Not canon, but my assessment of ranks would suggest occasionally a Sublieutenant (or ‘Oberleutnant’) but normally a Lieutenant (or ‘Kapitensleutnant ‘) for this role. YMMV.

Rank roles: http://sol.trisen.com/default.asp?topic=10&page=38

Comparative ranks: http://sol.trisen.com/default.asp?topic=10&page=41

(Sorry about the broken CSS, it’s on my ToDo list.)

Regards Hemdian

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From: xxxxxx@simplelists.com [mailto:xxxxxx@simplelists.com] On Behalf Of Timothy Collinson
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2017 07:16
To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com
Subject: [TML] Sleipnir-class Confederation Patroller

Hi there,

Bit frustrated to want to quickly look up what rank the Captain of a Sleipnir-class Confederation Patroller from the Sword Worlds might be only to find it doesn't even tell you what the crew size of one is.

I'm assuming it would need to have at least:
Pilot, Engineer, & Astrogator

but as it has three turrets, probably 3 Gunners as well. [1]

I'd have added a Medic but can imagine the Sword Worlders being tough enough to double that up with, say an Astrogator, even if means having a medic that's a tad less skilled.

Even so that's 6 people.

However, there is only 1 (double occupancy) stateroom and a cramped barracks for "6 Marines/Crew". So I'm not sure where all the marines are going... there's no room for more than 2! Possibly just the 1.

Anyone else actually looked at this, got any thoughts?

Then, back to my original question, what rank would the Captain be? 7 crew under him? (I'm going to go with him rather than him/her given it's the Sword Worlds). I'd have said 'Lieutenant' thinking of real world ranks for a smallish ship/crew like that but the language equivalent 'Leutnant' is Rank 4 which seems a bit high. If I was to go with, say, Rank 2 it just doesn't feel like 'Seniorsergent' is quite right. Although that's the rank at which you get Pilot 1 which would kind of support the typical Pilot-plays-captain routine.

Thoughts?

(I'm in the Mongoose Traveller Sword Worlds book if that helps p.90)

[1] Or am I misunderstanding that 3 gunners are needed for the following:

Hardpoint #1: Missile Bank

Hardpoint #2: Fixed Mounting (Missile Rack)

Hardpoint #3: Double Turret (Sandcaster/Sandcaster)

(and what's the difference between 1 & 2?)

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