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:I believe "ship master" is an old term for a captain. The Covenant's language sounds rather old fasioned a lot of the time. --<b>[[User:Dragonclaws|<font color="000000">Dragon<font color="FF0000">c</font>laws</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Dragonclaws|<font color="000000">talk</font>]])</sup></b> 00:04, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
:I believe "ship master" is an old term for a captain. The Covenant's language sounds rather old fasioned a lot of the time. --<b>[[User:Dragonclaws|<font color="000000">Dragon<font color="FF0000">c</font>laws</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Dragonclaws|<font color="000000">talk</font>]])</sup></b> 00:04, 10 March 2007 (UTC)


::I think of it as a more formal way of saying Captain. The Covenant is a religious hierarchy, and less like the UNSC military. If you've noticed, the UNSC (or our modern military in general) uses a lot of slang the Covenant may find inaccurate, such as "man down" (which could mean injured or unconscious, but could be misinterpreted as "dead"),  and "clear the sector" (in The Storm, Lt. Cdr. Keyes told the Chief to "clear the sector of anti-air commandments", and incidentally, Rtas 'Vadum used the term in Floodgate as an indication to leave rather than to eliminate enemies). And since we have the rank of Captain in both Navy and Marine Corps, it could cause confusion, while in the Covenant, it does not. Arby116
::I think of it as a more formal way of saying Captain. The Covenant is a religious hierarchy, and less like the UNSC military. If you've noticed, the UNSC (or our modern military in general) uses a lot of slang the Covenant may find inaccurate, such as "man down" (which could mean injured or unconscious, but could be misinterpreted as "dead"),  and "clear the sector" (in The Storm, Lt. Cdr. Keyes told the Chief to "clear the sector of anti-air commandments", and incidentally, Rtas 'Vadum used the term in Floodgate as an indication to leave rather than to eliminate enemies). And since we have the rank of Captain in both Navy and Marine Corps, it could cause confusion, while in the Covenant, it does not. {{Arby116Sig}}


::To us, anyway. Living in the free world, We'll never have to call someone our "master." I think the term is used because it emphasizes superiority. -[[User:ED|ED]] 00:15, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
::To us, anyway. Living in the free world, We'll never have to call someone our "master." I think the term is used because it emphasizes superiority. -[[User:ED|ED]] 00:15, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

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