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Re: Removing the Head of Personnel
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 11:40 pm
by TheNightingale
Bottom post of the previous page:
CosmicScientist wrote:Renaming the HoP to Leftennant is... what why does that make things better?
Lieutenant. It's only
pronounced 'leftenant'. It's good because then we can rename the HoS to Commander and have a proper military structure on the station, complete with saluting, press-ups and deck-scrubbing.
Re: Removing the Head of Personnel
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 11:42 pm
by Remie Richards
Wait, it's NOT pronounced Lou-tenannt?
I swear it is.
otherwise the joke in fallout (Lou Tennant, the Master's Lieutenant) makes no sense.
Awww shit I got it backwards.
The UK pronunciation is Leftenant, the US, Lou-tennant.
Re: Removing the Head of Personnel
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 1:00 am
by Atticat
Buddy, if you think I am playing access-secretary as captain you are in for a surprise
Re: Removing the Head of Personnel
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 1:35 am
by Remie Richards
CosmicScientist wrote: It apparently happened because the u was pronounced as a v which became a f.
Yeah I know when english was evolving V was a V and a U (which is why W looks like two Vs not two Us and is pronounced "Double U")
I'm also pretty sure R and L were the same letter at some point, given most Asian languages don't differentiate, there's a few more, I forget.
I'm just annoyed because I'm English so to have thought the American pronunciation was right saddens me greatly
Re: Removing the Head of Personnel
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 8:08 am
by Malkevin
CosmicScientist wrote:
Anyway I guess a military structure in rank could work... in an event or special round type since the station is about researching plasma (is the fluff still about that?) and you can always roleplay the HoS was in the military but due to office politics is now commanding a staff of officers who are hyperactive rejects who want to dive into a battle even though they understand nothing of death. Hell if you want a proper structure, you'd need to rename the Captain's rank because wouldn't Commander be higher? Or is Commander something you add on to a rank's title like Lieutenant Commander to indicate such as they're slightly above the norm and oh god my brain just use the Infantryman's Uplifting Primer and change Captain to Lord Solar and everyone else to Cannon Fodder.
Commanders are below Captains
Technically the Captain's rank would be Commander, as that is the typical rank of the Commanding Officer of a navy base. But due to the navy tradition, the commander of anything that floats receives the honorific of Captain.
Re: Removing the Head of Personnel
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 10:34 am
by DemonFiren
Malkevin wrote:But due to the navy tradition, the commander of anything that floats receives the honorific of Captain.
Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.
And we don't even get sodomy anymore!
Re: Removing the Head of Personnel
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2015 4:47 pm
by Kelenius
I remember how people were saying that letting heads modify IDs would make HoP useless.
I remember how people were saying that giving heads ID modification consoles would make HoP useless.
We laughed at them.
They were right.
It fucking happened.
Re: Removing the Head of Personnel
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2015 10:03 pm
by Scones
They do the grunt work the Captain often cannot find time to do. I don't see why you should remove them - Even if they are ineffective as a head for Supply (Why the fuck isn't their Cargo console an ORDER console and not request?), they still provide a valuable median between the Captain and the crew.
Re: Removing the Head of Personnel
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2015 12:05 am
by Scott
I thought it was an order console?