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I asked my CO about this when I was curious about the idea of down a lower ranked Thrawn. This was before the comics had come out, and there was some question about what color uniform he'd be in (I only have a line officer cleared at this point in time)

I know a lot of the lore around Thrawn centered around him being one of (if not the only) non human officer in the Empire, but I was told that since there was one, I could be a generic Chiss officer if I wanted to. I know RL holds the same views. there was one chiss jedi, so i can clear as my chiss OC. 

This was just for chiss specifically, but I think the general rule, at least for my garrison, was if there was one, there could be others?

Once again I agree with you . I don't think any one should be upset with what you said. Sure there can be exceptions after all we are talking about back stories to flesh out a character one would like to portray. A young person could be an up and coming officer in the empire through acts of valor or simply family connections. But nobody mentioned the other way . The poor middle aged offcer who is still a lieutenant  whose back story is he / she is such a screw up in their career. That they are one step away from being forced choked from Vader. Lol

Something to consider with choosing a rank is age.  If you are younger, lieutenant is a youthful rank. Middle aged is commander /mid ranks. Older is general, admiral ect.  This is based off of experience in the army.  You star at the bottom and work your way up.  It's like seeing a 25 year old general or admiral in a movie. It looks weird.   Does that make sense?   And I'm not knocking anyone for wanting to be any rank specifically. Just life experience.

At the same time, we're costumers, not the actual army. We look weird anyways. 

@ OP
As a general statement, It doesn't matter. It's really whatever you're comfortable with. If you have fallen in love with the white uniform, be the best Grand Admiral you can be!! 

I know others have mentioned developing backstories for their officer personas, and honest to god, I think that's the best way to go. Develop your character. Give them history, mannerisms, quirks. It just makes the experience so much more FUN for you and everyone around you.

Myself ID-17225, and imperial gun crewer displaying the IOC colors to the citizens of the empire!   "FOR THE EMPEROR!"
 

Moff is military and political title for a sector leader. It originates from the days of the Old Republic.  As the Republic would expand outward and incorporate new systems they woulc occasionally encounter warlords or kings that would control entire sectors.  These leaders were given the title of Moff to help them integrate into the Republic.  Eventually as time passed the leaders would die and the sectors would elect representatives to the galactic senate.  As the Old Republic settled into its established borders, the title fell out of use. 

Flash forward to the last year of the Clone War with the conflict appearing to have no end in sight.  Chancelor Palpatine started to appoint Moffs to work in parallel with their respective sector senators.  The Moff''s would oversee resources such as planets for the war effort, not just direct fleets and armies.  In areas where territory was conquered a moff was used rather than the previous senator that had proven traitorous to the Republic.  This was captured in the online Starwars.com Holonet news which gave a week by week account of the Clone Wars leading up to the release of Revenge of the Sith.  

 
 
 
The first time the rank for a Moff is seen is in Revenge of the Sith on Governor Tarkin.  In the Tarkin novel, there are 20 moffs established at the dawn of the Empire.  Tarkin convinces the Emperor to create a special oversector leader for a combination of other sectors.  This was done making him Grand Moff Tarkin.
 
Grand Moff Tarkin is the leader of the Outer Rim Territories made up mostly of conquered territory from the Clone Wars and Hutt territory acquired during the war.  Here far from prying eyes of the Core Worlds, work is undertaken on the imperial war machine including the Death Star.  
 
The rank of moff becomes the defacto sector leader after Palpatine abolishes the senate.  And the number of moffs by then equal or exceed the number of senators previously in the legislative body.  
 
Replacing the bureaucracy are other ranks in the imperial structure.  The rank depends on the importance of the world.   In many cases, a world has a simple governor.  Sometimes the moff picks a favorite world to rule from and adopts the title of "governor" to go with Moff.   Other times military officers are used to govern worlds.
 
 Captain Sturn is the governor of the occupied world of Kashyyyk.  Styling himself as a big game hunter, Sturn wore a sash made of wookiee fur.
 
 
Baron Tarko had the rank of Moff, but also the title of nobility where he governed on the world of Cato Nemodia, homeworld of the former Trade Federation.  He adopted the local fashion aesthetic into his uniform dress.
 
Governor Pryce had no record of military service before becoming appointed the leader of the world Lothal.  Her uniform was strictly that of imperial officer.
 
Captain Supervisor Grammel was the officer in charge of an imperial mining operation of Circarpous V.  Portly and more of a sadist in charge of the miners.
 
His rule was not long.  
 
Lon Isoto of Brental IV, who had the decency to at least wear his rank...
 
and not much else.

Even Queen Amidala's Captain Panaka became the moff for the Naboo sector serving his old friend the former Senator Palpatine.
 
How many moff's are there?  As many as there are senators.

They've said it all...can't help more

Do you want it in excel, pdf or a jpeg?

Yeah I can send a revised one based on what Dillon showed.  The comics from the recent Thrawn book are showing the single cube to be a midshipman.  So that fills in that gap.
 
in a few more issues we may have an answer for commander and vice admiral 

Robert did you ever get a finalized version of this? There have been a lot of guys in the Ohio Garrison and the rebel Legion in our area that were asking about the ranks today. And if it's complete if it's okay I would like to post it to the Ohio ears enclosed page for Members Only so that they can see the rank status of every one of us that's wandering around in uniform. Might help them out a little bit. Thanks advance man!

Make sure you post some of the pictures.

Very cool ! We should all have one haha !

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I'll look after work for one.
 
* It will not be exactly as the game. Mine if for blast a trooper. So it will have handles for a shooter to use.

WOW!

Hi guys, I have been working on repainting / modding a neft rhino blaster as an officers turret. This build has been fun. And very simple thus far. Here is a few pics of how far I have gotten. I hope you all like the start. And when I'm done I will have to post a final pic of the turret.
 
Down the barrel!

 
Length view.

 
Resting barrel.


For the outside and top, I will be constructing a shell piece to fit it. And a lighted targeter for the top of the rail system. It should take me a few more months to finish. But I'll bring it Saturday morning for a demo at blaster a trooper @ gem city CC.  Hope you like it!

Don't worry, the ISB knows.  And what's more, they know YOU know.  So y'know if others know, they'll know how they know.  Y'know?

Congratulations and welcome to the Ohio garrison!  
 
Make sure to sign up on our form website for Ohio. http://ohio501st.com/phpbb3/
 
And don't forget our events website as well.  http://ohiostarwars.com/oswforum/portal.php
 
And in fact this Saturday we have the Gem City Comic Con in Dayton Ohio. There will be about 30 of us there on Saturday and Sunday.  So if you want to get a great first truth come on in introduce yourself I know I will be there at least Saturday Ron moen from the ioc will also be there.  And a few other ioc members. And for my understanding on Sunday yeah I have a Garrison Commander Jason Rutledge will be there.  
 
Looking forward to meet you and I hope you can make it this weekend!

Amazing work. Thumbs up to you!

Awesome!!

Hi guys, I have been working on repainting / modding a neft rhino blaster as an officers turret. This build has been fun. And very simple thus far. Here is a few pics of how far I have gotten. I hope you all like the start. And when I'm done I will have to post a final pic of the turret.
 
Down the barrel!

 
Length view.

 
Resting barrel.


For the outside and top, I will be constructing a shell piece to fit it. And a lighted targeter for the top of the rail system. It should take me a few more months to finish. But I'll bring it Saturday morning for a demo at blaster a trooper @ gem city CC.  Hope you like it!

That looks like it's going to be awesome. I can't wait to see more photos. 

That is so dope I’m totally in lol


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That's great!! Thanks for the link!! 

That is really cool!!! I want one!!

Better hurry for Toys R Us