Quote:Probably. To tell you the honest truth, the paramilitary ranks have entered the game because I used one for Doug in the story and not the other way around. As such, they haven't quite "standardized" yet for all the team members.
Then what rank is Hexe? Brigadeer?
What happened was that in 1996 or 1997, Kat and Joe Avins (Kat and Dwimanor) were commenting on one of the earliest versions of DW2. Therein was the ancestor of the scene where Doug whips out his ID to show the Sabers, only it took place on a rooftop instead of at Raven's. In that passage, Doug introduced himself as a Lt. Colonel, which I had thrown in because a) it sounded cool, and b) I didn't like the sound of Sylia et al. calling him "Mr. Sangnoir".
Joe read this and said, "No. He's chief of security, he should be a full bird colonel." I duly made the change, and after that, the paramilitary ranks slowly infiltrated the game world via the other players who liked the idea. Not everyone's claimed one, but no one's objected to the addition to the background, and after seven years or so, it'd probably be ridiculous to do so. I don't think Helen has explicitly declared Hexe's rank, but I can't imagine her being anything below a Brigadier. I know Peggy claimed a rank for Shadowwalker, but like I said before, I'm not sure what it is now. In any case, she's not on active combat duty right now, because she's organizing the new Warriors' Academy; Peg's been playing Silverbolt more often these days (and I can't remember if she ever picked a rank for S'bolt).
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.