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==Lyran Commonwealth==
 
==Lyran Commonwealth==
 
{{main|Lyran Commonwealth Military Ranks}}
 
{{main|Lyran Commonwealth Military Ranks}}
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The [[Brandenberg Edicts]] of [[2413]] established the rank system for the LCAF from 2413 through the [[Fourth Succession War]]. Following the formation of the [[Federated Commonwealth]], the rank systems of both the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] and the [[Federated Suns]] were merged into a single structure.
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The Brandenberg Edicts of 2413 established the rank system for the LCAF from 2413 through the [[Fourth Succession War]]. Following the formation of the [[Federated Commonwealth]], the rank systems of both the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] and the [[Federated Suns]] were merged into a single structure.
  
 
==Rank Equivalence==
 
==Rank Equivalence==
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While each of the houses uses a house-specific name for each of their ranks, the various hierarchies do allow for the comparison of ranks to one another. The table below shows the equivalent rank between the different house rank structures.
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While each of the houses uses a house-specific name for each of their ranks, the hierarchy does result in an mapping of ranks to one another. The table below shows the equivalent rank between the different house rank structures.
  
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One note is that the Free Worlds League provided, in the [[Document of Incorporation]], the allowance for each of the three founding states to maintain their pre-League military structures. Therefore, the Marik military ranks are based on the region to which an individual is assigned. The table contains the main Marik ranks. Distinctions between Marik and the Andurien and Oriente ranks are noted in footnotes.
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One note is that the Free Worlds League provided, in the Document of Incorporation, the allowance for each of the three founding states to maintain their pre-union military structures. Therefore, the Marik military ranks are based on the region to which an individual is assigned. The table contains the main Marik ranks. Distinctions between Marik and the Andurien and Oriente ranks are noted in footnotes.
  
 
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| align="center" | N/A || align="center" | Corporal  || align="center" | N/A || align="center" | <ref>{{cite | title=House Marik Book | date=1987 | publisher=FASA | production code=pg 83}} Note: Andurien provides '''Thegn''' as a rank at this level.</ref> || align="center" | Sr. Corporal
 
| align="center" | N/A || align="center" | Corporal  || align="center" | N/A || align="center" | <ref>{{cite | title=House Marik Book | date=1987 | publisher=FASA | production code=pg 83}} Note: Andurien provides '''Thegn''' as a rank at this level.</ref> || align="center" | Sr. Corporal
 
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|-
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| style="background:#cdcdcd;" colspan='5' class='infoboxheading' | '''Noncommissioned Officers (NCOs)'''
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| style="background:#cdcdcd;" colspan='5' class='infoboxheading' | '''Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs)'''
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Capellan Confederation !! Draconis Combine !! Federated Suns !! Free Worlds League !! Lyran Commonwealth
 
! Capellan Confederation !! Draconis Combine !! Federated Suns !! Free Worlds League !! Lyran Commonwealth
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| align="center" | N/A || align="center" | N/A || align="center" | [[Lieutenant General#Armed Forces of the Federated Suns|Leftenant General]] || align="center" | N/A || align="center" | [[Lieutenant General#Lyran Commonwealth and Lyran Alliance|Leutnant-General]]
 
| align="center" | N/A || align="center" | N/A || align="center" | [[Lieutenant General#Armed Forces of the Federated Suns|Leftenant General]] || align="center" | N/A || align="center" | [[Lieutenant General#Lyran Commonwealth and Lyran Alliance|Leutnant-General]]
 
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|-
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| align="center" | N/A || align="center" | [[Lieutenant General#Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery|''Sho-sho'']] || align="center" | [[Major General]] || align="center" | N/A || align="center" | [[Hauptmann General]]
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| align="center" | N/A || align="center" | [[Lieutenant General#Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery|''Sho-sho'']] || align="center" | [[Major General]] || align="center" | N/A || align="center" | Hauptmann-General
 
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| align="center" | [[Colonel#Capellan Confederation Armed Forces|Colonel]] || align="center" | [[General#Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery|''Tai-sho'']] || align="center" | [[General]] || align="center" | N/A || align="center" | Kommandant-General
 
| align="center" | [[Colonel#Capellan Confederation Armed Forces|Colonel]] || align="center" | [[General#Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery|''Tai-sho'']] || align="center" | [[General]] || align="center" | N/A || align="center" | Kommandant-General
 
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|-
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| align="center" | N/A || align="center" | N/A || align="center" | [[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]] || align="center" | General <ref>{{cite | title=House Marik Book | date=1987 | publisher=FASA | production code=pg 83}} Note: Andurien refers to this grade as '''Lieutenant General'''.</ref>|| align="center" | General
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| align="center" | N/A || align="center" | N/A || align="center" | [[Marshal]] || align="center" | General <ref>{{cite | title=House Marik Book | date=1987 | publisher=FASA | production code=pg 83}} Note: Andurien refers to this grade as '''Lieutenant General'''.</ref>|| align="center" | General
 
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|-
 
| align="center" | N/A || align="center" | Warlord || align="center" | [[Field Marshal]] || align="center" | N/A || align="center" | General of the Armies
 
| align="center" | N/A || align="center" | Warlord || align="center" | [[Field Marshal]] || align="center" | N/A || align="center" | General of the Armies
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{|class="wikitable"  
 
{|class="wikitable"  
 
|+ Comparative Rank Table circa [[3067]]
 
|+ Comparative Rank Table circa [[3067]]
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! [[SLDF]] !! [[AFFS]] !! [[LAAF]] !! [[FWLM]] !! [[DCMS]] !! [[CCAF]] !! CCAF<br>[[Warrior House]] !! [[Magistracy of Canopus]] !! [[Taurian Defense Force]] !! [[Marian Hegemony]] !! [[Outworlds Alliance]] !! [[Free Rasalhague Republic|FRR]] [[KungsArmé]] !! [[Com Guards]]/<br>[[Word of Blake|WoB]] !! [[Clans]]
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! [[SLDF]] !! [[AFFS]] !! [[LAAF]] !! [[FWLM]] !! [[DCMS]] !! [[CCAF]] !! CCAF<br>[[Warrior House]] !! [[Magistracy of Canopus]] !! [[Taurian Defense Force]] !! [[Marian Hegemony]] !! [[Outworlds Alliance]] !! [[Free Rasalhague Republic|FRR]] [[KungsArmé]] !! [[ComGuards]]/<br>[[Word of Blake|WoB]] !! [[Clans]]
 
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|-
 
| [[Recruit]]<br>([[Spaceman Recruit]])
 
| [[Recruit]]<br>([[Spaceman Recruit]])
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| -
 
| -
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Sergeant]]<br>([[Sergeant#SLDF|Chief Petty Officer]])
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| [[Sergeant]]<br>([[Chief Petty Officer]])
 
| [[Sergeant]]
 
| [[Sergeant]]
 
| [[Sergeant]]
 
| [[Sergeant]]
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| -
 
| -
 
| [[Staff Sergeant]]
 
| [[Staff Sergeant]]
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| [[Staff Sergeant]]<br>([[Staff Sergeant#Free Worlds League|Chief Petty Officer]])
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| [[Staff Sergeant]]<br>([[Chief Petty Officer]])
 
| ''[[Shujin]]''<br>([[Master Sergeant]])
 
| ''[[Shujin]]''<br>([[Master Sergeant]])
 
| -
 
| -
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| -
 
| -
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Master Sergeant]]<br>([[Master Sergeant#SLDF|Master Chief Petty Officer]])
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| [[Master Sergeant]]<br>([[Master Chief Petty Officer]])
 
| [[Command Sergeant Major]]
 
| [[Command Sergeant Major]]
 
| [[Senior Sergeant Major]]
 
| [[Senior Sergeant Major]]
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| [[Sergeant Major]]<br>([[Sergeant Major#Free Worlds League|Master Chief Petty Officer]])
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| [[Sergeant Major]]<br>([[Master Chief Petty Officer]])
 
| ''[[Sho-ko]]''<br>([[Sergeant Major]])
 
| ''[[Sho-ko]]''<br>([[Sergeant Major]])
 
| ''[[Yi-si-ben-bing]]''<br>(Master Sergeant)
 
| ''[[Yi-si-ben-bing]]''<br>(Master Sergeant)
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| [[Colonel]]<br>([[Rearad]])
 
| [[Colonel]]<br>([[Rearad]])
 
| [[Colonel]]<br>([[Space Master]])
 
| [[Colonel]]<br>([[Space Master]])
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| ''[[Colonel#Marian Hegemony|Prefect]]''
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| ''[[Prefect]]''
 
| [[Chairman]]
 
| [[Chairman]]
 
| ''[[Överste]]''
 
| ''[[Överste]]''
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| [[Khan]]
 
| [[Khan]]
 
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|-
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| [[Commanding General of the Star League Defense Force|Commanding General]]<br>([[Commanding Admiral]])
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| [[Commanding General]]<br>([[Commanding Admiral]])
 
| [[Marshal of the Armies]]
 
| [[Marshal of the Armies]]
 
| [[General of the Armies]]<br>([[Fleet Admiral]])
 
| [[General of the Armies]]<br>([[Fleet Admiral]])
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| [[Senior General]]
 
| [[Senior General]]
 
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| -
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| ''[[Imperator (rank)|Imperator]]''
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| ''[[Imperator]]''
 
| [[Senior Chairman]]
 
| [[Senior Chairman]]
 
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| [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns#Prince|Prince]]
 
| [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns#Prince|Prince]]
 
| [[Archon]]
 
| [[Archon]]
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| [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]]
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| [[Captain-General]]
 
| [[Coordinator]]
 
| [[Coordinator]]
 
| [[Chancellor]]
 
| [[Chancellor]]
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| [[Protector of the Realm|Protector]]
 
| [[Protector of the Realm|Protector]]
 
| ''[[Caesar (rank)|Caesar]]''
 
| ''[[Caesar (rank)|Caesar]]''
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| [[President of the Outworlds Alliance|President]]
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| [[President]]
 
| ''[[Överbefälhavare]]''<br>([[Elected Prince]])
 
| ''[[Överbefälhavare]]''<br>([[Elected Prince]])
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| [[Primus of ComStar|Primus]]
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| [[Primus (ComStar)|Primus]]
 
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|}
 
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
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* Ranks, when not preceding a name, are not capitalized.<ref name=LDRA>[[:File:Italicized ranks.png| Per Line Developer Ray Arrastia, 02Aug2022]] (screencap)</ref>
 
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: ''Ex: The major stood and rendered a salute to General DeChavilier.''
 
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* Non-English ranks, with the exception of those used by the Federated Suns or Lyrans, are italicized.<ref name=LDRA/>
 
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* For more information, see [[BattleTechWiki:Manual of Style#Noble titles and military ranks|BattleTechWiki:Manual of Style]]
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
<div class="references-small"><references/></div>
 
<div class="references-small"><references/></div>
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
* ''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]''
 
* ''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]''
  
 
[[Category:Military Ranks]]
 
[[Category:Military Ranks]]

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