Hi all!,
I know there's been lots of talk about WC ranks, rank insignia's and uniforms and I've read most of them, but I still have a couple of questions:
1. Why were the rank insignia's changed in WC III, WC IV and V (Prophecy) from the ones shown in WC I (+ add-ons) and WC II (+ add-ons) ? The rank insignia's and uniforms from the first games were similar to what we have now in the military (either flight wings or TCS insignia on the collar) and the rank insignia's on the shoulders (same rank insignia's as we use today), then on the chest the wings were on the left and also the ribbons (in reality you do see your ribbons on your uniform depending on what class uniform you're wearing, but you don't wear your medals, only in full dress uniform) and on the right was the name tag.
Now I understand that confed changed the colors of the uniforms a bit as you can already see in WC II (although Col. Halcyon was already wearing a blue uniform in WC I), but I can't imagine that confed would suddenly change the rank insignia's... I mean, from a cool silver eagle for Colonel (as seen in WC I - WC II) to a (imo dull) single gold bar with a horizontal stripe at the top, and above that the insignia is now on the chest instead of the shoulders.... why? And what are the weird markings on the collars mean? And why was there a severe cut back on the number of ribbons? Christopher Blair got much more then only the few shown in WC III and WC IV. He's the most decorated officer in Confed history for crying out loud! Think about all the ribbons for the individual medals and what about the campaign ribbons and ace of aces ribbons and such... Majors like Maniac don't even wear ribbons on their uniform anymore in WC III and WC IV.
I know these are games and I shouldn't worry about this so much, but I'm just wondering why the change....
2. Another question of mine is about the Admiral rank. In WC IV Tolwyn is a full Admiral, but is he the commander of one fleet (like the 14th Fleet) or is he the commander of the navy? I mean, in our own (real) history, there are full Admirals that are in command of a fleet (like the Atlantic Fleet or Pacific Fleet) and in wartime (like WWII) there were also Fleet Admirals (5-stars) who where in command of the 'regular' Admirals and there has even been a single Admiral of the Navy (6-stars) who was in charge of the entire navy. So, is Tolwyn in WC IV in command of the navy or just of a single fleet? Is he like the full Admiral we have nowadays or more like a Fleet Admiral in wartime? And last... maybe the Space Marshal rank is more like the Fleet Admiral rank and thus in command of the 'regular' Admirals or more like the Admiral of the Navy? I even heard somewhere that a Space Marshal would be in command of the entire Confed Military!? Oh btw, is Tolwyn also part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as full Admiral or maybe when he became Space Marshal?
Just wondering... thx in advance for your thoughts or answers.
I know there's been lots of talk about WC ranks, rank insignia's and uniforms and I've read most of them, but I still have a couple of questions:
1. Why were the rank insignia's changed in WC III, WC IV and V (Prophecy) from the ones shown in WC I (+ add-ons) and WC II (+ add-ons) ? The rank insignia's and uniforms from the first games were similar to what we have now in the military (either flight wings or TCS insignia on the collar) and the rank insignia's on the shoulders (same rank insignia's as we use today), then on the chest the wings were on the left and also the ribbons (in reality you do see your ribbons on your uniform depending on what class uniform you're wearing, but you don't wear your medals, only in full dress uniform) and on the right was the name tag.
Now I understand that confed changed the colors of the uniforms a bit as you can already see in WC II (although Col. Halcyon was already wearing a blue uniform in WC I), but I can't imagine that confed would suddenly change the rank insignia's... I mean, from a cool silver eagle for Colonel (as seen in WC I - WC II) to a (imo dull) single gold bar with a horizontal stripe at the top, and above that the insignia is now on the chest instead of the shoulders.... why? And what are the weird markings on the collars mean? And why was there a severe cut back on the number of ribbons? Christopher Blair got much more then only the few shown in WC III and WC IV. He's the most decorated officer in Confed history for crying out loud! Think about all the ribbons for the individual medals and what about the campaign ribbons and ace of aces ribbons and such... Majors like Maniac don't even wear ribbons on their uniform anymore in WC III and WC IV.
I know these are games and I shouldn't worry about this so much, but I'm just wondering why the change....
2. Another question of mine is about the Admiral rank. In WC IV Tolwyn is a full Admiral, but is he the commander of one fleet (like the 14th Fleet) or is he the commander of the navy? I mean, in our own (real) history, there are full Admirals that are in command of a fleet (like the Atlantic Fleet or Pacific Fleet) and in wartime (like WWII) there were also Fleet Admirals (5-stars) who where in command of the 'regular' Admirals and there has even been a single Admiral of the Navy (6-stars) who was in charge of the entire navy. So, is Tolwyn in WC IV in command of the navy or just of a single fleet? Is he like the full Admiral we have nowadays or more like a Fleet Admiral in wartime? And last... maybe the Space Marshal rank is more like the Fleet Admiral rank and thus in command of the 'regular' Admirals or more like the Admiral of the Navy? I even heard somewhere that a Space Marshal would be in command of the entire Confed Military!? Oh btw, is Tolwyn also part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as full Admiral or maybe when he became Space Marshal?
Just wondering... thx in advance for your thoughts or answers.