List of fictional military ranks
This is a List of fictional military ranks. They appear in various media, particularly books, films, and television. As a rule, they are more common in science fiction than in other genres.
The ranks are arranged according to the fictional universe that they belong to and, where available, a current military equivalent.
This list is incomplete.
Battlestar Galactica
1978 series
Officer Grade
- Commander - Equivalent to various flag officer ranks
- Colonel
- Major
- Captain
- Lieutenant Senior Grade
- Lieutenant Junior Grade
- Ensign
Enlisted Grade
- Senior Flight Sergeant
- Flight Sergeant
- Flight Corporal
- Petty Officer
2004 series
Officer Grade
- Admiral - (Theoretical - non-canon.)
- Vice Admiral - (Theoretical - non-canon.)
- Rear Admiral - (Only Flag Rank that appears in series canon.)
- Commander - Equivalent to a Commodore, Commanding Officer of a Battlestar Group.
- Lieutenant Colonel (Jack Fisk "Razor")
- Colonel
- Major
- Captain
- Lieutenant
- Lieutenant Junior Grade
- Ensign
Enlisted Grade
- Master Chief Petty Officer - (Theoretical - non-canon.)
- Chief Petty Officer
- Petty Officer 1st Class
- Petty Officer 2nd Class / Sergeant (Marines)
- Specialist / Corporal (Marines)
- Private
Dune
- Supreme Bashar - Field Marshal
- Caid - Military ruler in charge of a planet
- Burseg - General
- Bashar - between Colonel and Brigadier General
- Levenbrech - Between sergeant and lieutenant
Malazan Book of the Fallen
Malazan Military
Lower ranks use normal terms (private, sergeant, corporal, captain) in the Malazan military
- Fist - commander of an army or portion of an army.
- High Fist - Highest-ranking officer in a military theater
- Imperial Adjunct - an officer selected to be, in effect, a direct extension of the emperor's will.
- Squad Mage - mage assigned to assist a particular squad. Mainly used in the Malazan marines.
- High Mage - Highest ranking mage in an army's mage cadre
- Adjutant - an officer who assisted a more senior officer
Others
- Preda - Commander of an army in Lether and Bolkando
- Atri-Preda - High commander of an army in Lether and Bolkando
- Ceda - A mage in Lether, typically one that uses the more primitive holds, as opposed to warrens.
- Atri-Ceda - A 'High Mage' equivalent in Lether, only used after Brys Beddict reforms the Letherii military using the Malazan model. Generally uses holds.
- Septarch - Leader/Commander of one of the 7 districts of the Pannion Domin
- Urdo - Leader of a company of Urdomen, elite heavy infantry of the Pannion Domin
- Seerdomin - Fanatical bodyguards and assassins of the Pannion Domin
Stargate
Goa'uld
- First Prime - Field Marshal
Star Trek
Starfleet
Starfleet's ranks are mostly the same as those of the modern United States Navy, with some exceptions.
- Commodore - equivalent to the modern Rear Admiral Lower Half
- Fleet Captain - between Captain and Commodore
Bajoran
Bajoran Militia ranks are mostly the same as modern Army ranks, with some exceptions.
- Commander General - Fleet Admiral or Field Marshal
Cardassian Union
- Legate - All ranks above Commodore/Rear Admiral lower half/Brigadier General
- Gul - Captain/Commodore
- Glinn - Lieutenant/Lieutenant Commander
Klingon Empire
- la'quv - Fleet Admiral or Field Marshal
- 'aj - Admiral or General
- Sa' - Vice Admiral or Lieutenant General
- totlh - Rear Admiral (upper half) or Major General
- 'ech - Commodore/Rear Admiral lower half or Brigadier General
Romulan Empire
- Commander - Captain
- Subcommander - Lieutenant Commander
Ferengi Alliance
- DaiMon - Captain
Star Wars
Galactic Empire
- Executor - Commander in Chief of the Imperial Fleet, appointed by the emperor
- Grand Admiral - was one of the highest in the Galactic Empire (besides the Galactic Emperor, Executor, and Grand Vizier, outranking all other political and Imperial Military personnel, including Moffs).
- Moff - several degrees, all flag officer ranks
- Captain of the Line - between Captain and Commodore
- High Colonel - between Colonel and Brigadier General
Warhammer 40,000
Imperial Guard
- Lord Commander Militant - Commander in Chief of an Imperial Guard army.
- Lord General Militant
- Colonel-Commissar - Although Imperial Commissars can technically take command of any Imperial Guard unit, this rank is only given to those who have proven themselves through extraordinary acts of valor and courage. Ibram Gaunt is the only Commissar to currently hold this title.
- Bone'ead - Ogryns who underwent brain surgery to enhance their intelligence to near-human level. They are assigned to command squads of their less intelligent counterparts.
Space Marines
- Neophyte - new recruits into the chapter
- Battle-Brother - the second lowest Space Marine rank
- Justicar - Commands a squad of Grey Knights. Equivalent to Sergeant in other Space Marine organisations.
- Brother-Sergeant
- Brother-Captain - A Space Marine Captain may be addressed thus by his Brothers. Only an official rank title in the Grey Knights.
- Chapter Master - Responsible for an entire Chapter of Space Marines.
Systems Alliance (Mass Effect)
Note: System Alliance Marines are deeply integrated with the Systems Alliance Navy, stationed in small units onboard individual ships, often frigate-class, and thus share most of the naval command structure and officer ranks.
- Enlisted
- Serviceman 3rd Class/Private 2nd Class
- Serviceman 2nd Class/Private 1st Class
- Serviceman 1st Class/Corporal
- NCOs
- Service Chief
- Gunnery Chief
- Operations Chief
- Officers
- 2nd Lieutenant
- 1st Lieutenant
- Staff Lieutenant
- Lieutenant Commander
- Staff Commander
- Captain/Major
- Rear Admiral/General
- Admiral
- Fleet Admiral
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