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Imperial Order Ranks (revised 02.02.04)
Rank	Position Requirement (suggested)
Trainee	Flight Cadet (FLC) Cadet(CDT)
Flight Member	Ensign (ENS) Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJ) Second Lieutenant (LT2)
Flight Leader	First Lieutenant (LT1) Captain (CPT)
Squadron/Platoon XO	Lieutenant Commander (LTCM) Commander (CM)
Squadron/Platoon Commander	Major (MAJ) Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL) Colonel (COL)
Wing/Regiment Commander	Brigadier General (BG) Major General (MG)
Ship Captain	Lieutenant General (LG) General (GN)
Ship Commander/Task Force Commander	Commodore (CDE) Rear Admiral (RA)
Fleet Captain	Vice Admiral (VA) Admiral (AD) Fleet Admiral (FA)
Fleet Commander	Grand Admiral (GA)
Imperial Command Authority	Emperor (EMP)

Imperial Command Authority Directive 722-Jenth
Any officer who is appointed to a command position (FL, XO,CMDR, WC, SCPT, HC,etc) and does not meet the suggested required rank, will be promoted to one rank below the required rank, or the required rank depending on their current rank. If the officer is promoted to one rank below the required, they will be promoted to the required rank after 45 days in their command, dependant on their quality of service. If they are promoted to the required rank, after 60 days, a review will be held by their superior officer for either promotion or Medal of Merit awarded, dependant on their serivce.
Examples of this:

LTCM John Doe is appointed CMDR of Alpha Squadron, he will be also promoted to the rank of CM. After 45 days, if he has proven his worth, he will receive the promotion to Major.

COL Jane Doe is appointed Wing Commander, she will be promoted to BG. After 60 days, if she has proven her worth, a review will be held to see if further promotion/medal awarding is warranted.