saber964 wrote:Caperelli is overall commander of the RMN. Technically the second in command is CO Home Fleet who carries the rank of Admiral of the Fleet. The rank of Fleet Admiral is a special rank reserved for CO's of special fleets or those who have commanded Home Fleet previously. Pat Givens holds the rank of Admiral and Sonia Hemphill was senior to Honor prior to Honors advancement to FADM. Sonia was in the navy in the late 1850's PD befor Honor had been born IIRC.
Hemphill was a Commander at approximately the same time as Hamish, which is what allowed the two of them to exchange such fiery rhetoric without quite crossing into the realm of insubordination. Sonja also spent considerably more time planetside, or station-side as part of the WDB, she almost lost her field status until she took a BatRon in FiE and assigned to Grendlesbane.
Then finally I think she also had rather less patronage than Hamish, which combined with her extensive WDB experience and lack of real commands, would have placed her somewhere between 2 and 5 years behind Hamish.
On the topic of other admirals, Kuzak should also be pretty damn senior, and possibly even higher than Hemphill. She was also a full admiral with Hamish, when Emily had her accident and Hamish had that affair with her. I just don't know if she was red or green when she took command of Third Fleet protecting Trevor's Star.
Excluding Caparelli, Hemphill, and Kuzak, none of the remaining senior admirals that we know about are field-grade. Cortez has been head of BuPers from before even OBS until AAC, that's more than 20 if not 30 years of administration without a single combat posting. Givens I think is the same as Cortez, ONI, no combat postings to our knowledge simply decades in ONI.
Honor, and her extended family are now among the most senior admirals in the RMN, and much of the GSN are as well.
