote...
G3rman wrote...
LT commander isn't the same rank as Commander, learn your Navy ranks.
Shepard is a LT Commander, and Alliance ranks are diferent from Navy ranks.
Modifié par Imperium Alpha, 12 février 2012 - 01:20 .
Nizzemancer wrote...
chengthao wrote...
as an Asian, i am offended of your use of the term Nip (durogatory term for Japanese is Nips, comes from the word Nippon which is Japanese for Japan)
We're talking about Nipples here, not Nippon!
YKfox wrote...
Keep in mind, that since Kaidan/Ashley get promoted to Spectre's, they probably also get an honorary rank boost as it were. It's not that unexpected, I mean if Ash/Kaidan were doing enough to earn Spectre status?
Plus, since they seem to be acting commander's for the Normandy at the start of the game, they'd need the rank to be able to give orders.
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Nizzemancer wrote...
YKfox wrote...
Keep in mind, that since Kaidan/Ashley get promoted to Spectre's, they probably also get an honorary rank boost as it were. It's not that unexpected, I mean if Ash/Kaidan were doing enough to earn Spectre status?
Plus, since they seem to be acting commander's for the Normandy at the start of the game, they'd need the rank to be able to give orders.
Not really, any spectre can commandeer a vessel in the citadel navies for his or her mission.
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