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[JunMadine]

We all know what N7 is but that is the only vocational code we know.  Does anyone know the rest of them?  Can bioware tell us? At least the S1.

[SilJeff]

It may have something to do with whatever squad she was with before Eden Prime

[Fixers0]

It's means she's part of a certain Alliance brance and not very proficient, How she was able to jump the ranks in just a few months is beyond me and became a spectre candidate.

[aznjoez]

Its been 2 years from ME1 and ME2 (The rebuilding of Shepard). and the months during the games.

Its possible, especially with space magic!

[Faerloch]

aznjoez wrote...

Its been 2 years from ME1 and ME2 (The rebuilding of Shepard). and the months during the games.

Its possible, especially with space magic!

Space cash! Space cash!

[Spoilers]

Space cash!

[Ykulnu]

Fixers0 wrote...

It's means she's part of a certain Alliance brance and not very proficient, How she was able to jump the ranks in just a few months is beyond me and became a spectre candidate.

If I 'm not mistaken, Kaidan and Ashley are part fo the Marines whilst Shepard is in the Navy (hence the Major title for Alenko). The "S" designation might just be their version of the N7s, as the Army and Navy have Delta and SEALs.

[Wes Mordine]

It means "Spectre 1". By some clumsiness, it was left in game before she goes on to become one.

[Dieb]

It's the "1" that's bugging me. The NVC clearly states that the letter stands for the field of expertise, the number is for the competence "7" being the highest. Doesn't bode well for Williams then.

[BP93]

Ykulnu wrote...

Fixers0 wrote...

It's means she's part of a certain Alliance brance and not very proficient, How she was able to jump the ranks in just a few months is beyond me and became a spectre candidate.

If I 'm not mistaken, Kaidan and Ashley are part fo the Marines whilst Shepard is in the Navy (hence the Major title for Alenko). The "S" designation might just be their version of the N7s, as the Army and Navy have Delta and SEALs.

the Marines are a part of the Department of the Navy.. maybe shep is just a glorified corpsman.

[kold213]

 Clearly, she works in administration. 

[Han Shot First]

Ykulnu wrote...

Fixers0 wrote...

It's means she's part of a certain Alliance brance and not very proficient, How she was able to jump the ranks in just a few months is beyond me and became a spectre candidate.

If I 'm not mistaken, Kaidan and Ashley are part fo the Marines whilst Shepard is in the Navy (hence the Major title for Alenko). The "S" designation might just be their version of the N7s, as the Army and Navy have Delta and SEALs.

The Alliance military actually isn't sub-divided into separate branches of service. According to Revelation the functions of an army, navy (space fleet), and marines are all rolled into a single branch of service. So Shepard, Kaidan, and Ashley are all part of the Alliance Navy. They're also simultaneously Marines, as the Alliance Marines seem to be Navy personnel with a ground-combat related military occupational specialty, rather than members of a separate branch of service.

Joker, Adams, and Chakwas however would just be Navy.

As for the S1 on Ashley's armor, it was probably just thrown on there because it looked cool and wasn't given much thought. But considering that the Alliance uses a letter and number combination to denote a military occupational speciality, the S1 is probably Ashley's MOS. In that case the S series would denote infantry. Rather than denoting proficiency like the 7 in N7, the 1 would likely denote her specific role within the infantry. (ex. Rifleman, or Infantry Unit Leader)

Modifié par Han Shot First, 15 juin 2013 - 10:37 .

[o Ventus]

Ykulnu wrote...

Fixers0 wrote...

It's means she's part of a certain Alliance brance and not very proficient, How she was able to jump the ranks in just a few months is beyond me and became a spectre candidate.

If I 'm not mistaken, Kaidan and Ashley are part fo the Marines whilst Shepard is in the Navy (hence the Major title for Alenko). The "S" designation might just be their version of the N7s, as the Army and Navy have Delta and SEALs.

Shepard is a Marine.

Realistically speaking, there wouldn't even be a distinction between a Marine corps and a Navy out in space.

[Fixers0]

Han Shot First wrote...
As for the S1 on Ashley's armor, it was probably just thrown on there because it looked cool and wasn't given much thought. But considering that the Alliance uses a letter and number combination to denote a military occupational speciality, the S1 is probably Ashley's MOS. In that case the S series would denote infantry. Rather than denoting proficiency like the 7 in N7, the 1 would likely denote her specific role within the infantry. (ex. Rifleman, or Infantry Unit Leader)

Headcannon is fun, isn't, but really, Either the Designers didn't care about established lore or they intended her to be extremly unproficiend, take our pick. I'd go with the former.

And I believe my language doesn't even make a distiction between Navy and Marines.

Modifié par Fixers0, 15 juin 2013 - 06:17 .

[Iakus]

Ash's old vocational code when stationed on Eden Prime was B4. Presumably she switched military vocations at some point. Perhaps to some new Alliance program. We simply don't know.

[Arcian]

Fixers0 wrote...

It's means she's part of a certain Alliance brance and not very proficient, How she was able to jump the ranks in just a few months is beyond me and became a spectre candidate.

The fact that she looks like a hooker in ME3 should give you a hint.

[dcal31]

This was actually brought up a while back, although the main question there was how Ashley got promoted so fast versus Kaidan. Anyways, because I had a lot of free time that day, I came up with an answer that explains almost everything and fits all of the know lore. So here you go.

dcal31 wrote...

If you want to make it even more complicated, I pulled out the printed codex that came with ME1. Since the Systems Alliance is essentially a combined armed forces, there are ranks for the marine and navel branches as well. The naval ranks are simple, they simply replace the NCO ranks with specializations: Naval Intelligence, Naval Engineering, and Naval Flight Service. There may be ranks within those specializations (as Adams is referred to a Chief Engineer), but it's not specified.

The marine branch NCO is usually the Interplanetary Combatives Training (N) program graduates, though the program recruits from the army and naval sides as well. After their training is complete, they are usually sent back to their units, but may be called upon for special assignments. According to the codex, they are under the Special Ops Command.

As far as I know, nothing more is said about the Special Ops Command, but some things may be inferred. For example, they are likely the SA equivalent of the CIA and are likely the one's who run the "black" projects, such as the AI research that created EDI and where Cerberus appropriated most of there advanced tech and weapons from before completely cutting ties (see the Iran–Contra affair). In universe, think of them as the human equivalent
of the Salarian STG.

This may explain Ashley's fast promotion and S1 designation in ME3. It's possible she was transferred to Special Ops Command after ME1. This would help explain why she was on Horizon, a planet in the Terminus Systems that is not a part of the SA.

Additionally, it would explain why her vocational code changed from B4 in ME1 to S1 in ME3. Although we are never told what the S stands for, we are told that the number indicates skill/experience. It would be odd for that number to decrease unless she was given a new assignment.

This also would help explain her fast promotion since she would need appropriate authority to access high level information and operate as an independent agent, especially as it is implied she is reporting directly to Anderson in ME2.

Modifié par dcal31, 17 juin 2013 - 08:36 .