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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>AFAIK there isn’t one. Following the U.S. system (and others) it’s the army equivalent of {HoD} “captain” -- at least hierarchically – but {HoD} has too many overtones in Trek. Brigadier {'ech} isn’t bad as it ranks above a colonel but below a major general. A brigadier commands a brigade and seems to be the army equivalent of a commodore {totlh}. What exactly does Colonel West command?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>And there’s always {ra’wI’}:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>KGT 52f.: There is, in addition, a frequently misunderstood word, {ra'wI'}, which is correctly, though misleadingly, translated as “commander”, as is {la'}. The confusion comes about because {ra'wI'} literally means “one who commands” ... Thus, a {ra'wI'} is, literally, someone who gives an order. The word is generally used to refer to any officer of the rank of {Sogh} or higher. It may be used as either a description ({ra'wI' ghaH qImlaq'e'} [K'mlak is a commander] or a title ({qImlaq ra'wI'} [Commander K'mlak]), though in all cases it is understood as not reflecting the precise rank of the individual. Except for formal occasions, it is safe to use the title {ra'wI'}. In fact, if one is not sure of an officer's rank, it is probably the safest route to take.<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I like Okrand’s last sentence. He frequently provides himself a loophole. <g><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>--<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Voragh<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ca'Non Master of the Klingons<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>De’vID:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>> C in C: Sir, would you please take a look at this. ...Colonel West.<br><font color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></font>C in C: <font color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></font>qaH, Dochvam yIleghneS... *West* 'ech[1].<br><br> [1] - Which rank is "Colonel"?<font color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p></div></div></body></html>