Okay, first, my "navy" is a space navy, and it's not American, although certainly based on that (if only because my readers will likely be mostly American). I've got admirals, commodores, captains, frigates, destroyers, flagships, etc. I say this just to give context.
I have a couple of questions related to rank and the interaction thereof.
First, I have an admiral who has been arrested for "going rogue" and taking a task force out to handle a personal vendetta. He's being interviewed "informally" (which he has agreed to) before a formal hearing. Would the interviewer have to be of equivalent rank? Or could it be a nominally lower rank? What might be his/her designation?
Second, I have a committee in charge of a quarantined location. I'm concerned that it may be too "top-heavy." This is what I have:
Admiral Theodore Moore Chair, Quarantine committee
Commodore Charles Gerrard Quarantine committee
Admiral Alan Castillo Quarantine committee
Captain Georgia Richards Quarantine committee
Commodore Alice Nevin Quarantine committee
Lt. Colonel Neil Martinson Quarantine committee
Lieutenant George Bentley Moore’s assistant
Are these reasonable?
Third, what would be at the top of the navy command structure? HQ? Naval Intelligence? Who would Admiral Moore report to?
I've got some wiggle room, of course, because this is a fictional future outer space navy, but I'd like to not have some ex-navy reader yell "WTF" and throw the book at a wall.
TIA.
I have a couple of questions related to rank and the interaction thereof.
First, I have an admiral who has been arrested for "going rogue" and taking a task force out to handle a personal vendetta. He's being interviewed "informally" (which he has agreed to) before a formal hearing. Would the interviewer have to be of equivalent rank? Or could it be a nominally lower rank? What might be his/her designation?
Second, I have a committee in charge of a quarantined location. I'm concerned that it may be too "top-heavy." This is what I have:
Admiral Theodore Moore Chair, Quarantine committee
Commodore Charles Gerrard Quarantine committee
Admiral Alan Castillo Quarantine committee
Captain Georgia Richards Quarantine committee
Commodore Alice Nevin Quarantine committee
Lt. Colonel Neil Martinson Quarantine committee
Lieutenant George Bentley Moore’s assistant
Are these reasonable?
Third, what would be at the top of the navy command structure? HQ? Naval Intelligence? Who would Admiral Moore report to?
I've got some wiggle room, of course, because this is a fictional future outer space navy, but I'd like to not have some ex-navy reader yell "WTF" and throw the book at a wall.
TIA.