I don't remember anysuch, but a pub date in (checks) 2005 might well have been to a fan before my time, or outside of the Bar. I also don't know the BuShips/Honorverse crowd as well as others, because that is not a part of the bar that I have followed as heavily.
Thinking back to Rogers, and other uses of Rangers in North American history, I think that how they were used might well be close to the RMN's thinking about how they might use the Space Knights. Ranging between the stars, traveling in low numbers over wide areas between settlements, and fighting those outside of the law sounds an awful lot like traditional SKM practice for counter-piracy to me. I have trouble thinking of a more appropriate usage for 'Star Ranger'.
Thinking back to Rogers, and other uses of Rangers in North American history, I think that how they were used might well be close to the RMN's thinking about how they might use the Space Knights. Ranging between the stars, traveling in low numbers over wide areas between settlements, and fighting those outside of the law sounds an awful lot like traditional SKM practice for counter-piracy to me. I have trouble thinking of a more appropriate usage for 'Star Ranger'.