2008-10-20, 08:10 | Link #961 |
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I just realized some of the details regarding mage rankings in my head have become blurred (And go figure which might come from some fiction or my own delusions), so i thought to verify with the more 'devoted' users here
Firstly, the ability for independent flight. Unless my memory is playing tricks on me, it required a mage ranked A or above to sustain that, yes ? On that note, how frequent was it for a mage to be powerful enough to rank A+ ? I think i vaguely recall somewhere being mentioned that approximately one in hundred mages has the capability to rank A or above, but it might be just me being delusional). This would obviously also mean that all the combat/operations personnel in airforces and navy would be ranked A or above. (Or does navy aim even higher than that ?). On that note, RF6 aside, Nanoha was part of the air forces, distinguished by her white-blue uniform, right? (Ground forces having the brown uniform the rest of RF6 wear, and navy having the blueish-gray outfits). Why did fate wear the brown uniform as well for that matter, instead of her enforcer black one ? (unless to 'fit in' better - i assume it isn't an obligation, seeing Nanoha kept her white/blue one). Thanks
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2008-10-20, 08:28 | Link #962 | ||
Adeptus Animus
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Fate, with her uniform not being designed for either flight nor ease of training anyway, never had a reason to wear her Enforcer uniform (a shame really, black suits Fate so much better then brown). |
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2008-10-20, 09:25 | Link #964 |
Lost in my dreams...
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Another thing i am curious (and have forgotten if it ever was mentioned) about - how much official authority does the saint belkan church hold, if any ? (Aside of Carim being a member of TSAB's board of directors).
Same regarding the authority Admirals have. To best of my knowledge, and Admiral is the highest rank a TSAB member can achieve. From who do they take orders from, and what is the extent of independent action they can carry out ? Same questions regarding inspectors - (Acous for example) - as far as i can tell, they take orders from no one and are pretty much cleared for independent action ?
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2008-10-20, 11:18 | Link #965 |
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Hmm, on the first part, Belka has a few regions on Mid that they govern, possibly on other worlds as well, but in overall authority I'd say the TSAB is superior. In terms of influence, Belka is known to be the most wide-spread and popular religion, spanning around all the known dimensional worlds.
The Admirals are among the highest ranking officials, we were never shown whom they were taking orders from though. The brains are a possibility, though seeing how they had to hide behind the screen that is questionable. There probably is another form of government present... but I can't give a final answer on this. Inspectors like Acous takes orders from the intelligence division, which is linked to the TSAB chain of command. They can take more individual actions, or at least have more freedom to move around, but I doubt they're James Bonds with a license to cause mass-chaos and swipe it under the table. |
2008-10-28, 12:03 | Link #967 |
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1.Yuuno works in the TSAB as the librarian of the Infinity Library. His job includes managing the TSAB's database (not sure if IF==database), and his position is credited as an civilian collabrator.
2. Not too sure about Hayate's current rank but Chrono has outranked her regardless in his position of Admiral, commanding part of the TSAB's navel fleet.
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2008-10-28, 12:08 | Link #968 |
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I'm pretty sure Hayate is a Brigadier General. Not sure where I heard that though, so it could have been in a fanfic. Either way, I don't know enough about military command structures to know which actually has more authority, though my guess is that Chrono outranks Hayate.
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2008-10-28, 12:15 | Link #970 |
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Yuuno would have very little, if any, formal authority in the TSAB beyond his role as the head of the infinity library. Basically he runs the library but beyond that he can't give anyone any orders.
As to Yuuno's rank... well Yuuno is only in pitched combat a few times in A's and never in StrikerS, so I don't think we've gotten a real measure of his capabilities. Nonetheless, he was able to block hits from Vita in melee (though I should note that Vita was conserving cartridges and so the hits Yuuno was taking were most likely a good bit weaker than the one that put Nanoha down for the count) and his Struggle Bind was useful against the Viral Defense Program in the climax. So I guess you could argue that Yuuno is either a very powerful defender or a mostly useless male in a magical girl show. I personally go with the first assumption and place his A's rank around AAA or so, and I wouldn't be surprised if Yuuno had attained S rank sometime in the ten years since then.
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2008-10-28, 12:21 | Link #971 |
物語は、もう、おしまい……?
Join Date: Jan 2007
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Hayate is a Lieutenant Colonel, in the events of StrikerS at least. Anything higher than that is where fanon, and perhaps any possible season 4, comes in.
BetrayerS promoted her to a General (Brigadier IIRC), but then again that fanon, not canon. Oh, and btw, Nanohawiki states Yuuno's rank to be Composite A.
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