Rear Admiral (Upper Half)

Rear Admiral (Upper Half) Address: Regardless of Admiral rank, all are addressed as Admiral

Union Fleet and System Defense Guard Rank - Pay Grade O 9

This rank has been taken from the original Pre Asto Earth Fleet Command structure but its position and command authority is greatly different. A Union Two Star (Navy) usually commands a Department of an entire Sector. Upper halfs are rarely Combat related and usually commanding Logistics, Personnel, Intel, Tech, Development and similar departments on a large scale (Sector) It is also called the retirement rank as many lower halfs reach Upper Half and retire. As the chances to advance to Vice Admiral are not as abundant, even in the Union Fleet.

In the System Defense Guard. There are only a few Upper Halfs, usually Defense Command for a large System cluster (such as Core Section or Frontier regions)

(Shown is the Rank insigina for a System Defense Admiral - the Union Fleet Insigina is silver and does not have the  Sun - Circles )

The three golden dots represent Star Systems