Lyran ranks and insignia

ApocalypseMeow · Post by **ApocalypseMeow** » Sat Jun 02, 2018 11:34 am

While I keep looking forward to Feline Empires being published, would it be possible to shorten the latency by disclosing possible Lyran (naval) ranks and corresponding rank insignia? I am really enjoying the already published rank insignia for many other factions of the Starfleet Universe!

Post by **Steve Cole** » Sat Jun 02, 2018 8:39 pm

I would have sworn we had done that. Let me make a note. No promises for anything this week.

ApocalypseMeow · Post by **ApocalypseMeow** » Sun Jun 03, 2018 10:48 am

That would be awesome, Steve! Thank you so much for your quick answer and your help.

No hurry, take the time you need.

PS:
I couldn't find rank insignia for Gorn and ISC either. Maybe I overlooked them.

EDIT:
And I couldn't find Tholians either.

Post by **Steve Cole** » Sun Jun 03, 2018 7:30 pm

I know we did/posted Gorns. Cannot remember Tholians.

Post by **Steve Cole** » Sun Jun 03, 2018 7:39 pm

I found an incomplete set of Lyran rank graphics, which reminded me that the source was an article by a former staffer. I will try to track him down and get another copy of the original.

ApocalypseMeow · Post by **ApocalypseMeow** » Sun Jun 03, 2018 8:49 pm

Steve, I did find Gorns within the player resources.

And according to my search, there are Tholian ranks within Captain's Log #32 and Away Team Log respectively.

That just leaves us without Lyrans and ISC.

Post by **Steve Cole** » Mon Jun 04, 2018 8:55 pm

I kept looking at the incomplete Lyran document I had, scratching my head as to what it all meant, and Sunday afternoon it all made sense. It's now on Jean's desk for proofreading. Any luck and Simone will upload it Tuesday.

Post by **Steve Cole** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 9:27 pm

The document has been sent to Simone to upload tonight.

If you want a copy emailed to you, drop me an email. I have PDF and JPG.

ApocalypseMeow · Post by **ApocalypseMeow** » Wed Jun 06, 2018 3:00 pm

Dear Steve,

first of all thank you so much for the upload! These ranks are awesome!

And I love the little remark that these were researched by a starfleet intelligence officer. This will be a great fluff when giving the rank sheet as handout to players.

PS:
It seems that I do not experience any trouble while logging in and out with this board anymore. I tried for a full day to reply to you and sent an email to customer care. Hope, this will work now.

EDIT:
It seems, the problem only occurs when tring to log in from my mobile, but only recently. Seems strange to me.

Post by **Steve Cole** » Wed Jun 06, 2018 3:42 pm

Jon Cleaves is a retired colonel from US Army intelligence and a long-time fan of Star Fleet Battles. He and I had a non-SFU professional relationship when my primary job was in military intelligence. (He is one of those guys who did a job as an officer then retired and started doing the same job at the same desk as a civilian the next day.)

The Star Fleet Universe is full of real world military people. The Chuck Strong who is in charge of F&E is a retired USAF Colonel who once upon a dark night bagged a MiG over Iraq. His assistant, Ryan Opel, works to this day in counter-terrorism. I commanded a Guard military police combat security company for three years, then was in charge of brigade operations. Lots of veterans around here.

Sgt_G · Post by **Sgt_G** » Wed Jun 06, 2018 8:28 pm

It took me a few minutes to find the links to this chart. It's not on the Master Index, but rather is on the Play Aids page found here: http://www.starfleetgames.com/sfb/sfin/index.shtml

Scroll down about 80% of the way to the bottom.

Post by **Steve Cole** » Thu Jun 07, 2018 5:47 pm

I have already told Simone she needs to better index that thing.