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Originally Posted by Collin Dougherty
One more question.
If your with a crewman for a long time, say someone low ranked like a matrosengrefeighter, they can eventually become an officer if you keep promoting them in commander? (yeah its a dumb question but thats how i role ^_^)  |
(Using the US method of denotaing rank here to try and keep things as simple as possible within the scope of the question)
For an E-1 seaman to become an O-1 officer it can't be done entirely through commander, it will require a few promotions ingame at specific spots.
To go from a seaman to a PO (E-3 to a E-4) you'll need to promote the E-3 sailor using an ingame promotion that you get at the end of your patrol. Using SHC it will give you an error that you can't promote the crewman to that rank. Once your sailor is now a PO, you can use SHC again if you choose for the promotions until he becomes a CPO (E-6).
Now to promote the CPO to an officer you must first promote him to a Fanrich Z. s (Easiest way to describe their position is an officer candidate; much like an OCS officer that hasn't completed his training yet and given his commission). To promote from a CPO to a Fanrich requires an ingame promotion as well. Until you get promoted to Leutnant you aren't a full officer per se, once you get the promotion you are considered an O-1 and treated (and expected to perform like) an officer.
Problem is that the game doesn't allow for officer candidates (Fanrich) to be part of the normal crew and they count against your maximum officer limit for the ship - when in reality these crewmen while experienced and adept are not ready to completely fill the position of officer and shouldn't really be counted as one. Also, no matter how bad you might want to promote someone or make them an officer, they still have to gain the necessary experience in order to make the cut for the ingame promotions (no way around that one, your men gotta earn their way) in order to become an officer which I believe requires 400 xp in order to become a Fanrich Z. s.