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+ | '''Vice admiral''' (also known as '''three star admiral''') is a [[rank]] of [[flag officer]] in naval services and space forces, most notably [[Starfleet (Earth)|Earth Starfleet]] and its [[Starfleet|Federation counterpart]]. Vice admiral is the midlevel flag [[officer]] rank, a grade higher than a [[rear admiral]] and a grade below [[four star admiral]] and other [[admiral]] grades in most rank structures. This rank is roughly equivalent with the authority of a [[lieutenant general]] of [[military]] forces. ({{r|ST|Star Trek Encyclopedia}}) |
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+ | In military parlance, is it acceptable and normal to refer to a vice admiral simply as "admiral" in most forms of address. |
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+ | In the [[Starfleet uniform]] [[insignia]] introduced in the mid-[[24th century]], a vice admiral wore a triangular rank braid with two pips underneath as their [[service uniform]] [[rank insignia]]. ({{e|TNG|Conspiracy}}) |
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+ | :''The correlation between this third admiral rank and the uniform insignia worn in TNG season 1 is because other admirals were shown wearing lower rank insignia, and the single braid insignia was the most basic one shown.'' |
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+ | In a redesign of the admiral's service [[uniform]]s of [[2365]] and [[2366]], a new insignia of three gold pips enclosed in a rectangular gold border was worn by vice admirals, showing the origin of the "three star" name. This insignia continued into later uniform designs of the [[2370s]]. ({{r|ST|Star Trek Encyclopedia}}; {{e|TNG|The Measure of a Man}}) |
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+ | ==Vice admiral insignia== |
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+ | {| class="chart" |
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+ | ! colspan="47" | Starfleet vice admiral insignia |
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+ | ! rowspan="2" | era |
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+ | ! rowspan="2" | general wear |
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+ | ! colspan="4" | [[command division]] |
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+ | ! colspan="4" | [[operations division]] |
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+ | ! colspan="2" | [[sciences division]] |
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+ | ! command |
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+ | ! colspan="2" | tactical/military |
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+ | ! colspan="2" | flight-engineering<br>{{small|(admin, pilot, engineer)}} |
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+ | ! security |
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+ | ! special services |
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+ | ! colspan="2" | sci-ops<br>{{small|(ops, sci & tac ops)}} |
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+ | ! medical |
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+ | |- |
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+ | ! [[Earth Starfleet ranks]] |
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+ | | colspan="11" | [[File:Earth vadm.png|centre|thumb|110x110px]] |
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+ | |- align="center" |
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+ | ! [[Federation Starfleet ranks (2160s)]]{{bsmall|(insignia for all flag grades)}} |
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+ | | [[file:Sec adm 2160s.png|115px|Sleeve insignia.]] || colspan="4" | [[file:Cmd amd 2160s.png|115px|Sleeve insignia.]] || colspan="4" | [[file:Eng-ops adm 2160s.png|115px|Sleeve insignia.]] || colspan="2" | [[file:Sci adm 2160s.png|115px|Sleeve insignia.]] |
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+ | ! [[Federation Starfleet ranks (2250s)]]{{bsmall|(insignia for all flag grades)}} |
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+ | | [[file:gray flag sleeve.png|115px|Sleeve insignia.]] || colspan="4" | [[file:2250s conn admiral sleeve.png|115px|Sleeve insignia.]] [[file:2250s cmd green adm sleeve.png|115px|Sleeve insignia.]] || colspan="4" | [[file:2250s red ops adm sleeve.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]] [[file:2250s ops admiral sleeve.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]] || colspan="2" | [[file:2250s sci admiral sleeve.png|115px|Sleeve insignia.]] |
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+ | ! [[Federation Starfleet ranks (2260s)]] |
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+ | | [[file:2260s vadm.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]] || colspan="4" | [[file:yel Vce Adm 2266.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]] [[file:2260s cmd green vadm.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]] || colspan="4" | [[file:Red Vce Adm 2266.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]] [[file:2260s cmd beige vadm.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]] || colspan="2" | [[file:blu Vce Adm 2266.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]] |
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+ | ! [[Federation Starfleet ranks (2270s)]]{{bsmall|(epaulet insignia for all admiral grades)}} |
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+ | | [[file:2270s cmd vadm sleeve.png|115px|Uniform sleeve.]] || colspan="2" | [[file:2270s cmd radm.png|95px|Sleeve insignia.]] || colspan="2" | [[file:2270s helm radm.png|95px|Sleeve insignia.]] || [[file:2270s eng radm.png|95px|Sleeve insignia.]] || colspan="3" | [[file:2270s sec radm.png|95px|Sleeve insignia.]] || [[file:2270s sci radm.png|95px|Sleeve insignia.]] || [[file:2270s med radm.png|95px|Sleeve insignia.]] |
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+ | ! [[Federation Starfleet ranks (2270s-2350s)]] |
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+ | | [[file:2270s-2350 vadm sleeve.png|115px|Sleeve insignia.]] || [[file:2270s-2350 cmd vadm.png|95px|Sleeve insignia.]] || colspan="2" | [[file:2270s-2350 mil vadm.png|95px|Sleeve insignia.]] || colspan="2" | [[file:2270s-2350 flight vadm.png|95px|Sleeve insignia.]] || [[file:2270s-2350 sec vadm.png|95px|Sleeve insignia.]] || [[file:2270s-2350 sup vadm.png|95px|Sleeve insignia.]] || colspan="2" | [[file:2270s-2350 service vadm.png|95px|Sleeve insignia.]] || [[file:2270s-2350 med vadm.png|95px|Sleeve insignia.]] |
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+ | ! [[Federation Starfleet ranks (2350s-2366)]] |
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+ | | || colspan="4" | [[file:2350s-2360s vadm.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]]|| colspan="4" | [[file:2350s-2360s vadm ops s1.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]] || colspan="2" | [[file:2350s-2360s vadm sci s1.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]] |
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+ | ! [[Federation Starfleet ranks (2366-2373)]] |
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+ | | colspan="11" | [[file:Vce_Adm_2364.png|115px|Lapel insignia.]] |
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+ | ! [[Federation Starfleet ranks (2373-2386)]] |
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+ | | || colspan="4" | [[file:Red_Vce_Adm_2373.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]]|| colspan="4" | [[file:Yel_Vce_Adm_2373.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]] || colspan="2" | [[file:Blu_Vce_Adm_2373.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]] |
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+ | ! [[Federation Starfleet ranks (2386-2400s)]] |
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+ | | || colspan="4" | [[file:Red_VADM_2400s.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]]|| colspan="4" | [[file:Yel_VADM_2400s.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]] || colspan="2" | [[file:Blu_VADM_2400s.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]]<!-- |
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+ | ! rowspan="2" | [[Federation Starfleet ranks (2360s-2370s)]] |
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+ | | [[file:gray vadm 2366.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]] || colspan="4" rowspan="2" | [[file:red Ch Petty 2364.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]] [[file:red Ch Petty 2371.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]] || colspan="4" rowspan="2" | [[file:yel Ch Petty 2364.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]] [[file:yel Ch Petty 2371.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]] || colspan="2" rowspan="2" | [[file:blu Ch Petty 2364.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]] [[file:blu Ch Petty 2371.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]] |
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+ | |- align="center" |
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+ | | rowspan="2" | [[file:24th gray vadm.png|115px|Uniform collar.]] |
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+ | ! [[Federation Starfleet ranks (2370s-2380s)]] |
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+ | | colspan="4" | [[file:red Ch Petty 2373.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]] || colspan="4" | [[file:yel Ch Petty 2373.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]] || colspan="2" | [[file:blu Ch Petty 2373.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]] --> |
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+ | ==Alternate vice admiral insignia== |
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+ | {| class="chart" |
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+ | ! colspan="47" | Starfleet alternate vice admiral insignia |
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+ | ! | era |
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+ | ! colspan="4" | [[command division]] |
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+ | ! colspan="4" | [[operations division]] |
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+ | ! colspan="2" | [[sciences division]] |
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+ | ! [[Federation Starfleet ranks (2250s) alt]] |
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+ | | colspan="10" | [[file:2250s alt adm.png|115px|Sleeve insignia.]] |
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+ | ! [[Federation Starfleet ranks (2386-2410) alt]] |
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+ | | colspan="4" | [[file:Alt future cmd vadm.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]]|| colspan="4" | [[file:Alt future ops vadm.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]] || colspan="2" | [[file:Alt future sci vadm.png|115px|Uniform shoulder.]] |
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+ | |} |
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+ | ===United States Navy=== |
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+ | * [[David Farragut]] ([[19th century]]) |
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+ | ===Earth Starfleet=== |
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+ | * [[Maxwell Forrest]] ([[2150s]]) |
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===Federation Starfleet=== |
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+ | * [[Aaron]] ([[2360s]]) |
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+ | * [[Matthew Dougherty]] |
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− | *[[James Leyton]] |
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+ | * [[Rhonda S. Halloran]] |
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+ | * [[Jeremiah Hayes]] |
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+ | * [[Kathryn Janeway]] |
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+ | * [[Yuri Kuznetsov]] |
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+ | * [[James Leyton]] |
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+ | * [[Mamoru Nakamura]] |
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− | *[[Yuri Kuznetsov]] |
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+ | * {{kt|Christopher Pike|Christopher Pike}} ([[Kelvin timeline]]) |
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+ | * {{dis|Richardson|Vice Admiral}} |
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+ | * [[Vaughan Rittenhouse]] |
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+ | * [[Zach Warner]] |
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− | == |
+ | ==Appendices== |
+ | ===Connections=== |
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− | Dates listed are first appearence or mention at that rank except as noted. |
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− | ===[[2286]]=== |
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+ | |} |
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− | ===[[2365]]=== |
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− | *[[Mamoru Nakamura]] |
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− | ===[[2266]]=== |
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− | ===[[2367]]=== |
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− | *[[Yuri Kuznetsov]] |
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− | ===[[2368]]=== |
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− | ===[[2371]]=== |
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− | :''[[Tom Paris]] hallucinates him as a Vice Admiral in 2372, so it's fair to assume that he was one when [[USS Voyager (NCC-74656)|''Voyager'']] left in 2371.'' |
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+ | ===Background=== |
+ | [[File:US o-9 rank pin.png|thumb|US insignia.]] |
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− | *[[James Leyton]] |
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+ | The [[United States]] rank scheme that Starfleet was adapted from is also the origination of the insignia, background information, and alternate name for this rank. In the [[United States Military Forces|United States armed forces]], vice admirals of the [[US Navy]] wear a pin insignia of three stars on their uniforms and hold an officer grade equivalent to a lieutenant general of other services. |
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+ | In {{g|ST|Conquest}}, vice admiral is used for [[Starfleet]] commanders who have completed their rear admiral experience points in [[Federation]] gameplay, with the graphic reflecting the "three-star" rank insignia dating back to the US military forces and the Earth Starfleet. The game proceeds these characters to [[admiral]] after their vice admiral experience points are complete. |
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− | ===[[2374]]=== |
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− | ===[[2375]]=== |
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− | *[[Matthew Dougherty]] |
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+ | ===External links=== |
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+ | * {{memoryalpha}} |
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+ | * {{stexpanded}} |
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[[Category:ranks]] |
[[Category:ranks]] |
Revision as of 19:57, 17 May 2019
Vice admiral (also known as three star admiral) is a rank of flag officer in naval services and space forces, most notably Earth Starfleet and its Federation counterpart. Vice admiral is the midlevel flag officer rank, a grade higher than a rear admiral and a grade below four star admiral and other admiral grades in most rank structures. This rank is roughly equivalent with the authority of a lieutenant general of military forces. (ST reference: Star Trek Encyclopedia)
In military parlance, is it acceptable and normal to refer to a vice admiral simply as "admiral" in most forms of address.
In the Starfleet uniform insignia introduced in the mid-24th century, a vice admiral wore a triangular rank braid with two pips underneath as their service uniform rank insignia. (TNG episode: "Conspiracy")
- The correlation between this third admiral rank and the uniform insignia worn in TNG season 1 is because other admirals were shown wearing lower rank insignia, and the single braid insignia was the most basic one shown.
In a redesign of the admiral's service uniforms of 2365 and 2366, a new insignia of three gold pips enclosed in a rectangular gold border was worn by vice admirals, showing the origin of the "three star" name. This insignia continued into later uniform designs of the 2370s. (ST reference: Star Trek Encyclopedia; TNG episode: "The Measure of a Man")
Vice admiral insignia
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command | tactical/military | flight-engineering (admin, pilot, engineer) |
security | special services | sci-ops (ops, sci & tac ops) |
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Federation Starfleet ranks (2160s) (insignia for all flag grades) |
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Federation Starfleet ranks (2250s) (insignia for all flag grades) |
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Federation Starfleet ranks (2270s) (epaulet insignia for all admiral grades) |
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Federation Starfleet ranks (2373-2386) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Federation Starfleet ranks (2386-2400s) |
Alternate vice admiral insignia
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Federation Starfleet ranks (2250s) alt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Federation Starfleet ranks (2386-2410) alt |
Positions and lists
Earth Starfleet
Federation Starfleet
- Aaron (2360s)
- Matthew Dougherty
- Fitzpatrick
- Rhonda S. Halloran
- Jeremiah Hayes
- Kathryn Janeway
- Yuri Kuznetsov
- James Leyton
- Mamoru Nakamura
- Alynna Nechayev (2360s)
- Owen Paris
- Christopher Pike (Kelvin timeline)
- Richardson
- Vaughan Rittenhouse
- William Ross
- Srrel
- Zach Warner
Appendices
Connections
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Earth SF | CREW | PO2
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CPO
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CDORE | RADM / 2ADM | VADM / 3ADM | 4ADM | FADM / 5ADM
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Starfleet & SFMC | ENS JG
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LT JG | LT | LT CMDR | CDR | CDORE
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PVT | CPL | SGT
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SUBLT
2ND LT |
1ST LT | CAPT | MAJOR | LT COL | COL | BRIG | GEN |
Background
The United States rank scheme that Starfleet was adapted from is also the origination of the insignia, background information, and alternate name for this rank. In the United States armed forces, vice admirals of the US Navy wear a pin insignia of three stars on their uniforms and hold an officer grade equivalent to a lieutenant general of other services.
In ST video game: Conquest, vice admiral is used for Starfleet commanders who have completed their rear admiral experience points in Federation gameplay, with the graphic reflecting the "three-star" rank insignia dating back to the US military forces and the Earth Starfleet. The game proceeds these characters to admiral after their vice admiral experience points are complete.
External links
- Vice admiral article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Vice admiral article at Star Trek Expanded Universe wiki, the wiki for fan-authored Star Trek.