[LMB] Lois-Bujold Digest, Vol 28, Issue 1

[Bo Johansson]

On 31 Aug 2007 CatMtn at aol.com wrote:
>
> Well, Ivan was a Captain at age 29 or so.  One assumes Aral
> would have  had a better chance at promotions, since he was
> actually doing something besides sidling away from anything
> resembling conflict. <g>

Note the difference between Army and Navy ranks, Barrayar might 
have something like this:

Navy            Ground
------          ------
Ensign          Ensign
Lieutenant      Lieutenant
Lt Commander    Captain
Commander       Major
Captain         Colonel
Commodore       Brigadier (General)
Rear Admiral    Major General
Vice Admiral    Lt General
Admiral         General

this assumes there are no "Lt Colonels", if there are they
may be equivalent to "(Navy) Captain (J.G.)" with Colonel
equivalent to "(Navy) Captain (S.G.)"


And as mentioned, there is the complication that anyone 
commanding a ship can be called Captain, regardless of rank.

Aral, Simon and Koudelka seem to have Navy ranks, while Ivan and 
Miles were promoted from Lieutenant to (Ground) Captain.

// Bo Johansson