Talk:Shipmaster

Facts Confirmed

• On 15:44, 15 January 2007 (UTC) Esemono had some issues with this article, including, "User appears to be creating ranks that do not exist. Proof needed that this rank exists in the Covenant rank structure. That a rank exists in the UNSC IS NOT proof that it exists Covenant forces". However on 05:31, 16 January 2007 (UTC) they were resolved:

Proved

I've found the pages that talk about the Ship Master. There are also referrences to Ship Masters in other books as well. --Shch 'Nodotee 17:14, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

I find pronouncing ship master difficult, as when i say it, other people think i say something different? you know? They should call them ship commander. User:Joshua 029

I believe "ship master" is an old term for a captain. The Covenant's language sounds rather old fasioned a lot of the time. --Dragonclaws^(talk) 00:04, 10 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. -ED 00:15, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

"Master" can be used in a variety of ways. While it can be used to mean an owner of slaves, it is also used by paid servants to address their boss (think maids or Igor). "Mister" is derived from "master," and in formal situations "master" is still used to address males. Militaries are built around people serving others, so it does make sense to use the term "master" as a title. I do, however, think that "ship master" is just an old fashioned term for "captain," fitting their semi-archaic speech patterns. --Dragonclaws^(talk) 08:10, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

That's true. They likely derived the term from Forerunner language and just never changed it. -ED 22:29, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

I interpret it as that the Prophets and Elites were a medival society thrust into the space age by Forerunner artifacts, and haven't gone through normal social progression because of this "violation of Prime Directive." So now they're still basically mideval, yet possess awesome technology. --Dragonclaws^(talk) 21:41, 27 March 2007 (UTC)