Current Events > Commander Shepard really should have been Captain Shepard *Mass Effect Spoilers*

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Aside from the opening mission on Eden Prime/Citadel section at the start of ME1.

She becomes the Captain of the Normandy while Anderson is mothballed. Sure she's now a Spectre but she's still captain of the ship.

Pressly or Kaidan should become a Commander.

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This is especially dumb in ME2 when she isn't even in the military while captaining the ship and they still call her Commander for no reason like it's her first name.

Calling someone by a previous title is, um, a term of endearment?

I dunno, they're all just titles to me. I suppose Captain outranks commander?

Commander sounds cooler than captain

Commanders are often in charge of smaller ships, makes sense for a frigate.

ReturnOfDevsman posted...

I dunno, they're all just titles to me. I suppose Captain outranks commander?

Yes

Mussurana posted...

Commanders are often in charge of smaller ships, makes sense for a frigate.

Anderson was in charge and a captain

Normandy is the 2nd most important ship in the fleet

IIRC some of the Quarians in 2 call you Captain.

Also, Shepard never achieved the rank of Captain.

You can captain a ship without holding the rank of Captain.

Accolon posted...

Also, Shepard never achieved the rank of Captain.

You can captain a ship without holding the rank of Captain.

Well, your rank might be Commander but you'd still be referred to as a Captain or Skipper of the ship if you're the commanding officer of that ship.

Hexenherz posted...

Well, your rank might be Commander but you'd still be referred to as a Captain or Skipper of the ship if you're the commanding officer of that ship.

Not only that but the idea that yhe Captain of the Normandy wouldn't be a Captain is pretty absurd

ReturnOfDevsman posted...

I dunno, they're all just titles to me. I suppose Captain outranks commander?

US naval rank commander can captian different types of boat. From memory I think frigate is one of those. I'm pretty sure Bioware used that as a template.

The first Normandy was a relatively small ship designed for specialty missions rather than a capital ship meant for fleet battles. Not too surprising that they were okay with a commander being left in charge of that.

The second Normandy was larger, but by that point they were operating outside the purview of the Alliance.

It's like how in the age of sail commanders were in charge of sloops and brigs that still could fire a decent broadside, and it's not unheard of for commanders to be in charge cutters and destroyers today.

Commander sounds cooler, it's a game about doing cool shit in space.

K181 posted...

The first Normandy was a relatively small ship designed for specialty missions rather than a capital ship meant for fleet battles. Not too surprising that they were okay with a commander being left in charge of that.

The second Normandy was larger, but by that point they were operating outside the purview of the Alliance.

It's like how in the age of sail commanders were in charge of sloops and brigs that still could fire a decent broadside, and it's not unheard of for commanders to be in charge cutters and destroyers today.

You're seriously downplaying the Normandy. It's a one a kind, crazy expensive, ultra amazing ship that's literally invisible to sensors, that's also a cross-venture with an alien race we were at war with.

Refusing to make the Captain a Captain is bizarre and flat out insulting to the Turians.

As soon as Anderson was mothballed and Shepard was made a spectre, she should be made captain and either Kaidan/Pressly promoted or someone else assigned as Commander.

It would be like if Picard retired and Riker took over the enterprise and was never promoted. It'd be weird.

Youre thinking too seriously about it lol it just sounds cooler

It's unfair!

How can you captain the Normandy and not be a Captain?!

Ar0ge posted...

It's unfair!

How can you captain the Normandy and not be a captain?!

Take the helm, young Commander.

UnfairRepresent posted...

You're seriously downplaying the Normandy. It's a one a kind, crazy expensive, ultra amazing ship that's literally invisible to sensors, that's also a cross-venture with an alien race we were at war with.

Refusing to make the Captain a Captain is bizarre and flat out insulting to the Turians.

As soon as Anderson was mothballed and Shepard was made a spectre, she should be made captain and either Kaidan/Pressly promoted or someone else assigned as Commander.

It would be like if Picard retired and Riker took over the enterprise and was never promoted. It'd be weird.

Not really. The Enterprise was the flagship of the fleet and part of the class of largest capital ships in the Federation. The equivalent would've been if in DS9 they replaced Captain Sisko with Commander Dax as captain of the small but supercharged and cloakable Defiant but didn't promote her which happened as part of the Dominion War plotline for a few episodes.

I'm Captain Shepard and this is my favorite store on the Citadel.

Eh.... doesn't hit the same way...

What else would have the cool factor of Commander?

General?

Warchief?

Master Chief really should have been Command Master Chief Petty Officer

In the US Navy, Commander is both a rank and a position. The rank is below a Captain, which is one level below Rear Admiral (Lower Half). But the person called Commander, Third Fleet, for example, is a 3-Star Admiral (Vice Admiral).

Similarly, the captain of a ship isnt necessarily at the rank of Captain. They often are Commander in rank but not always.

A Captain in the Marines, Army, or Air Force is a much lower rank than in the Navy, equivalent to a Navy Lieutenant.