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|affiliation=[[UNSC Navy]] | |affiliation=[[UNSC Navy]] | ||
|higher rank=[[Rear Admiral (Lower Half)]] | |higher rank=[[Rear Admiral (Lower Half)]] | ||
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''This article refers to the UNSC Navy rank of Captain. For the UNSC Marine Corps rank, see [[Captain (Marine Corps)]].'' | ''This article refers to the UNSC Navy rank of Captain. For the UNSC Marine Corps rank, see [[Captain (Marine Corps)]].'' | ||
'''Captain''' is a [[commissioned officers|commissioned officer]] rank of the [[UNSC Navy]], equal with the rank of [[Colonel]] in the [[UNSC Marine Corps]]. | '''Captain'''<ref>In reference to the above image: ''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', page 161 -- "Commander Keyes opened the box. Inside were a pair of ... insignia: '''four bars and a single star'''".</ref> is a [[commissioned officers|commissioned officer]] rank of the [[UNSC Navy]], equal with the rank of [[Colonel]] in the [[UNSC Marine Corps]]. | ||
Captains typically command a single ship, but may also command a battlegroup or a small fleet if they are the most senior officer present. | Captains typically command a single ship, but may also command a battlegroup or a small fleet if they are the most senior officer present. | ||
Revision as of 05:05, February 12, 2007
Template:Rank Infobox This article refers to the UNSC Navy rank of Captain. For the UNSC Marine Corps rank, see Captain (Marine Corps).
Captain[1] is a commissioned officer rank of the UNSC Navy, equal with the rank of Colonel in the UNSC Marine Corps.
Captains typically command a single ship, but may also command a battlegroup or a small fleet if they are the most senior officer present.
Captains are sometimes referred to informally as "Skipper" (as heard in the Halo 1 level, Pillar of Autumn).
Relation to Marine Corps Captain
The Marine Corps rank of Captain is ranked three pay grades lower than a Navy Captain, and has no special command authority with respect to a ship.
Known Captains
- ^ In reference to the above image: Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 161 -- "Commander Keyes opened the box. Inside were a pair of ... insignia: four bars and a single star".
