"Cap'n Crunch Defends His Honor!" Topic

Scurvy dogs raise scurrilous charges against the good captain!: link

(I do note, by the way, that regardless of rank, the commanding officer of a vessel has always traditionally held the title of "captain" in reference to his vessel and in how he is addressed by crew and passengers, whatever his military rank might be.)

Awesome.

I've heard him ranting about someone pilfering all the crunchberries… and he keeps juggling those little balls.

LaFeet is behind all this I'm sure!

Smedley should be called in to sit on that pirate!

If he's in command of the Guppy, he is referred to as Cap'n. It's a naval tradition going back hundreds of years.

And he kids us not.

Well, looks like I learned something today: 3 stripes = commander; 4 stripes = captain. And who said over-sweetened breakfast cereals cannot teach us anything…!

Damon.

I thought this was about phone phreaking.

Fellow Captains were quick to respond:

Ron

Tempest in a longboat if you ask me.

Here is his "official" statement:

YouTube link

Well, since you brought him up, let's check Kirk's sleeve markings, shall we?

Not four, not really even three, but two lines around a ring of dashes! Have we been lied to all these years? Will the deception never end? Think of the children!

He's only got two stripes here:

YouTube link

Obviously on a very s l o w promotion track!
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Tim

Guys,

let us not neglect rank inflation in the 23rd century:

Lowly crew member = Ensign

Lieutenant Commander = Captain

The system had been re-set by Picard's day, but by then there were 3 5/8 admirals for each captain.

Ron